Two problems with XP SP3

[Guest Bob Taylor]

Two problems with XP SP3

 

I started with Win XP 32bit sp2 everything running fine, installed

sp3 and ran into two problems:

First - windows explorer was very slow in displaying file names - this

occurred in explorer itself, but also in any file dialog. This

problem has cleared up - I am not sure which of the various things did

it - I changed the display options, but have set them all back - I

increased the page space from the system managed, installed net

framework 2.00. In any case, the problem seems to have completely

gone away and everything is running fine except:

 

Second problem - Quickbooks 2003 AND 2005 (the only versions I have

tried) BOTH take five minutes to load! Once the program is loaded,

it works fine and I can change company files without any delay at all.

It has nothing to do with the data file. Something is delaying in

the program load. I reinstalled 2005, but no improvement. I have

googled everything I could think of, but can find nothing.

 

One peculiar thing: while the Loading Quickbooks window is on the

screen for a while, the Explorer window "blinks", i.e. the files

panel is reset. I have never seen this behaviour before. But then, I

have never had to sit here for five minutes watching either.

 

(To answer the inevitable question, I am an accountant and run

multiple versions of qb on multiple files because that is what my

clients have.)

 

 

Thanks for reading my problem and I hope you have a suggestion,

 

Bob Taylor

philologos at mindspring dot com

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Re: Two problems with XP SP3

 

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Bob Taylor wrote:

> Two problems with XP SP3

>

> I started with Win XP 32bit sp2 everything running fine, installed

> sp3 and ran into two problems:

> First - windows explorer was very slow in displaying file names - this

> occurred in explorer itself, but also in any file dialog. This

> problem has cleared up - I am not sure which of the various things did

> it - I changed the display options, but have set them all back - I

> increased the page space from the system managed, installed net

> framework 2.00. In any case, the problem seems to have completely

> gone away and everything is running fine except:

>

> Second problem - Quickbooks 2003 AND 2005 (the only versions I have

> tried) BOTH take five minutes to load! Once the program is loaded,

> it works fine and I can change company files without any delay at all.

> It has nothing to do with the data file. Something is delaying in

> the program load. I reinstalled 2005, but no improvement. I have

> googled everything I could think of, but can find nothing.

>

> One peculiar thing: while the Loading Quickbooks window is on the

> screen for a while, the Explorer window "blinks", i.e. the files

> panel is reset. I have never seen this behaviour before. But then, I

> have never had to sit here for five minutes watching either.

>

> (To answer the inevitable question, I am an accountant and run

> multiple versions of qb on multiple files because that is what my

> clients have.)

>

>

> Thanks for reading my problem and I hope you have a suggestion,

>

> Bob Taylor

> philologos at mindspring dot com