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| Hope this is the right place to ask, intalled window xp month ago. worked
ok. install two or three programs (wordperft, kodac, ?) no problems. in the
last week when I boot up, then desk top ok, but when I try to open any file
i get the hour glass for 3 sec then back to the arorrw, then I wait and wait
about 45 sec to one minute and finilly it opens. once any file is open from
then on any other file will open fast. I did a defrag . . no change. in
frustration i some times click it over and over then wait a minute or more
finily it open many copys. Any ideas ?? thanks Don
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| Don wrote:
> Hope this is the right place to ask, intalled window xp month ago. worked
> ok. install two or three programs (wordperft, kodac, ?) no problems. in the
> last week when I boot up, then desk top ok, but when I try to open any file
> i get the hour glass for 3 sec then back to the arorrw, then I wait and wait
> about 45 sec to one minute and finilly it opens. once any file is open from
> then on any other file will open fast. I did a defrag . . no change. in
> frustration i some times click it over and over then wait a minute or more
> finily it open many copys. Any ideas ?? thanks Don
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why don't you ask in a xp newsgroup? You can find them here:
mnnews.microsoft.com
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| Mumia W. (reading news) 2006-09-18, 1:12 pm |
| On 09/18/2006 09:57 AM, Don wrote:
> Hope this is the right place to ask, intalled window xp month ago. worked
> ok. install two or three programs (wordperft, kodac, ?) no problems. in the
> last week when I boot up, then desk top ok, but when I try to open any file
> i get the hour glass for 3 sec then back to the arorrw, then I wait and wait
> about 45 sec to one minute and finilly it opens. once any file is open from
> then on any other file will open fast. I did a defrag . . no change. in
> frustration i some times click it over and over then wait a minute or more
> finily it open many copys. Any ideas ?? thanks Don
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What version of XP did you install?
Did you enable the built-in firewall?
Do you have any firewall enabled?
Did you download and install the O/S updates?
Have you check for spyware, trojans and adware?
Do you have a high-speed Internet connection or dial-up?
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| bassbag 2006-09-18, 7:14 pm |
| In article < 3YednXRaA4pLLpPYnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d@adelphi
a.com>,
jjdcm@adelphia.net says...
> Hope this is the right place to ask, intalled window xp month ago. worked
> ok. install two or three programs (wordperft, kodac, ?) no problems. in the
> last week when I boot up, then desk top ok, but when I try to open any file
> i get the hour glass for 3 sec then back to the arorrw, then I wait and wait
> about 45 sec to one minute and finilly it opens. once any file is open from
> then on any other file will open fast. I did a defrag . . no change. in
> frustration i some times click it over and over then wait a minute or more
> finily it open many copys. Any ideas ?? thanks Don
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Possibly an Antivirus that is a little to heavy for your machine?
me
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