Pics and mp3 open slow ??

[Andy100]

Can anyone suggest a cure for this problem:

I have XP Pro installed and most of the time whenever i click on a .jpeg it
takes about 5 seconds to open, mp3s are the same. About 10% of the time they
open instantly. Also when i right click on a file or right click on the
desktop to create a folder, it takes about 5 seconds for the right click
menu to appear.

I have thoroughly checked the system for spyware, viruses, bugs, trojans
etc. I have avast anti-virus and the full ZoneAlarm virus suite, so i don't
think it's virus related. XP was only put on recently and so shouldn't be
clogged up with useless files.

I have defragged the Hard Drive (actually said i didn't need defrag at this
time)....


Is there anything else i could try ??. Everything else on the PC works fine,
software opens fine, buttons pressed in software work instantly.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Use ShellExView and isolate the problem.

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/slowrightclick.htm


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Can anyone suggest a cure for this problem:

I have XP Pro installed and most of the time whenever i click on a .jpeg it
takes about 5 seconds to open, mp3s are the same. About 10% of the time they
open instantly. Also when i right click on a file or right click on the
desktop to create a folder, it takes about 5 seconds for the right click
menu to appear.

I have thoroughly checked the system for spyware, viruses, bugs, trojans
etc. I have avast anti-virus and the full ZoneAlarm virus suite, so i don't
think it's virus related. XP was only put on recently and so shouldn't be
clogged up with useless files.

I have defragged the Hard Drive (actually said i didn't need defrag at this
time)....


Is there anything else i could try ??. Everything else on the PC works fine,
software opens fine, buttons pressed in software work instantly.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Andy100]

Cheers Ramesh, that seems to have worked for the right context menu,
however, pics/music are still slow to open.

Thanks for the info
Andy

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

BTW, which shell extension caused the problem?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Cheers Ramesh, that seems to have worked for the right context menu,
however, pics/music are still slow to open.

Thanks for the info
Andy

 

[Andy100]

Well, i disabled avast (virus scanner) shell extension, ZLAVShExt (Zone
Alarm), Real One, WMP Add to playlist launcher, WMP Burn Audio CD, WMP Play
as Playlist launcher, Shell extensions for sharing and CD Clone shell
extension.

Sorry, i cannot isolate one in particular, as i didn't disable them
one-by-one. But it certainly does seem to work in the 20 minutes since i
tried it !!

Thanks again !

Andy

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

One thing for sure is that the built-in context-menu items (Microsoft) don't
cause any harm. The problems are created by third-party add-ons. Certain
versions of Spysweeper, AVG Shell Extension (as DavidC mentions), even
WinZip sometimes. If you really want to identify the culprit, you should
disable one by one and test.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Well, i disabled avast (virus scanner) shell extension, ZLAVShExt (Zone
Alarm), Real One, WMP Add to playlist launcher, WMP Burn Audio CD, WMP Play
as Playlist launcher, Shell extensions for sharing and CD Clone shell
extension.

Sorry, i cannot isolate one in particular, as i didn't disable them
one-by-one. But it certainly does seem to work in the 20 minutes since i
tried it !!

Thanks again !

Andy

 

[Andy100]

Yep, i agree. Thanks for the info anyway

Andy

One thing for sure is that the built-in context-menu items (Microsoft) don't
cause any harm. The problems are created by third-party add-ons. Certain
versions of Spysweeper, AVG Shell Extension (as DavidC mentions), even
WinZip sometimes. If you really want to identify the culprit, you should
disable one by one and test.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Well, i disabled avast (virus scanner) shell extension, ZLAVShExt (Zone
Alarm), Real One, WMP Add to playlist launcher, WMP Burn Audio CD, WMP Play
as Playlist launcher, Shell extensions for sharing and CD Clone shell
extension.

Sorry, i cannot isolate one in particular, as i didn't disable them
one-by-one. But it certainly does seem to work in the 20 minutes since i
tried it !!

Thanks again !

Andy

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Yep, i agree. Thanks for the info anyway

Andy