Please HELP!!!....

[JD]

Ok, here's a doozy for you! We purchased a brand new Dell
2400 pc. It has 2 NIC's on it, one on-board, the other is
a card. We copied (Ghost) a Dell Dimensions XPS 500 pc
and over-wrote the original image on the new 2400 pc. We
brought the system up, it asked for quite a few drivers
and we installed those succesfully. Nothing is showing in
the device manager as having a problem now. On first
glance, everything seems to be functioning normally. But,
here this, if you right-click on the desktop, hover your
mouse over "New" (for, let's say, a new shortcut), it then
completely bogs down the pc. It sits there with an hour-
glass for about 3-5 minutes, then the screen you're
waiting for pops up! But that's not the end! Get this.
If you hover the mouse over "new" as explained above,
unplug the network cable from the NIC card (either one,
depending on which one we plug it into for testing
purposes), the screen comes up immediately! It only
happens while plugged into the network! If you unplug, it
works, if you plug it back in, it bogs down
immediately....but just something small like hovering
over "New"! Anything else you hover over in the menu
works either way! Email, even if plugged into the
network, works like a charm. Other network applications
work just fine, no slowness at all. Just random things
that shouldn't take any time at all, for whatever reason
just bogs down. Another thing like the "New" item
described above is....I go into Windows Explorer, I expand
to Windows/System (or any other folder with hundreds of
files), I attempt to scroll all the way down the list, and
it bogs down, just like above, halfway through it! You
unplug the network cable and it scrolls instantly! Now, I
know what you're thinking....we're having a problem with
our network and it's bogging it down. But I tend to
disagree for the simple fact that network programs and
files work just fine. Why would network email work fine,
yet right-clicking on your desktop and going to "New"
would bog it down? This is perhaps the oddest problem to
ever come across the pike! Please help, please!!!

JD

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Ok, here's a doozy for you! We purchased a brand new Dell
2400 pc. It has 2 NIC's on it, one on-board, the other is
a card. We copied (Ghost) a Dell Dimensions XPS 500 pc
and over-wrote the original image on the new 2400 pc. We
brought the system up, it asked for quite a few drivers
and we installed those succesfully. Nothing is showing in
the device manager as having a problem now. On first
glance, everything seems to be functioning normally. But,
here this, if you right-click on the desktop, hover your
mouse over "New" (for, let's say, a new shortcut), it then
completely bogs down the pc. It sits there with an hour-
glass for about 3-5 minutes, then the screen you're
waiting for pops up! But that's not the end! Get this.
If you hover the mouse over "new" as explained above,
unplug the network cable from the NIC card (either one,
depending on which one we plug it into for testing
purposes), the screen comes up immediately! It only
happens while plugged into the network! If you unplug, it
works, if you plug it back in, it bogs down
immediately....but just something small like hovering
over "New"! Anything else you hover over in the menu
works either way! Email, even if plugged into the
network, works like a charm. Other network applications
work just fine, no slowness at all. Just random things
that shouldn't take any time at all, for whatever reason
just bogs down. Another thing like the "New" item
described above is....I go into Windows Explorer, I expand
to Windows/System (or any other folder with hundreds of
files), I attempt to scroll all the way down the list, and
it bogs down, just like above, halfway through it! You
unplug the network cable and it scrolls instantly! Now, I
know what you're thinking....we're having a problem with
our network and it's bogging it down. But I tend to
disagree for the simple fact that network programs and
files work just fine. Why would network email work fine,
yet right-clicking on your desktop and going to "New"
would bog it down? This is perhaps the oddest problem to
ever come across the pike! Please help, please!!!

JD

Another idiot to whom the concept of a paragraph is alien! Please repost in
a more readable format, with white space.

 

[t.cruise]

I took the trouble to read THE WHOLE THING. Assuming that the ghosted drive had Windows
XP: Well, if you ghost a drive from a DIFFERENT Dell system model, you are bound to have
problems. It ISN'T the SAME system. Use the Dell OEM Reinstallation CD for Windows XP
that came with the 2400, and try doing a Repair Install, which keeps your software, and
data files, and repairs Windows XP.

For a step by step walk through of a
Windows XP Repair Install, including screenshots, go to:

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

When the page opens, scroll down and click on: How To Run A Repair
Install.

