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More info?)
It seems to have mended itself!!
As far as I can tell what cured it was that I clicked on the 'My Music'
folder and the 'HighMAT CD writer' (?) was (re) installed. After that
everything appears in 10 seconds or so.
Hope it stays fixed!!!
Tony
"TonyNunan" <TonyNunan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80FB9DE9-D471-4213-86BA-FEF693CE8EF5@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your ideas, but no change.
>
> The computer itself is not sluggish, just the population of the Add/Remove
> programs list. Whilst waiting for it to load there is no discernable disc
> activity, and cpu usage is < 4%.
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> 4 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer's Performance
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Tony Nunan" wrote:
>>
>> | My Add or Remove Programs has become very sluggish, and takes 10+
>> minutes to
>> | display the list of programs.
>> |
>> | I have a fair amount installed, but I wouldn't think enough to cause
>> this.
>> |
>> | Does anyone have any ideas what might be the cause and how to fix it?
>> |
>> | Thanks,
>> |
>> | Tony
>>