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WayneMan

WayneMan

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Sep 13, 2002
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Recently I have noticed that when I open My Computer and then right click a partition, that it takes 10-15 seconds for the right click menu to appear. Once I have gone through this wait time and if I leave My Computer open, then the right click menu appears very fast on any and all partitions, but if I close down My Computer, the first partition that I right click takes 10-15 secs.

In looking at what is on the right click menu I was wondering if one of these items could be getting data or whatever and causing this delay. The item I refer to is "Create Image" which is relative to the Disk Imaging software made by Acronis. I also notice that there is a process running schedul2.exe that is coming from this software.

How would I remove this item from the right click menu and would removing it actually remove it from having an affect to the slow times in bringing up a menu ?

I wanted to see if this could be done without deinstalling the Acronis Imaging software.

 
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Temporary Decline in Performance Occurs When You Right-Click a File or Folder in Windows Explorer

I need a regfix for these issues ??
thread779-868066


Customize Context Menus. (I doubt it will help much but you never know).




 
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Thanks linney

When I right click on a file or a folder, it is very fast, it is only when I right click on a partition that it takes so long and about 20 secs. Like I said before, if I leave explorer or My Computer open after having right clicked a partition, then it is fast every time on any partition.

This has baffled me big time and I have asked myself what I have done recently to change my system. This I know I have done:

Added a Samsung Laser Jet Printer which is working fine.
Installed Nero Ultimate 6.0 and InCD
Installed a Epson 1200 scanner and software
Added a LinkSYS router for firewall protection

I laid down an image that I made that is one week old and the right click was not delayed when right clicking a partition. I decided to go back to a more recent image and try and solve this and learn from it all rather than take a one week old image and build this system software back up with new hardware.

Anyone ever heard of InCD do this ? I think I will deinstall it and see what happens.


Cheers linney
 
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To Clean up after InCd you might need this tool from Nero.

InCd-Cleantool_1140.exe
 
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Thanks for your reply bcastner

I went into services and that service was on manual and started. I stopped the service and unplugged the usb cable from the scanner to the computer and then rebooted. Same thing.

When I double click My Computer, that window opens fast without hesitation. Don't ever remember seeing the flash light symbol.

It is when I right click a partition, and any partition on any hard drive or CDRom drives the first time after opening them that it takes about 15 secs for the property sheet to appear. Folders, files, shortcut property sheets, there is no delay. Once it takes the long delay in showing the properties of the first drive that is right clicked, then all other right clicks on drives, the property sheet appears 1 sec or less as long as the window stays open. Right clicking on the drives or partitions the first time takes just as long in explorer and PowerQuests Powerdesk file manager.

I have removed InCD 4.0 and Nero 6.0 and used the various cleaning tools to remove any remnants left. After a reboot, the same problem existed, so I reinstalled them.

I have put in a router and new printer. I bought the printer on sale and it is a Samsung Laser ML-2151N and I am using USB to connect to the computer. This printer has a network connection on back but I am not using it as I have but one computer. The router is a LinkSys Cable/DSL Router that I put in for a hardware firewall and later sharing of the Cable broad band if I build another computer. Router is the wired type.

USB connects on my computer are printer, scanner, and external Hard Drive.

I see nothing in event viewer that would give any clues to why this delay is occuring.




 
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Looks like your in for the long process of elimination to resolve this.

Try Safe Mode and see what your speed is like.

If it improves look at drivers and processes that load in Normal Mode.

HOW TO: Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP

310353 - How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP

316434 - HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP

310560 - How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP


Some general things to try.

A visit to Windows Updates may help.

See if System Restore will get you back to a restore point before your problem with Explorer. You can flip back and forward between restore points (undo's) to see at what stage of installs the problem happens.

Run the System File Checker program from the Run Box by typing.....Sfc /Scannow in it and have your XP CD handy.

If they don't work you could try repairing windows by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched. Whether this is a better option than your drive image backup only you can decide.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)
 
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Thanks Linney

I am going to try some of the links you provided me to see if I can find a resolution to this. I failed to mention, this behavior is present even when booting into safe mode so I guess it is not some third party driver that is causing it.

