Delayed response from WinXP issue

[Badgeroonie]

Hi all,

I have an issue with a WinXP (SP2) computer, where a 20-30 second delay occurs if you right-click on an item on the desktop OR if you open a file by double clicking on it be it from a network location or a local location.

It seems that the computer is waiting for something before executing the command given by the mouse click. I can see in task manager that the CPU utlisation is low whilst this happens and I have checked for Virus's and spyware etc to no avail.

Any ideas out there?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bcastner]

The traditional advice is here:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

And the advice in this FAQ is excellent: FAQ779-4784

My own rough findings:

. A defragmentation of the hard drive(s) after the installation of SP2 is a really good idea;
. Because SP2 replaces so many files, I force a re-optomization of the startup cache and startup program disk optomization using this trick: FAQ779-4518
. Roxio/Symantec GoBack slows things down considerably
. As does newer versions of WebRoot Spysweeper
. Norton/Symantec CleanSweep is not advised at present
. If using DIVX codecs, see:

http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm