Slow SP2 Desktop response

[Simon]

Hi,

I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 running XP SP2. 1Gb RAM and plenty of free HDD.
I'm running on a LAN joined to W2000


Intermittently, my start menu, task bar and quick launch do not respond.
However Alt+Tab will happily scroll through my running apps and I can use
the running apps without problems.

Task Managaer shows no CPU hogging and plenty of free RAM.

After a couple of minutes, my PC can spring in to life and execute all the
mouse clicks I had applied to start menu etc and there is a flurry of window
and pop-up activity.

I run numerous Spyware and Adware removal tools and have in the past found
these to locate and fix the problem. Increasingly, Spyware/Adware does not
appear to be the problem because the scans I run find nothing critical and
the problem will persist. The problem can also rectify itself after some
time without any intervention and 'appears' to start with Explorer grinding
to a halt,
unable to expand the folder tree and refresh the file list.

Thanks.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 running XP SP2. 1Gb RAM and plenty of free
HDD. I'm running on a LAN joined to W2000

Intermittently, my start menu, task bar and quick launch do not respond.
However Alt+Tab will happily scroll through my running apps and I can
use the running apps without problems.

Task Managaer shows no CPU hogging and plenty of free RAM.

After a couple of minutes, my PC can spring in to life and execute all
the mouse clicks I had applied to start menu etc and there is a flurry
of window and pop-up activity.

See if there is the "Microsoft TCP/IP Version6" protocol installed. If
this is the case, uninstalling that protocol usually resolves that
problem.

 

[Gramps]

I tried this and no obvious difference.

My desktop continues to throw go-slow spasms.

I have run anti-virus, adware and spyware.
I have disconected all of my mapped network drives.

Anything else?