Delay and HD head sweep noise when opening Windows Explorer

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I have noticed lately that when I open Windows Explorer there is a 2-3
second delay and then I hear the HD heads sweep back and forth before
the window displays the drive contents.

Sometimes the flashlight search icon will also appear.

When I open a file from within an application and navigate to the
folder and data file that I need, I don't get this delay or HD noise.

I'm running XP Pro SP2 with all updates (that I am aware of) and my HD
is a Seagate 80Gb

Any ideas from you experts?

TIA, Rich

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Thanks for the input, I will check it out. However, this issue is
with WINDOWS EXPLORER not Internet Explorer. Your suggestion looks
like it may apply to IE.

BTW, I already run Ad-aware & Spybot and both are up to date.

Rich

"Meena" <SAYNO2SPAM.emailmeena@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>Try this work around:
>
>1. Click Start, run, type "inetcpl.cpl" (with out quotation marks) and click
>OK.
>2. Click the Advanced tab.
>3. Under Browsing, uncheck the "Enable third-party browser extensions
>(requires restart)" check box.
>4. Click OK.
>
>To be on the safer side, check for spywares/malwares/scumwares using the
>Lavasoft Adaware software, download from here:
>http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm
>
>After successfully installing the Ad-aware, please follow the steps below:
>
>1. Double click the Ad-Aware icon on desktop.
>2. Click "Check for Updates", "Connect" and download the latest pattern file
>if available. and click Finish
>3. Click "Start" and then "Next"
>4. After the scan is finished, click "Next"
>5. Select all the items (checkboxes) or
> (Right click on any object in the "Scan result" list and choose 'Select
>all objects')
>6. Click Next and click OK to confirm removal.