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Don Dunlap
A couple of weeks ago I posted a problem that I was having with a slow
response when I selected "My Computer" The problem is still here and I have
done a little more research on it.
Using Windows Task Manager and 'Processes', I turned on viewing I/O Read
Bytes and I/O Write Bytes. Every time that I select 'My Computer',
Explorer.EXE reads about 600 MBs. On a second computer, Explorer only reads
about 20 KBs. This is a huge difference and is obviously the cause of the
slow response. The I/O Write Bytes seems normal, about the same on both
computers. I restarted the computer about 10-15 minutes ago and
Explorer.EXE has already read over 5GBs, which is far, far more than any
other process.
Everything else on the Task Manager looks normal. Page File usage stays
flat during this time and as you would expect, CPU Usage spikes.
Does anyone have any idea what would cause this and how I could fix it? I
don't particularly want to do a re-install of Windows, but it looks as if
that might be the only cure. I am using XP Pro on a fairly new Dell
computer. I have had two disk failures and a memory chip failure in about 2
months, so the system is not what I would consider the best. They replaced
the entire box after the second disk failure and I just had the memory chip
replaced last Friday.
Don Dunlap
response when I selected "My Computer" The problem is still here and I have
done a little more research on it.
Using Windows Task Manager and 'Processes', I turned on viewing I/O Read
Bytes and I/O Write Bytes. Every time that I select 'My Computer',
Explorer.EXE reads about 600 MBs. On a second computer, Explorer only reads
about 20 KBs. This is a huge difference and is obviously the cause of the
slow response. The I/O Write Bytes seems normal, about the same on both
computers. I restarted the computer about 10-15 minutes ago and
Explorer.EXE has already read over 5GBs, which is far, far more than any
other process.
Everything else on the Task Manager looks normal. Page File usage stays
flat during this time and as you would expect, CPU Usage spikes.
Does anyone have any idea what would cause this and how I could fix it? I
don't particularly want to do a re-install of Windows, but it looks as if
that might be the only cure. I am using XP Pro on a fairly new Dell
computer. I have had two disk failures and a memory chip failure in about 2
months, so the system is not what I would consider the best. They replaced
the entire box after the second disk failure and I just had the memory chip
replaced last Friday.
Don Dunlap