"My Computer" window takes over 30 secounds to show icons.

[Richard Stewart]

When I click "My Computer", The window shows the flashlight searching and
then takes over 30 second to show the icons. I can then browse the folders
OK but if I switch to a new application, it takes another 30 some secounds
for me to be able to browse to a particular folder. I used a registry
cleaner but still have the problem. Has anyone else seen this?

Richard Stewart

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Richard,

Start/run msconfig, go to the services tab and uncheck the line that loads
Windows Image Acquisition. Click apply/ok and reboot, does this help?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Richard Stewart]

Thanks for responding, but that did not help.

Hi Richard,

Start/run msconfig, go to the services tab and uncheck the line that loads
Windows Image Acquisition. Click apply/ok and reboot, does this help?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Richard,

Other checkpoints:

Long Delay Before Files Appear in My Computer in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;819017

And, is your system on a network?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Thanks for responding, but that did not help.

 

[Richard Stewart]

Thank you for trying to help. Unfortunately the site's recommendation did
not work. I guess I'll just have to live with the delay.

RJS

Richard,

Other checkpoints:

Long Delay Before Files Appear in My Computer in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;819017

And, is your system on a network?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Thanks for responding, but that did not help.

 

[Plato]

When I click "My Computer", The window shows the flashlight searching and
then takes over 30 second to show the icons. I can then browse the folders

Got a jillion files in My Documents?