system lag problem

[koko]

not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but i have a prob.

i am experiencing system lag. it doesn't happen when i surf, play games...

it happens when i right click on my start button and explore...

it used to take my system less than 1 second to display all my drives and folders in the left window.

now it takes about 5 or 6 seconds for them to be displayed.

i also notice that it takes about 4 or 5 seconds for the system to rename a file.

has anyone experienced this problem?

btw, i have cleaned out temp internet files, deleted all cookies and defragged all 4 drives...

help!

 

[koko]

15 views and no suggestions...

/me patiently waits for smart IT person to show up

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

well

Well I cant say why right off hand but I can say this after installing the latest SP 1 my stardock winxp effects benchmarks doubled ........ and windows xp pro is a hell of a lot faster now .....

so hang in there either get the SP 1 beta or wait a little bit wont be long should be out real soon

 

[WiZZie]

Have u made any sort of changes to the system, installed new s/w or h/w or made any bios changes?

I did see in another tread that some1 hade probs with drives that hade changed from udma to PIO mode after install of some patch from microsoft via autoupdate...

Give us more info and we will try to help u the best we can!

 

[koko]

i haven't made any hardware changes in months, but i have loaded some new apps lately....nothing that should slow the system down. i don't have very much running.

i did run an auto update from microshaft the other day - some kind of security patch. could that be the prob?

if this'll help any, my specs are:

1.2 amd
20 gig ibm deskstar, 40 gig west. dig.
1 gig of sdram
winxp pro