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Dave
Hi,
I've had a weird problem for a while now I'm hoping someone might have an
insight into.
I'm running WinXP SP2, all patches applied. I have a peer-to-peer home
network with my PC and another PC, both of which have local printers
attached.
When I start my computer, wait for the startup services to finish loading,
and then right-click on Start and choose "Explore," Explorer starts. It
tries to go to C:\Documents and Settings\Dave\Start Menu, but I get an
hourglass, and we sit there and wait....for about 20-30 seconds, during
which time the hard drive light is flashing away, and the CPU usage is way
up high--I can't do anything else.
After those 20-30 seconds, the rest of the folder list comes into view, and
I can use Explorer normally--no problems at all. If I close Explorer and
start it up again, there's no delay--it's only slow the first time starting
it up after rebooting.
My first thought was that Explorer, on startup, is looking for network files
and folders and printers. I went to File, View, and disabled the option to
search for those. The slow startup still occurs.
I've tried looking all over Google for a solution to this, tried a couple of
things (the Remote Namespace Printers and Network subkey deletion trick, for
one), and nothing's worked. It's not adware/viruses; I use Spybot and
NOD32, and keep them up-to-date (I used to be a computer tech support person
in real life). I did scans anyway just to be sure--all negative.
Anyone have any brilliant ideas I could try? It's not a huge problem,
but it's frustrating to want to get started with something and having to sit
there staring at Explorer twiddling my thumbs.......
Thanks,
Dave
I've had a weird problem for a while now I'm hoping someone might have an
insight into.
I'm running WinXP SP2, all patches applied. I have a peer-to-peer home
network with my PC and another PC, both of which have local printers
attached.
When I start my computer, wait for the startup services to finish loading,
and then right-click on Start and choose "Explore," Explorer starts. It
tries to go to C:\Documents and Settings\Dave\Start Menu, but I get an
hourglass, and we sit there and wait....for about 20-30 seconds, during
which time the hard drive light is flashing away, and the CPU usage is way
up high--I can't do anything else.
After those 20-30 seconds, the rest of the folder list comes into view, and
I can use Explorer normally--no problems at all. If I close Explorer and
start it up again, there's no delay--it's only slow the first time starting
it up after rebooting.
My first thought was that Explorer, on startup, is looking for network files
and folders and printers. I went to File, View, and disabled the option to
search for those. The slow startup still occurs.
I've tried looking all over Google for a solution to this, tried a couple of
things (the Remote Namespace Printers and Network subkey deletion trick, for
one), and nothing's worked. It's not adware/viruses; I use Spybot and
NOD32, and keep them up-to-date (I used to be a computer tech support person
in real life). I did scans anyway just to be sure--all negative.
Anyone have any brilliant ideas I could try? It's not a huge problem,
but it's frustrating to want to get started with something and having to sit
there staring at Explorer twiddling my thumbs.......
Thanks,
Dave