Delayred Response after Closing IE

[Guest DavidB]

When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another

program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost

a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program

starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a

setting in Internet Options or elsewhere that I can use to try to fix

this delay?

[Guest Lee]

Re: Delayred Response after Closing IE

 

On Jul 7, 1:06 pm, #davidb1...@sbcglobal.net (DavidB) wrote:

> When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another

> program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost

> a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program

> starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a

> setting in Internet Options or elsewhere that I can use to try to fix

> this delay?

 

I used to get that back when I used GoZilla download manager which I

always suspected as the culprit. Then I use a process viewer and

watched GO.exe and iexplore.exe simultaneously quit at the minute plus

mark. A trial removal of gozilla proved the connection to the massive

delay, but I still search in vain for a better download manager.

 

I have no clue what is causing your delay but here is a couple of

process viewers.

Process Viewer 2000

http://www.starburst2005.com/cp5826/Process_Viewer_2000_v2.3.zip 423k

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

[Guest PCR]

Re: Delayred Response after Closing IE

 

DavidB wrote:

| When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another

| program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost

| a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program

| starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a

| setting in Internet Options or elsewhere that I can use to try to fix

| this delay?

 

Does anything show as "(not responding)" in the Ctrl-Alt-Del window?

 

Maybe start with a Scandisk (Thorough, usually w/o write-testing) &

Defrag, but make sure nothing contantly restarts while running...

 

I must warn that Scandisk may not do a great job when there is a

great one to do...

http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/scandisk.htm

Therefore, perhaps UNcheck "Automatically fix errors" on it's front

screen. It will then ask whether you want each error fixed. If it sounds

truly horrible, say "No!", and post the log. The log will be

"C:\Scandisk.log". Do not let it constantly restart, either. (When

running Scandisk in DOS, there won't be such a box to uncheck. You must

"Scandisk /Checkonly", instead. It will write to the same .log. The

Auto-Scandisk that runs from DOS after a crash must be set to "Prompt"

the bad ones in C:\Windows\Command\Scandisk.ini.) REALLY, in light of

all THAT, the BEST thing to do is to have a full system backup to run

to! Would you like my list of backup apps?

 

1. Turn off screen saver (R-Clk Desktop, Properties, Screen Saver--

None)

2. Turn off power management (Control Panel, Power Management-- Always

On,Never,Never,Never)

3. Suspend Task Scheduler

4. Disable any permanent internet cable connection, perhaps.

5. Turn off interfering programs. Use "StartupCop" or "EndItAll2" from

PCMag (below). Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". Note what is

unchecked. Then, go to the General tab & disable the entire Startup

Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking "Load Startup...". Reboot.

Don't forget to re-enable before the next boot.

6. Use "HDValet" from PCMag, or

(a) "Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete Files button, bolt Delete

all offline content, OK, OK"

(b) "START, Run, %TEMP%", & delete all files that will let you. This

will likely be "C:\Windows\Temp". This is best done after a fresh boot,

unless you have not seen the message "Reboot to complete this install".

7. Run Scandisk (Thorough, usually w/o write testing. Check all three

items under "Scandisk, Advanced button, 'Check files for' box". If you

want to be informed as it does a fix, UNcheck "Automatically fix errors"

on the front screen, or look inside "C:\Scandisk.log" afterwards.)

8. "START, Run, Defrag /p /details". Apparently, "/p" Defrags the

unmovables.

 

The purpose of steps 1-5 is only to prevent constant restarts of

Scandisk & Defrag, if you get them; but DEFINITELY turn off the Virus

Scanner. Scandisk should be done perhaps once a month, and certainly

after every serious crash. Do a Defrag after a sluggish boot or when

this says so:

http://www.pcmag.com/ 's CrackUp, by Gregory A. Wolking & Bob Flanders.

Also, take DiskAction, to determine what is constantly writing to the

HDD, which causes the restarts. Take BHOCop & StartupCop too.

 

"DiskAction" reports the last 12 processes that access any partition. It

discovered the Microsoft Windows Critical Update Notification tool was

accessing my HDD every five minutes. It can be uninstalled in "Control

Panel, Add/Remove Programs". Then, occasionally, "START, Windows Update"

on your own.

 

"BHOCop" found a Browser Helper Object called Wavehelper Class, created

by "Wavetop", that was building a monstrosity of an error log called

"Logit.txt" in here. "START, Find, F/F, Logit.txt"-- see one?

 

Now, my hard drive is quieter than my mouse. (Of course, I now also have

384 MB RAM, up from an initial 64, eliminating Swap File activity.)

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q287914

Articles about Scandisk

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q286263

Articles about Defrag

 

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Delayred Response after Closing IE

 

Go here and do *everything* that is recommended. (Don't pick and choose, do

it all.) Make sure that when you create a HijackThis log, you post it to the

proper forum, NOT this one!

http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

 

Making sure (as sure as possible, which isn't totally sure) that you're

malware free is the first step.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"DavidB" <#davidb105#@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

news:468fe41d.250735127@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net...

> When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another

> program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost

> a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program

> starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a

> setting in Internet Options or elsewhere that I can use to try to fix

> this delay?