windows explorer slow

[Guest Tony G]

Each time i try to change diredtories to anywhere in the file system on this

computer it takes a very long time for it to change and show me whats in the

directory. It happens whether i have other appliation open or not. My system

summary info is listed here. There are also time when it works ok. It is

driving me crazy. I have all wireless things turned off.

 

please help thanks

 

Tony G

 

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name TG

System Manufacturer System Manufacturer

System Model System Name

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. ASUS P4S800 ACPI BIOS Revision 1009,

6/8/2004

SMBIOS Version 2.3

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180

(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"

User Name SAMINCO2\tguerra

Time Zone Eastern Standard Time

Total Physical Memory 1,536.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 868.91 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Page File Space 2.86 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

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Tony G

[Guest neutrino]

Re: windows explorer slow

 

 

 

Tony G wrote:

> Each time i try to change diredtories to anywhere in the file system on this

> computer it takes a very long time for it to change and show me whats in the

> directory. It happens whether i have other appliation open or not. My system

> summary info is listed here. There are also time when it works ok. It is

> driving me crazy. I have all wireless things turned off.

>

> please help thanks

>

> Tony G

>

No real answer sorry - but I did have the same thing on my system, and

other circumstances meant I needed to reinstall from the start!

Windows, then all Apps...

it worked a treat! I never look forward to such a thing.. but when you

start getting the benefit from a fresh install - it makes it

worthwhile - just make sure you have all required stuff backed up,

email etc...

that might be an option if you feel like taking it.

then - once it's all installed and working like new ~ I'd really

suggest backup with Acronis or Ghost - so you can always restore to

that point in time - saving a full reinstall in future.

[Guest mikeyhsd]

Re: windows explorer slow

 

have you performed a Disk Cleanup and Defrag in a while.

 

if not it might help.

 

 

 

 

mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com

 

 

 

"Tony G" <TonyG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D6B98D31-5890-4C86-91A1-248023FC9A63@microsoft.com...

Each time i try to change diredtories to anywhere in the file system on this

computer it takes a very long time for it to change and show me whats in the

directory. It happens whether i have other appliation open or not. My system

summary info is listed here. There are also time when it works ok. It is

driving me crazy. I have all wireless things turned off.

 

please help thanks

 

Tony G

 

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name TG

System Manufacturer System Manufacturer

System Model System Name

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. ASUS P4S800 ACPI BIOS Revision 1009,

6/8/2004

SMBIOS Version 2.3

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180

(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"

User Name SAMINCO2\tguerra

Time Zone Eastern Standard Time

Total Physical Memory 1,536.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 868.91 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Page File Space 2.86 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

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Tony G

[Guest Tony G]

Re: windows explorer slow

 

Yes performed a Disk Cleanup and Defrag several times. We even changed the

hard drive once.

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Tony G

 

 

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> have you performed a Disk Cleanup and Defrag in a while.

>

> if not it might help.

>

>

>

>

> mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com

>

>

>

> "Tony G" <TonyG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D6B98D31-5890-4C86-91A1-248023FC9A63@microsoft.com...

> Each time i try to change diredtories to anywhere in the file system on this

> computer it takes a very long time for it to change and show me whats in the

> directory. It happens whether i have other appliation open or not. My system

> summary info is listed here. There are also time when it works ok. It is

> driving me crazy. I have all wireless things turned off.

>

> please help thanks

>

> Tony G

>

> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

> System Name TG

> System Manufacturer System Manufacturer

> System Model System Name

> System Type X86-based PC

> Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz

> Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz

> BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. ASUS P4S800 ACPI BIOS Revision 1009,

> 6/8/2004

> SMBIOS Version 2.3

> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

> Locale United States

> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180

> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"

> User Name SAMINCO2\tguerra

> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time

> Total Physical Memory 1,536.00 MB

> Available Physical Memory 868.91 MB

> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

> Page File Space 2.86 GB

> Page File C:\pagefile.sys

>

> --

> Tony G

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: windows explorer slow

 

The date and time was 2/21/2008 6:23 AM, and on a whim, Tony G pounded

out on the keyboard:

> Each time i try to change diredtories to anywhere in the file system on this

> computer it takes a very long time for it to change and show me whats in the

> directory. It happens whether i have other appliation open or not. My system

> summary info is listed here. There are also time when it works ok. It is

> driving me crazy. I have all wireless things turned off.

>

> please help thanks

>

> Tony G

>

>

 

Are you using mapped drives? Removable media? Floppies? If explorer is

searching for any of those and they're not connected (but show), it

could be trying to connect.

 

I had two network drives mapped when I would VPN into a network and

realized that Explorer had slowed incredibly because it was attempting

to connect to the mapped drives but couldn't and it kept trying for WAY

too long before proceeding.

 

Are you using FAT32 or NTFS? Have you performed a complete disk check?

 

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[Guest Tony G]

Re: windows explorer slow

 

All drives are mapped and are accessible. We are on a network here at work.

I just replaced my harddrive with a new one. It is NTFS.

 

thanks

Tony G

 

 

"Terry R." wrote:

> The date and time was 2/21/2008 6:23 AM, and on a whim, Tony G pounded

> out on the keyboard:

>

> > Each time i try to change diredtories to anywhere in the file system on this

> > computer it takes a very long time for it to change and show me whats in the

> > directory. It happens whether i have other appliation open or not. My system

> > summary info is listed here. There are also time when it works ok. It is

> > driving me crazy. I have all wireless things turned off.

> >

> > please help thanks

> >

> > Tony G

> >

> >

>

> Are you using mapped drives? Removable media? Floppies? If explorer is

> searching for any of those and they're not connected (but show), it

> could be trying to connect.

>

> I had two network drives mapped when I would VPN into a network and

> realized that Explorer had slowed incredibly because it was attempting

> to connect to the mapped drives but couldn't and it kept trying for WAY

> too long before proceeding.

>

> Are you using FAT32 or NTFS? Have you performed a complete disk check?

>

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[Guest Terry R.]

Re: windows explorer slow

 

The date and time was 2/21/2008 10:48 AM, and on a whim, Tony G pounded

out on the keyboard:

>

> "Terry R." wrote:

>

>> The date and time was 2/21/2008 6:23 AM, and on a whim, Tony G pounded

>> out on the keyboard:

>>

>>> Each time i try to change diredtories to anywhere in the file system on this

>>> computer it takes a very long time for it to change and show me whats in the

>>> directory. It happens whether i have other appliation open or not. My system

>>> summary info is listed here. There are also time when it works ok. It is

>>> driving me crazy. I have all wireless things turned off.

>>>

>> Are you using mapped drives? Removable media? Floppies? If explorer is

>> searching for any of those and they're not connected (but show), it

>> could be trying to connect.

>>

>> I had two network drives mapped when I would VPN into a network and

>> realized that Explorer had slowed incredibly because it was attempting

>> to connect to the mapped drives but couldn't and it kept trying for WAY

>> too long before proceeding.

>>

>> Are you using FAT32 or NTFS? Have you performed a complete disk check?

>>

>> All drives are mapped and are accessible. We are on a network here at work.

>> I just replaced my harddrive with a new one. It is NTFS.

>>

>> thanks

>> Tony G

>>

 

 

A new drive could be defective, so I would still run a complete disk

check. Have you replaced the network cable? Tried a different jack? If

you disconnect all mapped drives, does the issue happen on only the

local drive?

 

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