If the Repair Install won't run, or doesn't fix your problems, you'll probably have to
back up the data files from the 500, then do a clean install of Windows XP to the 2400
with the Dell OEM Windows XP CD it came with, reinstall the 2400's software and drivers,
and copy/or export then import the data files from the 500 (depending upon the file types,
e.g. export then import Outlook Express email and address book, Internet Explorer cookies,
and Favorites, but copy JPGs, docs, etc.). Then install whatever software that you want
that was on the 500, to the 2400 from the respective CDs (adhering to the limitations of
the software licenses, some of which might only allow install on one system. If you've
uninstalled the programs on the 500 then that isn't a problem).

T.C.
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From: "Miss Perspicacia Tick" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: Please HELP!!!....

 

[Peter Hutchison]

Ok, here's a doozy for you! We purchased a brand new Dell
2400 pc. It has 2 NIC's on it, one on-board, the other is
a card. We copied (Ghost) a Dell Dimensions XPS 500 pc
and over-wrote the original image on the new 2400 pc. We
brought the system up, it asked for quite a few drivers
and we installed those succesfully. Nothing is showing in
the device manager as having a problem now. On first
glance, everything seems to be functioning normally. But,
here this, if you right-click on the desktop, hover your
mouse over "New" (for, let's say, a new shortcut), it then
completely bogs down the pc. It sits there with an hour-
glass for about 3-5 minutes, then the screen you're
waiting for pops up! But that's not the end! Get this.
If you hover the mouse over "new" as explained above,
unplug the network cable from the NIC card (either one,
depending on which one we plug it into for testing
purposes), the screen comes up immediately! It only
happens while plugged into the network! If you unplug, it
works, if you plug it back in, it bogs down
immediately....but just something small like hovering
over "New"! Anything else you hover over in the menu
works either way! Email, even if plugged into the
network, works like a charm. Other network applications
work just fine, no slowness at all. Just random things
that shouldn't take any time at all, for whatever reason
just bogs down. Another thing like the "New" item
described above is....I go into Windows Explorer, I expand
to Windows/System (or any other folder with hundreds of
files), I attempt to scroll all the way down the list, and
it bogs down, just like above, halfway through it! You
unplug the network cable and it scrolls instantly! Now, I
know what you're thinking....we're having a problem with
our network and it's bogging it down. But I tend to
disagree for the simple fact that network programs and
files work just fine. Why would network email work fine,
yet right-clicking on your desktop and going to "New"
would bog it down? This is perhaps the oddest problem to
ever come across the pike! Please help, please!!!

I think the problem is due to using a Ghosted image from the other
Dell to the new Dell (not a recommended solution) as drivers between
the systems will not be compatible.
Wipe the system and restore the original image from CDs provided and
Peter Hutchisoninstall programs as necessary. Then take a Ghost image
of that (just in case).

 

[PCyr]

Miss Perspicacia Tick (a.k.a Amethyst, Cassandra, and many other aliases),
your posts are extremely rude, and counter-productive.

1) This is a Microsoft newsgroup designed to help people with questions
about Microsoft products.
2) People have a right to ask questions and make mistakes.
3) This is not English class. (Especially since you make MANY spelling and
grammar errors yourself)
4) Not everyone here speaks fluent English
5) If someone isn't following USENET etiquette, politely inform them of
their error if you expect them to listen. Calling them a moron is just
going to cause them to label you as a jacka**, and they will not listen.
6) This is a newsgroup to help
(http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=help) people, not criticise them
and be demeaning towards them.
7) If they post something off-topic, politely ask them to post in the
correct newsgroup.
8) If someone posts an incorrect solution, politely correct them.

-Being rude and demeaning as you are, only makes yourself appear
unintelligent, immature, insecure, and just plain isn't nice.

-If you are as intelligent as you try to appear to be, you would understand
that attacking people, is a very inferior thing to do. Are you so insecure
in life that you have to resort to attacking people about trivial things in
a Microsoft newsgroup? Are you so insecure that you can't stop and say to
yourself, "OK, this person just did something wrong. Why did they do it?
Was it on purpose?" and then respond politely. Are you so insecure that you
have to attack people who already are struggling with computer, and belittle
them even more, thus making yourself feel like some wolf that's establishing
its dominance? Are you so insecure that you have to act like some wild
animal, and belittle people, to make yourself feel dominant and superior?

Why do you feel the need to insult people? Nothing good comes of it. There
is no need for it. If you can think of a single reason for why we should
insult people, please tell us.