right-click delay (WinXP SP1)

[D2R2]

Hi,

When I right-click on a folder on a file on my desktop, there is a very very
long delay before the menu appears... system seems to freeze, than, after 1
minute, everything become normal. I can right-click again normally. It
happens very often... Any idea of what could be the problem ?

for info : I have Win XP pro SP1 updated. Office 2003 pro. Norton AV 2004.
ZoneAlarm Firewall.

I destactivated many right-click menu items (new documents), but it changes
nothing.

It is very annoying. It began to do this since I installed office 2003 and
updated Acrobat Reader 6. But it happens even if I do not launch these apps.
So I suppose there is no direct relation.

Thank you for any help/advice.

Luke

 

[Guest]

Sounds to me like it may be realted to Spyware. Run a check for Spyware
first. Adaware (www.downloads.com) is a decent free program. Make sure you
update spyware definitions before you start the scan. You may want to look at
what is running in the background and eating up your resources. Hit
Cntrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Click on Processes tab
and then click on the CPU
divider to sort by CPU usage. If you are not doing anything, "System Idle
Process" should be a large majority of you CPU usage. If you see something
else here, search the web for the *.exe to see what you have running. I'd
also do a scan for viruses as well. Hope this helps.

 

[Rebecca Chen [MSFT]]

Hi Luke,

Thanks for posting here!

I have noticed you submitted a duplicate thread in this newsgroup and I
replied in that thread with the subject "right-click delay (WinXP SP1)".
Please refer to it.

Have a great day!

Best regards,

Rebecca Chen

MCSE2000 MCDBA CCNA


Microsoft Online Partner Support
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