Bad lag in explorer and IE 6. 1

[ZENYO]

I'm having some bad lag/pause issues...

For some reason, It takes a good 2 minutes to scan My
Computer. For Example, I'll create a document in word,
Press Save, Hit the arrow in the "Save In" box to select a
destination and word/explorer will pause for about 1-2
minutes before it displays the drive letter list.

IE6 has a similar problem when I type an address into the
url box IE pauses for about 2 minutes before even trying
to locate the site.

I'm running w2k sp4 with all critical updates. This is
happening in a new box... PIIII 2.4 w/512mb. lotsa hdd
space. Even though it's a new puter I have defragged it
anyway... temp is clean, start up is clean, cookies cleared daily.
Any idea why this might be hapening?
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[1stITMAN]

ok run a chkdsk /r on ur hard disk, or is it because its not a quick rpm hard disk.

 

[danomac]

Well

The first problem it sounds like it is trying to scan a drive in My Computer that isn't available (have a mapped network drive?)

The second sounds like it could be a DNS problem of some sort (can't contact the DNS server.)

Both problems could be caused by not being able to contact the DNS server quickly.

 

[ZENYO]

1stITMAN - the hdd is 7200rpm. I ran chkdsk and all is good.

Thanks danomac....

I had a mapped going on with an old puter for backup purposes... I took the old puter of the network but forgot to disconnect the map... I think that might be it, I'll monitor over the next couple of days. I feel a little silly right now...lol

Just out of curiosity, How would DNS effect this. DNS is working good here anyhow, but I'm curious.

Thanks Again
Allan

 

[danomac]

If you map a share to a computer name instead of its ip address, windows will contact the dns server to get the ip address... and if it isn't working would take time to time out.

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[ZENYO]

Nice... I never thought of that...

Thanks for the help.