Guest Hari Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Hi, I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost 10 GB of free space in C:) Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the past 4/5 months. When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office XP application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location from the Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond (as much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see no increase in response time. Can somebody suggest a resolution. hp
Guest Unknown Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Save As to Desktop takes foreever to respond Do a disk cleanup also. "Hari" <excel_hari@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1191160062.044597.252420@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost 10 GB > of free space in C:) > > Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the past 4/5 > months. > > When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office XP > application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location from the > Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond (as > much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) > > I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see no > increase in response time. > > Can somebody suggest a resolution. > > hp >
Guest Hari Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Save As to Desktop takes foreever to respond On Sep 30, 9:47 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > Do a disk cleanup also."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:1191160062.044597.252420@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Hi, > > > I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost 10 GB > > of free space in C:) > > > Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the past 4/5 > > months. > > > When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office XP > > application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location from the > > Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond (as > > much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) > > > I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see no > > increase in response time. > > > Can somebody suggest a resolution. > > > hp- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - My recycle bin is empty and I do have 10 GB of free space in C: I cannot do format/reinstall etc hp
Guest Unknown Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: Save As to Desktop takes foreever to respond Do NOT want you to do a format and install. Go to start--all programs --accessories--system tools---disk Clean-up. "Hari" <excel_hari@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1191172133.928426.173560@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 30, 9:47 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: >> Do a disk cleanup also."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1191160062.044597.252420@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > Hi, >> >> > I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost 10 GB >> > of free space in C:) >> >> > Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the past 4/5 >> > months. >> >> > When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office XP >> > application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location from the >> > Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond (as >> > much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) >> >> > I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see no >> > increase in response time. >> >> > Can somebody suggest a resolution. >> >> > hp- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > My recycle bin is empty and I do have 10 GB of free space in C: > > I cannot do format/reinstall etc > > hp >
Guest Hari Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: Save As to Desktop takes foreever to respond On Sep 30, 10:36 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > Do NOT want you to do a format and install. Go to start--all > programs --accessories--system tools---disk Clean-up."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:1191172133.928426.173560@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On Sep 30, 9:47 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > >> Do a disk cleanup also."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > >>news:1191160062.044597.252420@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > > >> > Hi, > > >> > I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost 10 GB > >> > of free space in C:) > > >> > Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the past 4/5 > >> > months. > > >> > When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office XP > >> > application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location from the > >> > Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond (as > >> > much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) > > >> > I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see no > >> > increase in response time. > > >> > Can somebody suggest a resolution. > > >> > hp- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > My recycle bin is empty and I do have 10 GB of free space in C: > > > I cannot do format/reinstall etc > > > hp- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Hi, Thanks for the clarification egarding disk clean-up. I could remove 30MB of temp internet file space based on the same. But, Im seeing the same performance issue. Specifically, whenever I click on "SAVE as" from any application (Word/ Excel, Notepad, or even Non-Microsoft softwares) a) then there is lot of delay in opening up the dialog box (here delay is much more in Non-microsoft softwares) b) After the dialog box opens up, if I use the left hand icon DESKTOP (from "Recent", "Desktop" "My Documents" "My computer" "My network" ) then it takes a good 2/3 minutes to open up desktop locations irrespective of whether it is MS software or Non-MS software (here delay is same for both MS and non-MS) c) If after I come to desktop, I navigate to some other location like My computer and then again click on left-hand side icon for Desktop, it again takes as much time as b) What could be the cause? hp
