everything grinds to a halt on the HP computer I have here at work.
It had originally been set up to run Windows 7, but since our IT department isn't quite ready for Windows 7 they took the PC, yanked 7 off and plopped XP on the machine.
Ever since then, at least once or twice a day, when I navigate using Windows Explorer to C:\My Documents, the hard drive light comes on, the computer whirrs comfortably to itself for 5-8 minutes (yes, minutes) and then finally unlocks itself and allows me to view and interact with files. If I try to open anything or click on anything while it's "thinking", the whole system locks permanently and then I have to do a hard shutdown.
The IT staff here has glanced at it but hasn't really looked into it, so I was wondering... any ideas on how to improve the performance and stop this annoying hitch? Remember, I have no admin rights, so all I could do is suggest your suggestions to a friendly IT person (yes, they do exist and yes, I know some here).
Thanks! I'll attach a screen shot with some system specifics.
MishMish3000
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Re: When you open My Documents...
Only speculating here but it might be worth creating a shortcut to My Documents and, if you are on a network, placing this shortcut in your personal drive. I have no idea if (or why) this would help but it's something I would try.
You might request your IT department to copy and re-create this folder (it might not actually live on your C drive..? It might be pointing to a network share).
But someone of greater note might come along and correct me
You might request your IT department to copy and re-create this folder (it might not actually live on your C drive..? It might be pointing to a network share).
But someone of greater note might come along and correct me
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Your PC looks fast enough! No shortage of memory either!
Do you have a lot of subfolders in My Documents? And/or a lot of zip files?
Do you have a lot of subfolders in My Documents? And/or a lot of zip files?
Best wishes,
Hans
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Yes, I was thrilled to get a faster PC with more memory... now I can actually run Access and SAS! LOL
But no, I don't have a lot of zipped files on the hard drive. I have about 20 subfolders under MY Documents. What I do have a lot of right now are small *.jpg files, since I take screen shots of things I'm doing, save them in My Documents and then paste them from there into documents I create. But I try to keep those pesky image files organized logically so they aren't all over the place. Usually when I'm done with them, I delete them and then empty the trash bin.
The PC for the week or two that I was blessed to have it with its native Windows 7 on it, never did this. It only started happening after they put XP SP3 on there. But then I have a couple of PCs at home that still run XP SP3 and they never ever do this hanging thing with opening My Documents. Only this one does. Sigh.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend!
MishMish3000
But no, I don't have a lot of zipped files on the hard drive. I have about 20 subfolders under MY Documents. What I do have a lot of right now are small *.jpg files, since I take screen shots of things I'm doing, save them in My Documents and then paste them from there into documents I create. But I try to keep those pesky image files organized logically so they aren't all over the place. Usually when I'm done with them, I delete them and then empty the trash bin.
The PC for the week or two that I was blessed to have it with its native Windows 7 on it, never did this. It only started happening after they put XP SP3 on there. But then I have a couple of PCs at home that still run XP SP3 and they never ever do this hanging thing with opening My Documents. Only this one does. Sigh.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend!
MishMish3000
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In Windows Explore > Tools > Folder Options...
Check if you have selected the "Automatically search..." option selected: - I find this can have an enormous impact on open WE.
Check if you have selected the "Automatically search..." option selected: - I find this can have an enormous impact on open WE.
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By George, it WAS checked. I unchecked it, so we'll see today if that helps. Maybe that was it!
Thanks!
MishMish3000
Anne