[Carquip]

Explorer opens with that flashlight waving about for ages before it finds my drives & folders.
I`ve checked my ram & is ok. I`ve also tried disabling services one by one, to no avail.
XP S/P2 Athlon 1.1, 1gig ram
Any IDEAS PPL???

[WolfX2]

try scanning with this

Windows Xp Complete Security Guide said:

The best and most comprehensive online scanner is...Microsoft Safety Center
Its a complete tuneup/safety service! It checks for mailware, spyware, regestry errors, system clutter, Open network ports, if you have all your windows updates and more!

Made my computer fly!

This post has been edited by wolf74481: 20 March 2006 - 06:49 PM

[LLXX]

I've experienced it before. This problem can occur if a drive is not connected properly or if there is a disk left in one of the optical drives.

You may also want to check if DMA mode is enabled for all your drives, if everything else is also unusually slow.

This post has been edited by LLXX: 20 March 2006 - 09:23 PM

[EchoNoise]

wolf74481, on Mar 21 2006, 10:48 AM, said:

try scanning with this

Windows Xp Complete Security Guide said:

The best and most comprehensive online scanner is...Microsoft Safety Center
Its a complete tuneup/safety service! It checks for mailware, spyware, regestry errors, system clutter, Open network ports, if you have all your windows updates and more!

Made my computer fly!

Where abouts did it fly to?

I don't really like the Safety Center... seems a bit shady about what information microsoft gathers from your pc!

[Carquip]

Thanks Wolf. didn`t find anything though. I`ve had this prob a few years ago & I think it was a service prob, but toooo long ago 4 this ole brain.

Thanks also LLXX. XP loads drives as UDMA by default, & it`s not an option within XP.

I`ve even reloaded the latest chipset drivers, hoping one may have failed, but NO!!.
Seems like it`s a memory prob???. Once "Explorer" gets going, everything is fine. Just hate sitting here 4 10 mins waiting.


EDIT:- The bios tells me all three drive are UDMA 5

This post has been edited by Carquip: 21 March 2006 - 12:19 AM

[cluberti]

You could also try running an application called ShellExView (http://www.nirsoft.n...s/shexview.html) - disable all non-MS extensions (they should be listed in pink or red) and reboot, and see if the problem persists. If it's an extension handler causing this, disabling via ShellExView should fix it.

[Shark007]

A common cause of this is CDroms and DVD's.
They take a long time to initialize and read the directories.

Try removing any optical media and see if that solves the problem.

shark

[Jeremy]

wolf74481, on Mar 20 2006, 08:48 PM, said:

try scanning with this

Windows Xp Complete Security Guide said:

The best and most comprehensive online scanner is...Microsoft Safety Center
Its a complete tuneup/safety service! It checks for mailware, spyware, regestry errors, system clutter, Open network ports, if you have all your windows updates and more!

Made my computer fly!

So do Ad-Aware SE Pro, Spybot S&D 1.4, JV16 PowerTools, CCleaner... open network ports? That sounds safe.

[Carquip]

Nice little tool, that 'ShellExtView". Didn`t do any good though.
Optical media is not the problem either.

Also wont open Control Panel. No hardware problems at all.
I can see a fresh instal coming up, DAMNNN!!.

[Lazy8]

wolf74481, on Mar 20 2006, 04:48 PM, said:

try scanning with this

Windows Xp Complete Security Guide said:

The best and most comprehensive online scanner is...Microsoft Safety Center
Its a complete tuneup/safety service! It checks for mailware, spyware, regestry errors, system clutter, Open network ports, if you have all your windows updates and more!

Made my computer fly!

I'm glad it worked for you, Wolf. Initiating a scan had no effect on this machine--no indication of any process running. I certainly never got any results. Had to uninstall--Strike Three.

[Carquip]

Found the culprit. HP-Scanjet driver not signed?????. Don`t know why though. Had to do a fresh install & found it after I loaded the software, Checking each install in turn.
So 2 more days loading apps & progs, defrags, tuning & such. PAIN in the BUTT.
Thanks all from me.

[xboxhaxorz]

How did you find out that was the prob?

Also i wonder why that causes slow explorer

[Carquip]

I did a re-install of XP & checked for probs after each software install. As soon as I loaded the HP scanner software, there was the same prob with Explorer. Don`t know why??. I loaded an early version of the software & all is OK.

[LLXX]

Carquip, on Mar 22 2006, 08:30 PM, said:

I did a re-install of XP & checked for probs after each software install. As soon as I loaded the HP scanner software, there was the same prob with Explorer. Don`t know why??. I loaded an early version of the software & all is OK.

The software probably loaded some monitoring process in the background which caused the conflict.

[WolfX2]

@undeadsoldier - Flew to japan, DUH!
@Jeremy - What might you be talking about?
@Lazy8 - I...... dont know what to say

[Carquip]

To LLXX. I have no idea as to why this happens, only to say, the drivers were not "signed", but the early drivers I loaded arn`t signed either. Whoooo!. Got me!!.
As to 'Wolf & c/o, If you wish to find who has the largest dick or the smallest brain, just email each other.
DON`T place it HERE. Your wasting OUR space, bandwidth, integrity & patience!!!!.

[processedin]

I have the same experience before, hope someone can tell me a quick solution.Thanks!