DV8000Z - File-Open is slooow

I did a clean install of my DV8000Z. It runs file except for opening files on the pc via File-Open. It's painfully slow, taking up to a minute to open. Although the system has a wireless network connection, the system is in a workgroup and files aren't being accessed over the network. No thumb drives are attached, nor do any show up in network neighborhood.

Does anyone else experience this?

 

well, are u opening files from another computer in the network/workgoup? is it slow opening the overall window, or just the file (like does the page load quickly but it shows that that the page is loading (a bar indicating the loading process, like when i zip or unzip files or download things))

also, is everything else slow? or just opening files within the workgroup...

maybe more RAM?!?

beats me....answer back to my questions please, and maybe others can figure it out?!?

 

The laptop has more than enough resources. It has a 7200 RPM hard drive and a 1GB memory.

Normally, I open excel, do a file-open to grab a file that exists on my c drive. When I drill down to the folder structure, it states "not responding" then connects after a minute. Each folder I drill down to takes from 5-30 seconds as I keep going.

If I went into explorer and found the file then launched it, there is no delay. It's bothering me because there is no reason this should be occuring.

There's no domain, no USB drive, everything is strictly local.

 

Is it strictly an Excel/Office problem? All I can think of is installing the current Windows and Office updates and seeing if that overwrites the brain damage.

 

ya, try that because i cant think of anything...maybe the files you are opening contain viruses or spyware...that it might be affecting the Excel....

i dont know my program stuff so...trust the Brainstretch