my computer (as in my computer icon on desktop) when clicked is extremly slow to respond about 7 seconds on average to display drives etc:page launches instantly the rest of the machine appears to be running fine , machine spec xp pro,sp1, pIIII 3gig @ 800 mhz
512 ddr @400mhz, ati vid card 256 ddr 480 gig ata 133 hdd (3x160) gigabyte 2004 gt edition model number ga-8lpe1000-l
there is about 150 gig of data in total, of that 88 gig on the main drive remains

i have tried removing all hdd except the master os drive and there is no difference it has not always been this way it seem to have slowed down after a win update data transfer/installation but dont know what

Baffled

kev from pioneer, July 2004

you could also try deleteing your cookies & temp internet files then run a scan disc followed by a defrag you will notice your pc will have speeded up afterwards

mick, July 2004

take on board your comments but how would this only just start to happen same drives nothing has changed except for the slow access time. it would appear that this is an issue as ms have attempted to solve this problem, other people have reported even slowe access time than myself up to 5 mins and the searching tourch come s up , somthing i have noticed not sure if it is any thing but in the run section it seems not to remember command line that have been previously entered and the same goes for the web address bar there again does not rember past site the history is set for 20 days i will have to keep looking any more help would be welcome

cheers chaps n lasses

kev from pioneer, July 2004

If you've got a CD/DVD in your optical drive the OS needs to spin it up to read it.

8x, 24x, 48x or 52x takes about 5-7 seconds to reach speed and catalog in 'My Computer'

Any help?

Octavian Ratstrangler, July 2004

thanx for the info tried the advice from ms support but alas still slow

kev from pioneer, July 2004

Microsoft have a suggestion....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;819017

SamMan, July 2004

thanx for that shoulsd have added additional info

reg schelduled clean using reg vac, firewall zap, pest patrol corparate, plus trojan hunter,and nod antivirus

still slow

kev from pioneer, July 2004

Have you tried cleaning the Registry?

Get a utility like Registry Medic to scan your PC and remove entries in the Registry which are no longer required.

This shouldn't hurt, and even if it doesn't fix this problem you'll find your PC works faster.

SamMan, July 2004