Re: Slow folder opening

From	martyn.tindall@nospamplease.mbtindall.plus.com (Martyn Tindall)
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: Slow folder opening
Date	2012-06-14 06:35 +0000
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:45:58 -0700 (PDT), Bob_Villa
<pheeh.zero@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:32:51 PM UTC-5, Martyn Tindall wrote:
>> Sorry, this is nothing to do with laptops, the reason being that it's
>> on behalf of a friend and I'm at a loss to know where else to ask!
>> She's stuck with a hand-me-down desktop that she can't afford to
>> replace.  It's adequate for her purposes in general, but it takes an
>> eternity to open a folder.  I once tried to open a USB memory stick,
>> but gave up after sitting watching the egg timer for ten minutes or
>> more. Can anyone suggest where the problem might be?  I can't see
>> anything untoward in Task Manager (Performance tab), but I'm no
>> expert.
>> 
>> Pentium III 847 Mhz; 1 GB RAM; Hard Drive divided into 3 partitions,
>> each about 19 GB.  Windows XP Professional.  
>> 
>> TIA,
>> 
>> -- 
>> Martyn Tindall
>> Leeds, England, United Kingdom
>
>Try a scan with MalwareBytes. It may have to be reformatted if it's being used for a DDoS attack.

Thanks, Bob.

Martyn

-- 
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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Slow folder opening martyn.tindall@nospamplease.mbtindall.plus.com (Martyn Tindall) - 2012-06-12 20:32 +0000
  Re: Slow folder opening Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-06-12 17:45 -0700
    Re: Slow folder opening martyn.tindall@nospamplease.mbtindall.plus.com (Martyn Tindall) - 2012-06-14 06:35 +0000

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