XP Menus are SLOOOOOW

[supraTT]

ok here is a question.

I have a Dell Precision workstatin with the following specs
2 1.8 ghz zeon processors
1 gb ram
a radion 9700 pro video card
a raid 5 array running with a Dell Perc Controller card with 128 mb ram on board.

this should be one bitchin system right?

well then why is it that when i click start it takes 15-20 seconds to pop up, then every menu i click under taht seems to take just as long?

It seems to stay about 10-20 seconds no matter how many times i go in the menu..

any ideas?

 

[Dreadson]

1. Turn off all the visual effects.
2. Update windows! Maybe this bug has been fixed.

Something uses your CPU up when you open a menu. Windows may be sorting all your startmenu items and indexing them every time you press start. It's an elusive problem. I'm sure someone on this forums has an answer though.

 

[linney]

How does it go if you disable any Anti Virus Software?

See if you can get any ideas from this old thread.

Why it takes years to display right-click drop down menu?
thread779-277803

 

[shaner66]

Go into the registry, I'm assuming you know how based on that system you have, if not start - run - type 'regedit'

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Click on MenuShowDelay on the right hand side, right click and choose modify, change the value to a small number.

I have mine set to 0.

Then reboot, see if that helps you.