I'm beyond ******* pissed at this ******* point, and i need help bad. And dont tell me to reload or update windows, I already have. I have also defragged, and ran full virus scans. Note: I work almost exclusively from windows explorer rather than the stupid menus.
Here is my system:
Winblows XP Pro
Athlon XP 1800
512MB DDR2400 Ram
(2) Seagate Cheetah UW SCSI 10k RPM HDs
ATI Radeon 7500
UltraPlex 40x SCSI CDROM
Memorex 52x CDRW
Here is the problem:
Intermittently (i havent isolated when exactly the problem occurs)
ill be in windows explorer and when i do ANYTHING (including right clicking, delteing, opening, etc) with FILES (not folders) the computer takes between 30s-1min to open or even display the right-click menu. This is incredibly frustrating as you can imagine, especially if im trying to makes sigs or whatever. However, although i cant do s*** with FILES, i can do anything with the folders themselves :wtf:. This problem seems to be intermittent about 75% of the time (when i started this paragraph it was ok, now its not).
I have my computer hooked to my laptop, and both are connected to a firewalled internet connection. This problem NEVER occurs on the laptop. THis problem occurs sometimes when the laptop is on or off, and sometimes when its connected or not.
Where it gets wierd is, I'll attempt to open a picture in a folder. It will take around 30-45s to open. I get no errors, just takes forever. Once it opens, for about 30s I can open or do whatever to any files, then it goes back to taking forever. Then this process just repeats. My CPU usage is not maxed out during the wait, its around 2%, then it will spike to somewhere close to but less than 50% and open the file. And my net connection works perfectly.
:wtf:
I have tried everything i know, including removing most of my programs, reinstalling windows, updating windows, defraggin the hard drives, running a full virus scan with updated definiations, searching for adware progs and whatnot, and rebooting like a mofo. I thought this might have something to do with the network, like my computer was scanning the network everytime it tried to open a file, but unplugging the laptop or shutting it off made no difference.
Also, if i open photoshop and open a file from within photoshop, i have no troubles whatsoever. same with if i open media player and open a mp3 from within the prog, no problems there. but if i try to open the same exact file from explorer, here comes the problem.
Surely someone knows the solution to this problem without telling me to format my hard drive (again).
Here is my system:
Winblows XP Pro
Athlon XP 1800
512MB DDR2400 Ram
(2) Seagate Cheetah UW SCSI 10k RPM HDs
ATI Radeon 7500
UltraPlex 40x SCSI CDROM
Memorex 52x CDRW
Here is the problem:
Intermittently (i havent isolated when exactly the problem occurs)
ill be in windows explorer and when i do ANYTHING (including right clicking, delteing, opening, etc) with FILES (not folders) the computer takes between 30s-1min to open or even display the right-click menu. This is incredibly frustrating as you can imagine, especially if im trying to makes sigs or whatever. However, although i cant do s*** with FILES, i can do anything with the folders themselves :wtf:. This problem seems to be intermittent about 75% of the time (when i started this paragraph it was ok, now its not).
I have my computer hooked to my laptop, and both are connected to a firewalled internet connection. This problem NEVER occurs on the laptop. THis problem occurs sometimes when the laptop is on or off, and sometimes when its connected or not.
Where it gets wierd is, I'll attempt to open a picture in a folder. It will take around 30-45s to open. I get no errors, just takes forever. Once it opens, for about 30s I can open or do whatever to any files, then it goes back to taking forever. Then this process just repeats. My CPU usage is not maxed out during the wait, its around 2%, then it will spike to somewhere close to but less than 50% and open the file. And my net connection works perfectly.
:wtf:
I have tried everything i know, including removing most of my programs, reinstalling windows, updating windows, defraggin the hard drives, running a full virus scan with updated definiations, searching for adware progs and whatnot, and rebooting like a mofo. I thought this might have something to do with the network, like my computer was scanning the network everytime it tried to open a file, but unplugging the laptop or shutting it off made no difference.
Also, if i open photoshop and open a file from within photoshop, i have no troubles whatsoever. same with if i open media player and open a mp3 from within the prog, no problems there. but if i try to open the same exact file from explorer, here comes the problem.
Surely someone knows the solution to this problem without telling me to format my hard drive (again).
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