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I have 2 users with the same problem now and I can't figure it out. Maybe
someone here has some ideas.
Environment: XP Pro with SP2 and all updates. Dell Dimension 4600 and 8300,
with plenty of CPU power and RAM. These systems are clean as the proverbial
whistle.
Symptom: Using Windows Explorer is *very* slow to browse certain local
folders. Also, the desktop is frequently reinitialized. Nothing unusual is
logged in the Application or System Event Logs, no errors are displayed, and
apps run fine. It's just Windows Explorer.
What I've done so far: Killed all unnecessary services and tasks including
anti-virus, etc. Scanned with SpyBot, MS Antispyware, AdAware, and Trend
OfficeScan. I did an Install/Repair of XP on one system tonight, and it made
no difference. There are no broken network map drives, and browsing network
drives is fast. When the Explorer slowdown occurs, the explorer.exe task
will show maybe 2-3% CPU utilization during the long "pause", which suggests
Explorer is doing *something* but the question is what. Overall CPU & kernel
utilization remain very low.
The local browsing problem persists no matter what I try. In fact it's so
bad the system is essentially unusable.
Does anyone have any ideas for me? If you need more info, please ask. And
thanks in advance for any assistance.
-dave
I have 2 users with the same problem now and I can't figure it out. Maybe
someone here has some ideas.
Environment: XP Pro with SP2 and all updates. Dell Dimension 4600 and 8300,
with plenty of CPU power and RAM. These systems are clean as the proverbial
whistle.
Symptom: Using Windows Explorer is *very* slow to browse certain local
folders. Also, the desktop is frequently reinitialized. Nothing unusual is
logged in the Application or System Event Logs, no errors are displayed, and
apps run fine. It's just Windows Explorer.
What I've done so far: Killed all unnecessary services and tasks including
anti-virus, etc. Scanned with SpyBot, MS Antispyware, AdAware, and Trend
OfficeScan. I did an Install/Repair of XP on one system tonight, and it made
no difference. There are no broken network map drives, and browsing network
drives is fast. When the Explorer slowdown occurs, the explorer.exe task
will show maybe 2-3% CPU utilization during the long "pause", which suggests
Explorer is doing *something* but the question is what. Overall CPU & kernel
utilization remain very low.
The local browsing problem persists no matter what I try. In fact it's so
bad the system is essentially unusable.
Does anyone have any ideas for me? If you need more info, please ask. And
thanks in advance for any assistance.
-dave