My Documents and XP performance?

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I've been told that the greater the size of the My Documents folder, the
longer XP takes to load, and, in some cases, the wores the overall
performance.
Can anyone tell me more? I realize that the My Documents folder is part of a
user's profile, but didn't realize that it's size could affect performance.
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Advanced Computing Services wrote:
> I've been told that the greater the size of the My Documents folder,
> the longer XP takes to load, and, in some cases, the wores the overall
> performance.
> Can anyone tell me more? I realize that the My Documents folder is
> part of a user's profile, but didn't realize that it's size could
> affect performance.

No.

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Advanced Computing Services wrote:
> I've been told that the greater the size of the My Documents folder,
> the longer XP takes to load, and, in some cases, the wores the
> overall performance. Can anyone tell me more? I realize that the My
> Documents folder is part of a user's profile, but didn't realize that
> it's size could affect performance.

It's not the size of My Documents, it is the number of files dumped into
the root folder of My Documents. No version of Windows is good at
handling thousands or tens of thousands of documents at the same level
in a folder. (Win9x was considerably worse in this respect than Win2K/XP.)

It's a "Shlemiel the painter" thing -

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000319.html
> No. This code uses the Shlemiel the painter's algorithm. Who is
> Shlemiel? He's the guy in this joke:
>
> Shlemiel gets a job as a street painter, painting the dotted lines
> down the middle of the road. On the first day he takes a can of paint
> out to the road and finishes 300 yards of the road. "That's pretty
> good!" says his boss, "you're a fast worker!" and pays him a kopeck.
>
> The next day Shlemiel only gets 150 yards done. "Well, that's not
> nearly as good as yesterday, but you're still a fast worker. 150
> yards is respectable," and pays him a kopeck.
>
> The next day Shlemiel paints 30 yards of the road. "Only 30!" shouts
> his boss. "That's unacceptable! On the first day you did ten times
> that much work! What's going on?"
>
> "I can't help it," says Shlemiel. "Every day I get farther and
> farther away from the paint can!"

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The issue which may have applied with Windows 98 does not exist with
Windows XP.


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Hope this helps.

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<AdvancedComputingServices@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A7619A8-8A0B-4F02-9D13-30CB215891D6@microsoft.com...
> I've been told that the greater the size of the My Documents folder,
> the
> longer XP takes to load, and, in some cases, the wores the overall
> performance.
> Can anyone tell me more? I realize that the My Documents folder is
> part of a
> user's profile, but didn't realize that it's size could affect
> performance.
> --
> Advanced Computing Services
> "Our Service Will Sell You"