Delay in Opening

[Guest]

I have a fairly new Dell 8000 series pc and when I try and open windows
explorer or My Computer it takes 5 minutes for these to open. What is wrong
with the O/S? I ran Adaware and Spybot with no improvement. Also ran an
Antivirus scan with no improvement

Thanks for your help

-Chris

 

[Rock]

I have a fairly new Dell 8000 series pc and when I try and open windows
explorer or My Computer it takes 5 minutes for these to open. What is wrong
with the O/S? I ran Adaware and Spybot with no improvement. Also ran an
Antivirus scan with no improvement

Thanks for your help

-Chris

I don't know for sure but try running the edit on line 157, Prevent
Automatic Folder and Icon Refresh, on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Rock]

I have a fairly new Dell 8000 series pc and when I try and open windows
explorer or My Computer it takes 5 minutes for these to open. What is wrong
with the O/S? I ran Adaware and Spybot with no improvement. Also ran an
Antivirus scan with no improvement

Thanks for your help

-Chris

Also have you done a thorough scan for malware on the system and are
using a firewall whenever online?

Run these programs to check for spyware/malware. After installing
update them, then boot into safe mode and run them. You should update
and run them weekly.

Cwshredder
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Ad-aware SE
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

Pest Patrol Free Pest Scanner
http://www.pestscan.com/ScanOrTrial.asp

If you’re still having problems after running these then run HijackThis
and post the log to one of the specialty forums, _NOT_ this one.

HijackThis
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155

Forums to Interpret HijackThis Logs:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/

After your system is clean use these programs to help keep it clean:

Spywareblaster
www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

Spywareguard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

IE-SPYAD
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm

For viruses, start with Trend Micro’s Sysclean. Download it and the
signature file. Turn off system restore, boot into safe mode and run
sysclean. Boot back into normal mode and run a full AV scan with your
normal AV program. Then turn system restore back on.

Trend Micro Sysclean
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Trend Micro Signature File
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

You should also regularly run at least two of these online scans in
addition to your regular up to date AV program:

Online and Downloadable Virus Scanning:

Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

Bit Defender Online Virus Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Symantec Online Virus and Security Scan:
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp

TrendMicro:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

McAfee Online Virus Scan:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

RAV AntiVirus - Scan Online
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml