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    Any idea why it would take a long time for the right click menu to appear for a drives in My Computer (WinXP)?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nemt, Jan 6, 2011.

  1. nemt

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    Messing around with my old PC and this has always bugged me. When I right click a drive it takes between 10-20 seconds for the right click menu to appear - this doesn't happen with any other right click actions on the PC, just the drives themselves. It only happens the first time I do it for that particular boot up (immediately afterwards it functions normally again, until I reboot). Any idea why this might be happening? It's always done this, ever since it was first assembled in 2003.

    WinXP SP3
    Intel P4 3066mhz
    1gb ram
    Radeon HD 4650
     
    nemt, Jan 6, 2011
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    I remember reading something about broken network or share shortcuts on XP causing slowdowns, you might look into that.
     
    Primes, Jan 7, 2011
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