Guest Hari Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: Save As to Desktop takes foreever to respond On Oct 1, 10:19 am, Hari <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Sep 30, 10:36 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > > > > > > > Do NOT want you to do a format and install. Go to start--all > > programs --accessories--system tools---disk Clean-up."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > >news:1191172133.928426.173560@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > > > > On Sep 30, 9:47 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > > >> Do a disk cleanup also."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > > >>news:1191160062.044597.252420@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > > > >> > Hi, > > > >> > I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost 10 GB > > >> > of free space in C:) > > > >> > Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the past 4/5 > > >> > months. > > > >> > When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office XP > > >> > application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location from the > > >> > Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond (as > > >> > much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) > > > >> > I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see no > > >> > increase in response time. > > > >> > Can somebody suggest a resolution. > > > >> > hp- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > My recycle bin is empty and I do have 10 GB of free space in C: > > > > I cannot do format/reinstall etc > > > > hp- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > Hi, > > Thanks for the clarification egarding disk clean-up. I could remove > 30MB of temp internet file space based on the same. > > But, Im seeing the same performance issue. > > Specifically, whenever I click on "SAVE as" from any application (Word/ > Excel, Notepad, or even Non-Microsoft softwares) > > a) then there is lot of delay in opening up the dialog box (here delay > is much more in Non-microsoft softwares) > > b) After the dialog box opens up, if I use the left hand icon DESKTOP > (from "Recent", "Desktop" "My Documents" "My computer" "My network" ) > then it takes a good 2/3 minutes to open up desktop locations > irrespective of whether it is MS software or Non-MS software (here > delay is same for both MS and non-MS) > > c) If after I come to desktop, I navigate to some other location like > My computer and then again click on left-hand side icon for Desktop, > it again takes as much time as b) > > What could be the cause? > > hp- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I want to add 2 points:- a) My desktop does NOT have too many files, folders and the biggest size folder is just 236KB. Majority of items (23) I have is in form of short-cuts to different folders in D: drive. b) I dont see any performance issues while using Windows explorer to navigate to desktop. hp
Guest Hari Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: Save As to Desktop takes foreever to respond On Oct 1, 10:24 am, Hari <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Oct 1, 10:19 am, Hari <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 10:36 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > > > > Do NOT want you to do a format and install. Go to start--all > > > programs --accessories--system tools---disk Clean-up."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > > >news:1191172133.928426.173560@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On Sep 30, 9:47 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > > > >> Do a disk cleanup also."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > > > >>news:1191160062.044597.252420@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > > > > >> > Hi, > > > > >> > I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost 10 GB > > > >> > of free space in C:) > > > > >> > Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the past 4/5 > > > >> > months. > > > > >> > When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office XP > > > >> > application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location from the > > > >> > Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond (as > > > >> > much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) > > > > >> > I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see no > > > >> > increase in response time. > > > > >> > Can somebody suggest a resolution. > > > > >> > hp- Hide quoted text - > > > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > > My recycle bin is empty and I do have 10 GB of free space in C: > > > > > I cannot do format/reinstall etc > > > > > hp- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > Hi, > > > Thanks for the clarification egarding disk clean-up. I could remove > > 30MB of temp internet file space based on the same. > > > But, Im seeing the same performance issue. > > > Specifically, whenever I click on "SAVE as" from any application (Word/ > > Excel, Notepad, or even Non-Microsoft softwares) > > > a) then there is lot of delay in opening up the dialog box (here delay > > is much more in Non-microsoft softwares) > > > b) After the dialog box opens up, if I use the left hand icon DESKTOP > > (from "Recent", "Desktop" "My Documents" "My computer" "My network" ) > > then it takes a good 2/3 minutes to open up desktop locations > > irrespective of whether it is MS software or Non-MS software (here > > delay is same for both MS and non-MS) > > > c) If after I come to desktop, I navigate to some other location like > > My computer and then again click on left-hand side icon for Desktop, > > it again takes as much time as b) > > > What could be the cause? > > > hp- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > I want to add 2 points:- > > a) My