Wierd File Browser Lag

I've come upon a very interesting problem. I just started to notice that when I click on files and folders, it takes about half a second before it realizes that I cclicked and that I want to do whatever that file leads to. Now I would normally think I just have some cleanup issues to do, but I'm running Vista on my fairly new Sager 2092. Here's the main thing why I think it's not just bloat.

I have it set up so I click once to click a file, and point to select. Now, say when I click a folder, it takes a second, then goes. If I double click, it gets there immediately. If I right click and click explore, it also takes me wherever I'm going right then. It is also fast if I open the folder in the side explorer view. It just happens to act like it's sleeping whenever I left click on something.

Thing is driving me crazy . I've been backtracking to figure out what I have done that would cause this. Tried reinstalling/disconnecting Elantech, Setpoint, and Synaptics drivers, every combo still does the same, so it's not my moude or touchpad. I've tried seeing if AVG or Spybot has done anything to my clicking. I'm backtracking right now and I'm almost at the point of where I want to reformat, but I woud rather avoid that hassle. Any ideas?

 

Yeah I get the half-second delay too in single-click mode. I think it's normal (although unfortunate).

 

. turning off indexing?
. what avg version are u using?
. also disable spybot and see

cheers ...

 

I don't use Vista; that sounds strange if not really a major problem. Hopefully, one of you will find the cause, because thinking about it leaves my mind even more fried than usual. LOL

 

I just tried turning off indexing and I already tried disabling spybot and AVG. No effect. I may try totally uninstalling both. I know the recent versions of AVG are a little bloated.

I'm starting to think it's maybe my brain playing tricks on me since I'm used to having instant response. I'm liking vista less and less.

 

u can try the new avg with linkscanner option disabled. i prefer avast under vista, never gave me any issues since day one. Spybot never performs well under vista - on my comp anyway

give it time, vista does "learn" how the user works and will adapt to it

let us know if u fix the issue, eventually

cheers ...

 

I think the delay's there on purpose, so that if you double-click (even though it's in single-click mode) then the second one won't be a stray click on something else activating another link.

Are you sure it wasn't there in XP too?

EDIT: Yep, here's a description of it:

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/10/15/242761.aspx

Since that article is from 2004, I don't think they're talking about Vista. I think you're just scrutinizing Vista a lot more because you just started using it (and maybe heard a lot of bad things about it). It's also possible that in your XP setup you had either changed your double-click speed, or ran some tweaking program to change this behavior.

Anyway, I'm you can reduce the delay by changing the double-click speed to a faster setting in the mouse control panel. You can't eliminate the delay completely though.

To see the delay exaggerated, you can set double-click speed to the slowest setting.

 

Nope. I have an XP Machine sitting right here next to me. Files and Folders open much faster.

 

can u set up ur vista with exact softwares and environment as ur xp and try it again? this might be a perfect chance to really compare the 2 side by side

cheers ...

 

Swarmer pretty much just gave it to me. I never thought about how the single click setting is actually an artificial double click. I've been testing out a variety of mouse drivers, and I forgot to crank my double click speed back up to max. Who clicks that slow anyway? Now it's much faster. Nice nugget of info that i can tuck away now, single click is tied to double click speed.

I'm not scrutinizing Vista. I decided I was neutral when I was choosing an OS, and I'm growing to like it. There are some things that bug me, but they are kinda negligible. I wouldn't have gone with ultimate if I hated Vista.

Thanks Swarmer.