it takes about 5 minutes to switch directories

[Guest]

for some reason when i am in a program and trying to browse a new directory
by selecting the drop down menu, it takes too long to change directories. How
can this be resolved?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Joshua

In what program? Name please?

How much RAM memory and what CPU speed?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Guest]

It happens in every program that has that option.

i have 256 MB of RAM

it says x86 family 6 model 6 stepping 5 but i believe that is inaccurate as
it hasn't always said that. it is a gateway computer system from a long time
ago, and it is some kind of intel celeron pentium II equivalent.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Joshua

256 mb RAM is minimal for most users, Please several of your most
frequently used programs.

What is the CPU?

You might monitor use of the pagefile.
A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

Right click on your My Computer icon on your Desktop. Select
Properties, Advanced, Performance Settings, Visual Effect. Which of
the four options is checked?

What are your anti-spyware arrangements?

How large is your hard disk and how much free disk space?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Guest]

well i only know the processor is Celeron equivalent to Pentium II.

Frequently used programs that require me to look in different directories
are Photoshop 5.5, yahoo messenger (the latest version), smart ftp, and the
latest windows media player

of the four options the first option is chosen. let windows choose what is
best.

Zone Alarm tends to be my anti-spyware software which runs a scan every so
often.

My main HD is 12.1 GB and has 1.65 free
my secondary drive is 74.5 GB with 15.7 GB free. One thing I should note is
this seems to have all started after reactivating some windows services which
i don't remember which services they are

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Joshua

It would seem likely that your system is using the pagefile because of
the limited RAM memory available. Use the utility pagefilemon to check
this out. Photoshop will trigger a high pagefile usage, especially any
editing. You are handling large files. Not sure about the other
programs but you can find out which do using pagefilemon.

What is your CPU? Right click your My Computer icon on your Desktop
and select Properties to get this information.

What is your anti-virus programme?

You have insufficient free disk space on your main hard drive.
Increasing this space would help.

It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore
on your C drive which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb.
Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System
Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this
time find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and
exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and
exit.

On your system System Restore should not be monitoring your D drive.
Right click on your My Computer icon , select Properties, System
Restore, place the cursor on D drive, click on Settings and click on
the box before Turn off System Restore on this drive. Click on OK,
Apply, OK and exit. Restart the computer for the change to take
effect. This will increase the free space on your D drive by about 9
gb.

Another default setting which I would change is that for temporary
internet files. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on
your attitude to offline copies you could reduce this to 1%%. In
Internet Explorer select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary
Internet Files, Settings to make the change. At the same time look at
the number of days history is held.

The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your
drive 5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on
your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move
the slider from 10% to 5%.

For your C partition select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System
Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but
the latest System Restore point? Restore points can be quite large.

You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. You will need to run Disk CleanUp
twice. Once for your C drive and once for your D drive. Whenever you
remove redundant files you should always run Disk Defragmenter by
selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
Defragmenter. Again do it on both drives ignoring the "You do not
need...." message. If the green area on your C drive is fragmented
say.

Also in Internet Explorer select Tools, Internet Options, scroll down
the Settings and under Security locate Empty Temporary Internet Files
folder when browser is closed. Check the box before and click on OK.




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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

i'm not sure of this because the windows installer keeps shutting down and
becoming inaccessable even if on automatic and started. it says some link is
broken, and also administrative priviledges i granted to the user account i
use stopped, and also i cannot login to administration even with the correct
password. It just freezes while loading admin to safe mode. Not only that,
but i cannot make the windows installer work by unregistering, and cannot
change privledges. when i tried to change some aspecs of windows installer it
says access denied all of the sudden and some service called dllhost.exe is
running and it apparently isn't the virus replica, and there are like 10
svchost.exe files running.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Joshua

You are introducing significant new issues.

Which suggestions I made in my last post have you implemented. What
has been the affect on free disk space?

Right click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select
Properties, Automatic Updates. Uncheck the box before Automatic
(Recommended) and check the box before Notify me but do not
automatically download or install. Click on Apply and OK and close all
windows. Restart your computer. This will give you more control over
the update process. Given that you have limited memory, processing and
hard drive capacity this would seem sensible.

In future to update the procedure becomes select Start, Help and
Support, Keep your computer up to date with Windows Update and double
click Custom. The system then checks on you and then your system to
see what you need. At the end of this stage under Select by Type will
be the number of Updates available by category. Click on Critical and
it will list the details of those available. Check the option for each
and every one and then click on Install. You will then be offered the
option to Save to Disk or to Run. Select Run. The process is then
fully automated until it says hopefully Successful or Finished. You
then restart the machine if asked to do so.

Now to deal with past update failures we need more information.
Select, Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with
Windows Update, Review your Update History and click on the Failed
Icon in the Status Column. What does it say?

What are your anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall arrangements?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

i tried to do all but the pagefile thing. i don't like downloading things
from sites that appear home made. defrag just restarts itself. my
antispyware and firewall are zone alarm and avast is my antivirus since avg
stopped working. my system is already in manual update mode.