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XP explorer slow opening files

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Hi

Having a problem with window XP sp2

When i try to open a file e.g (text file) windows XP takes about 30 seconds to opening the file. Also if i try to right click on any file the contents menu also take about 30 second to appear.

The problem only seem to be with files; folders opening normally and if i right click on my computer or network places for example the contents menu come back straight away.

I have install microsoft antispyware on and the latest dat of mcaffe on to see if there where and viruses, trojans or spyware on my system but all results came back clean. However this machine doesn't have any internet access anyway so i expect there to none.

anyone got any ideas
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Are you running low on space? You could try running a disk clean up and then defragment after chkdsk. If its to do with junk or a fragmented drive, this would help. Also a general opinion is that McAfee hogs system resources. u might think of adding more RAM if ur running memory intensive programs.
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Quote originally posted by jingalala ...
Are you running low on space? You could try running a disk clean up and then defragment after chkdsk. If its to do with junk or a fragmented drive, this would help. Also a general opinion is that McAfee hogs system resources. u might think of adding more RAM if ur running memory intensive programs.

Nope disk space is fine and system processes are fine. I wish it was that simple.

I have been investigation and it is the DCHP & DNS service in windows XP. If i disable these services the pc spring into life but as soon as i enable them it pauses like i discussed in my earlier mail. I have notice the pause is pretty the same amount of time 25 second to be exact.
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You can safely leave the DNS Client service off. This service creates problems with cached DNS issues and slows down more than it speeds up IMO.

You should be able to turn off the DHCP service if you manually configure all your network connections and you connect to the internet through a gateway that supplies your IP address (such as a router).
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I am experiencing the slow file access problem in Windows Explorer. I tried disabling the DHCP service, and VOILA! file access immediately went to normal (fast). However, when I turned it off, I lost my internet connection. I use a cable modem with a Linksys Router, and I thought the router supplied the IP address, etc., as chrisbliss18 mentioned. How can I configure my system so I can leave DHCP off yet still have an internet connection?
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I am also experiencing the same problem, opening of files is very slow and when I disable DHCP or give myself a fixed IP, or disconncet the LAN the files open normally...

Has anyone got any idea of what this could be ?

Thanks a lot !
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I have the same problem. But I have noticed that when I deactivate my network card time to open any file fall drastically. I am searching why it occurs.
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Seems like a pain, but I had a similar issue last year and I just formatted my hard drive and my computer's worked like new ever since (got it in 01)
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Thanks for the tip. I have been experiencing very slow file opening on my quad core machine running XP. Disabling the DNS client sped up much of the file openings but Office 2000 still seems slow and also slows down with repeated accesses after a reboot.

Disabling the DHCP client did nothing positive and added nothing to the speed of opening.

I still do not understand why or how the DNS client should interfere with local file opening.
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I discovered that if I deleted an off line network printer the Word 2000 files open briskly.

I might suggest that you delete any unnecessary printers from your local copy of Windows XP.

Turning the network card off also lowered the response time. I suspect that Word is looking for a response from all the printers within its reach and does not open until the last one times out.
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