Desktop icons very slow to refresh

[Guest]

My previous PC had Windows 98, 355 MHz, 32 MB RAM. When the desktop was
displayed, after minimising applications, all icons refreshed simultaneously.

Now that I have Win XP, 2.5 GHz, 256 MB RAM, icons take several seconds to
refresh after displaying the desktop.

Can anyone advise?

Regards,
Alan

 

[Malke]

My previous PC had Windows 98, 355 MHz, 32 MB RAM. When the desktop
was displayed, after minimising applications, all icons refreshed
simultaneously.

Now that I have Win XP, 2.5 GHz, 256 MB RAM, icons take several
seconds to refresh after displaying the desktop.

Check and see what you have running at Startup. You can use the msconfig
program (Start>Run msconfig [enter]) just as you did in Win98. Here are
some links to help you identify what you find:

http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
http://www.blackviper.com/
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/

Malke