Double click on "My Computer"

[chrisperkins]

Hi Everyone,

I have an HP XE4100 laptop with 756mb Ram, 28gb hdd with 8 gb free space, running XP Pro SP1.

My problem is that whenever I double click on the "My Computer" it takes approx 2-3 minutes for anything to appear. Even if I go to Windows Explorer & try to expand the "My Computer" it takes the same time.

Any ideas what could be causing this? Should I try XP SP 2?

Many Thanks,

Chris

 

[gbaughma]

Things to check:

1) Make sure that there is not a CD in the CDRom drive. When you double-click "My Computer", one of the things it does is shows ALL your drives, including the label and icon for whatever CD you have in there.

2) Make sure there's not a floppy in the drive (Same reason)

3) If you're connecting to any network drives, make sure that they're proper connections. If you have a drive letter mapped to a non-existant drive, see reasons 1 & 2.

You might also wish to run a registry cleaner....



Just my 2¢

"In order to start solving a problem, one must first identify its owner." --Me
--Greg

 

[ncotton]

Gregs suggestions + DiskDefrag and Disk Cleanup. Otherwise, you may have a problem with your physical disk, such as power drain and disks are running slow, or some corruption in your file table.

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant