Desktop Icons

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Bill

When I boot-up, there's a substantial delay
in the appearance of the assigned icons to
my desktop shortcuts. I seem to recall that
when SP2 was released, that I had to run
some sort of MS Script that refreshed one
of the cache memories.

How do I attain access to whatever it is
that's needed to resolve this problem?

Thanks,
Bill
 
Bill

I have no idea as to the script!

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports please. Indicate which also appear in a previous
boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.

What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
this information.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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When I boot-up, there's a substantial delay
in the appearance of the assigned icons to
my desktop shortcuts. I seem to recall that
when SP2 was released, that I had to run
some sort of MS Script that refreshed one
of the cache memories.

How do I attain access to whatever it is
that's needed to resolve this problem?
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How long is "a substantial delay"?

My personal view is that the attention many people pay to how long it
takes to boot is unwarranted. Assuming that the computer's speed is
otherwise satisfactory, it may not be worth worrying about. Most
people start their computers once a day or even less frequently. In
the overall scheme of things, even a few minutes to start up isn't
very important. Personally I power on my computer when I get up in the
morning, then go get my coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I
don't know how long it took to boot and I don't care.

However if you do want to address it, it may be because of what
programs start automatically, and you may want to stop some of them
from starting that way. On each program you don't want to start
automatically, check its Options to see if it has the choice not to
start (make sure you actually choose the option not to run it, not
just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily and best be stopped
that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run
line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't want to
start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of
running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell
you, you should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs
you run, but *which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but
others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do
is determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what
the cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can get
more information about these at
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it there,
try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.
 
The post came from the fact that prior to
dealing with a nasty piece of Spyware
that AVG failed to detect, whenever my
desktop first appeared at boot time that
ALL my desktop shortcuts appeared
instantaneously INCLUDING their designated
icons. Now, for reasons unbeknown to
me, it takes about 8 or 9 seconds until all
of the shortcuts receive their non-generic
icons. There are about 30 shortcuts total and
as the boot process proceeds, it's like one
by one the shortcuts change from the generic
to the specific.
Bill
 
The post came from the fact that prior to
dealing with a nasty piece of Spyware
that AVG failed to detect, whenever my
desktop first appeared at boot time that
ALL my desktop shortcuts appeared
instantaneously INCLUDING their designated
icons. Now, for reasons unbeknown to
me, it takes about 8 or 9 seconds until all
of the shortcuts receive their non-generic
icons.
Click to expand...


8 or 9 seconds? That's a "substantial delay"? You're complaining about
an 8 or 9 second delay in booting?

Each to his own. I sure wouldn't worry about 8 or 9 seconds.

There are about 30 shortcuts total and
as the boot process proceeds, it's like one
by one the shortcuts change from the generic
to the specific.
Bill
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I'm not talking about the boot time. If I could
boot a computer in 8 or 9 seconds I'd be
turning cartwheels.



Ken Blake said:
The post came from the fact that prior to
dealing with a nasty piece of Spyware
that AVG failed to detect, whenever my
desktop first appeared at boot time that
ALL my desktop shortcuts appeared
instantaneously INCLUDING their designated
icons. Now, for reasons unbeknown to
me, it takes about 8 or 9 seconds until all
of the shortcuts receive their non-generic
icons.
Click to expand...


8 or 9 seconds? That's a "substantial delay"? You're complaining about
an 8 or 9 second delay in booting?

Each to his own. I sure wouldn't worry about 8 or 9 seconds.
Click to expand...
 
Thanks, refreshing the cache cleared up the problem.
I went from 8 to 9 seconds to instantaneous.
Bill
 
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