Help wanted: Suddenly gone very slow in displaying folder contents etc

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Terry Birch

XP Pro + SP2 and all critical updates to date, TweakUI, McAfee Pro
version 7 & MacAfee Firewall version 4

Just lately for no apparent reason, when I select a folder instead of it
coming up almost instantly with the contents, I get the flashlight doing
it's 'searching bit' for about 20 seconds before the contents of the
folder are displayed. Can anyone please help? Whether it's a
coincidence or not, this has only happened since installing SP2.

Can anyone please help?
 
Terry said:
XP Pro + SP2 and all critical updates to date, TweakUI, McAfee Pro
version 7 & MacAfee Firewall version 4

Just lately for no apparent reason, when I select a folder instead of
it coming up almost instantly with the contents, I get the flashlight
doing it's 'searching bit' for about 20 seconds before the contents
of the folder are displayed. Can anyone please help? Whether it's a
coincidence or not, this has only happened since installing SP2.

Can anyone please help?
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Any folders or just some?
If just some folders, what type of files are in the folders?
When was the last time you scanned for spyware/adware/malware?
When was the last time you went through Add/Remove Programs (Control Panel)
and cleaned house?
When was the last time you ran Disk Cleanup?
When was the last time you CHKDSK'd and then DEFRAGMENTED?
 
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