I will do some other things and see what happens.
 
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I doubt you can get a much cleaner boot than what you have in Safe Mode. Maybe you ought to consider the hardware side of things too.
 
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How much RAM do you have?
If 256 I suspect you will see a substantial improvement by doubling this.
(There would be more room for the file cache)
 
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I did a clean boot in windows with just the MS services and I have the same problem. I have 512 Megs or ram. Hardware device manager shows no problems even when showing hidden devices.

When I installed this printer, I remember getting an error of something not installed but I did not understand it. I am going to deinstall this printer and before doing a restore or laying windows down in repair mode.

I recently added two Sony CDRoms too and they are working fine. Drivers were installed from XP and they were auto detected.


I will keep you updated where I am at in this and want linney and bcastner to know I appreciate their efforts to help me.
 
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I still think this is WIA related, even if focused on one partition of your hard disk array.

Clean your "Send to" choices.

Even then, I still think it is WIA related and you have to live with it.
 
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This is not focused on "one" partition of my hard disk array. This actually is "any" partition or CDRom drive" if it is the first one to be right clicked when opening My Computer, Explorer, or any other file manager.
 
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WayneMan,

I really do understand that it is not "one" but "any." I wish thinking purely shell behavior. There is an issue in the scan of identified devices until the appropriate device is recognized and parsed.

If something in the IDE or USB chain is hanging, this can cause the delays your experience. I apologize for being crypting in my previous responses. But there is a device that is not responding, whether directly in the scan or in the Send To sections of your right-click. Look for dead network devices, or any external device that is not on and ready, such as USB devides accessed through TWAIN or WIA.
 
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bcastner

I just removed the scanner from XP. First I went into control panel and removed the epson scanner from the "camera's and scanner" section on control panel. Once I removed that, I went into remove programs in control panel and removed the twain 5 version that I got off the Epson Site. I did not remove the other type of software that interfaces with the scanner once the scanner is installed.

Then I cut off the scanner, and unplugged it from the computer and rebooted. Once back into XP, the same behavior was exibited again. So I think I have maybe eliminated the scanner install as being the culprit.

I have used 3 different IDE drivers, one that is installed from xp, the lastest for my chipset (SIS), and the one posted on the Soyo MB support page. After doin this, in reality, my hard drives are coming off the raid connects on the MB. I do this only because I had more than 4 ide devices. I run one hard drive as a master on one raid channel and then use another cable for the other HD and it is a master on the other channel.

The USB driver was automatically put in by XP when I installed it but when I bought the PCI card for USB 2.0, I used another driver from the floppy that came with the PCI card. I am using a PCI card because my MB USB connections supplied off the MB was not 2.0.

Where do I find the possible dead network devices? How do I edit my "send to" list?

I have but one computer but bought a Network capable printer. It is a Samsung ML-2151N with the N being for Network. I remember when I installed this printer, it installed but there was an error listed somewhere that something was not present or installed. I assumed this had something to do with it being used in a Network and seeing how the printer worked very nicely, I did not pursue that anymore. It installed actually two entries for the Samsung Printer with one being Post Script.

I think I will deinstall that later today as I am tired now.

I love these computers, they add to life's automation and save a person so much time and make life so easy and you have time for all the other things huh ?


:=)
 
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While the hang is occurring what is Task Manager (CPU and Processes) telling you?

"I installed this printer, I remember getting an error".

There may be a record of this error in one of the Install logs either from the printer setup program or one of the setup logs in the Windows folder.
 
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bcastner

I found it and these are the items listed:

My Documents
Mail Recipient
EditPad Light
Desktop.ini
Desktop (create shortcut)
Compressed (zipped) folder

Don't know what desktop.ini is there for but I will await word from you as to what you think.


Cheers
 
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Desktop.ini is a little file that tells Windows Explorer how to hanle the folder in special ways.

This is not the issue.

Try:

Start, Run, and in the box type:
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll

Reboot and test again.
 
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I ran the regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll and got a successful message after the process ran and rebooted, it did not fix it.
 
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