desktop does NOT have too many files, folders and the biggest > size folder is just 236KB. Majority of items (23) I have is in form of > short-cuts to different folders in D: drive. > > b) I dont see any performance issues while using Windows explorer to > navigate to desktop. > > hp- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I located the source of the problem. It is the many shortcut items which is causing delayed performance!! I removed all the shortcuts (to different files, folders in D:) from the desktop and put it within a sub-folder in desktop. This time SAVE as opens up immediately across different applications!! k, here is my next question. I have always refrained from keeping any big files, folders on D: as one of my colleagues said that big sized files will cause windows loading up etc to get delayed. Hence, I started keeping shortcuts and more shortcuts to different excel/word and other applications in desktop. But, now I come to learn that even this will cause a performance degradation. What is the solution to this? I would like to be able to quickly access different important files and still be able to not be bogged down with performance issue. hp
Guest Unknown Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: Save As to Desktop takes foreever to respond Try normal maintenance at least once a week. I.E. First run Disk Cleanup then defrag. As you already know, keep the number of shortcuts down. Configure your machine to load the minimum number of programs on boot up. I.E. Don't load them if you don't need them. (Start--run--msconfig---OK--startup tab--Remove X's from items not needed.) Don't run programs in the background ---virus scanners and malware programs. "Hari" <excel_hari@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1191216751.590976.325270@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > On Oct 1, 10:24 am, Hari <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On Oct 1, 10:19 am, Hari <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > On Sep 30, 10:36 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: >> >> > > Do NOT want you to do a format and install. Go to start--all >> > > programs --accessories--system tools---disk Clean-up."Hari" >> > > <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> > >news:1191172133.928426.173560@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... >> >> > > > On Sep 30, 9:47 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: >> > > >> Do a disk cleanup also."Hari" <excel_h...@yahoo.com> wrote in >> > > >> message >> >> > > >>news:1191160062.044597.252420@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... >> >> > > >> > Hi, >> >> > > >> > I have windows XP SP2, Intel 1.86 GhZ, 1.5 GB memory (and almost >> > > >> > 10 GB >> > > >> > of free space in C:) >> >> > > >> > Im facing a strange problem with my corporate laptop for the >> > > >> > past 4/5 >> > > >> > months. >> >> > > >> > When ever I try to do a "Save as" from PDF, any of the MS Office >> > > >> > XP >> > > >> > application, Notepad etc, and try to choose desktop location >> > > >> > from the >> > > >> > Save as dialog box then my laptop takes a long time to respond >> > > >> > (as >> > > >> > much as even 1 or 2 minutes or more) >> >> > > >> > I have deleted all my temporary files, cookies etc and still see >> > > >> > no >> > > >> > increase in response time. >> >> > > >> > Can somebody suggest a resolution. >> >> > > >> > hp- Hide quoted text - >> >> > > >> - Show quoted text - >> >> > > > My recycle bin is empty and I do have 10 GB of free space in C: >> >> > > > I cannot do format/reinstall etc >> >> > > > hp- Hide quoted text - >> >> > > - Show quoted text - >> >> > Hi, >> >> > Thanks for the clarification egarding disk clean-up. I could remove >> > 30MB of temp internet file space based on the same. >> >> > But, Im seeing the same performance issue. >> >> > Specifically, whenever I click on "SAVE as" from any application (Word/ >> > Excel, Notepad, or even Non-Microsoft softwares) >> >> > a) then there is lot of delay in opening up the dialog box (here delay >> > is much more in Non-microsoft softwares) >> >> > b) After the dialog box opens up, if I use the left hand icon DESKTOP >> > (from "Recent", "Desktop" "My Documents" "My computer" "My network" ) >> > then it takes a good 2/3 minutes to open up desktop locations >> > irrespective of whether it is MS software or Non-MS software (here >> > delay is same for both MS and non-MS) >> >> > c) If after I come to desktop, I navigate to some other location like >> > My computer and then again click on left-hand side icon for Desktop, >> > it again takes as much time as b) >> >> > What could be the cause? >> >> > hp- Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> I want to add 2 points:- >> >> a) My desktop does NOT have too many files, folders and the biggest >> size folder is just 236KB. Majority of items (23) I have is in form of >> short-cuts to different folders in D: drive. >> >> b) I dont see any performance issues while using Windows explorer to >> navigate to desktop. >> >> hp- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > I located the source of the problem. > > It is the many shortcut items which is causing delayed performance!! > > I removed all the shortcuts (to different files, folders in D:) from > the desktop and put it within a sub-folder in desktop. This time SAVE > as opens up immediately across different applications!! > > k, here is my next question. I have always refrained from keeping any > big files, folders on D: as one of my colleagues said that big sized > files will cause windows loading up etc to get delayed. Hence, I > started keeping shortcuts and more shortcuts to different excel/word > and other applications in desktop. But, now I come to learn that even > this will cause a performance degradation. > > What is the solution to this? I would like to be able to quickly > access different important files and still be able to not be bogged > down with performance issue. > > hp >
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