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Start menu slow to display

J

John Doue

Flightless Bird
Hi,

On one of my machines (which have a nearly identical set-up), access to
the Start Menu various items is slow (several seconds), with hard disk
activity before they display.

Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. What
can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display it
instantly or almost, as on my other machines?

Thanks for your pointers.
--
John Doue
 
R

Rey Santos

Flightless Bird
Try this:
Adjusting Windows XP Menu Show Delay
http://www.lancelhoff.com/adjusting-windows-xp-menu-show-delay/

--
Rey


"John Doue" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On one of my machines (which have a nearly identical set-up), access to
> the Start Menu various items is slow (several seconds), with hard disk
> activity before they display.
>
> Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. What
> can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display it
> instantly or almost, as on my other machines?
>
> Thanks for your pointers.
> --
> John Doue
> .
>
 
B

Bernd

Flightless Bird
-------- Original-Nachricht --------

> Hi,
>
> On one of my machines (which have a nearly identical set-up), access to
> the Start Menu various items is slow (several seconds), with hard disk
> activity before they display.
>
> Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. What
> can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display it
> instantly or almost, as on my other machines?
>
> Thanks for your pointers.


Any invalid shortcuts or shortcuts pointing to network locations within
the start menu ?

Bernd
 
A

Airman Basic

Flightless Bird
On 01/29/2010 12:48 PM, John Doue wrote:
> On 1/29/2010 8:34 AM, Rey Santos wrote:
>> Try this:
>> Adjusting Windows XP Menu Show Delay
>> http://www.lancelhoff.com/adjusting-windows-xp-menu-show-delay/
>>

> Thanks, but it is already set to zero ...
>


Thought it was just me. Misery loves company. Figured some recent
install might be the culprit. I started the MS antivirus about when this
started happening. How about you?

Least it must not be hardware, if it's a common problem.
 
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