Opening My Computer Slow

I have one computer/user at an account that has an issue with MyComputer
opening VERY slow. It is as though it is looking for something on the
network and having no luck finding it. However, there are no apparent
mapped drives that can not be resolved or other such things. The system is
otherwise clean and has been checked for all manner of malware.

Where in the registry or in the user profile would I look to make sure there
are no "network places" it is trying to resolve and can't?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Bob Showalter, Packer International

bojimbo26one
Mon Jan 07 02:00:36 PST 2008

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:31:06 -0700, "BobS" <PackerIntl@qwest.net>
wrote:

>I have one computer/user at an account that has an issue with MyComputer
>opening VERY slow. It is as though it is looking for something on the
>network and having no luck finding it. However, there are no apparent
>mapped drives that can not be resolved or other such things. The system is
>otherwise clean and has been checked for all manner of malware.
>
>Where in the registry or in the user profile would I look to make sure there
>are no "network places" it is trying to resolve and can't?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>Bob Showalter, Packer International

Have you tried looking in the event viewer for problems ?

RajeshN
Mon Jan 07 22:09:01 PST 2008

Restart the machine with safemode and delete all temp files and temporory
internet files also
try to remove the freeware scanner ,
give chkdsk /r

then also if you feel same in msconfig you can remove the startup
applcation and services





"BobS" wrote:

> I have one computer/user at an account that has an issue with MyComputer
> opening VERY slow. It is as though it is looking for something on the
> network and having no luck finding it. However, there are no apparent
> mapped drives that can not be resolved or other such things. The system is
> otherwise clean and has been checked for all manner of malware.
>
> Where in the registry or in the user profile would I look to make sure there
> are no "network places" it is trying to resolve and can't?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Bob Showalter, Packer International
>

BobS
Tue Jan 08 22:27:48 PST 2008

Yes; nothing there.

<bojimbo26one@aol.com> wrote in message
news:kvt3o3lh953srl7gq6u3h25n9c3d1s3rkk@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:31:06 -0700, "BobS" <PackerIntl@qwest.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I have one computer/user at an account that has an issue with MyComputer
>>opening VERY slow. It is as though it is looking for something on the
>>network and having no luck finding it. However, there are no apparent
>>mapped drives that can not be resolved or other such things. The system
>>is
>>otherwise clean and has been checked for all manner of malware.
>>
>>Where in the registry or in the user profile would I look to make sure
>>there
>>are no "network places" it is trying to resolve and can't?
>>
>>Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>>Bob Showalter, Packer International
>
> Have you tried looking in the event viewer for problems ?

BobS
Tue Jan 08 22:30:45 PST 2008

Have tried all that. When I say opening My Computer I mean Start, My
Computer, or opening Windows Explorer; not the actual computer. As I said,
it seems as though it is trying to resolve something but can't.

"Rajesh.N" <RajeshN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43A181FE-3FDE-4A6F-9D50-19C479D113CB@microsoft.com...
> Restart the machine with safemode and delete all temp files and temporory
> internet files also
> try to remove the freeware scanner ,
> give chkdsk /r
>
> then also if you feel same in msconfig you can remove the startup
> applcation and services
>
>
>
>
>
> "BobS" wrote:
>
>> I have one computer/user at an account that has an issue with MyComputer
>> opening VERY slow. It is as though it is looking for something on the
>> network and having no luck finding it. However, there are no apparent
>> mapped drives that can not be resolved or other such things. The system
>> is
>> otherwise clean and has been checked for all manner of malware.
>>
>> Where in the registry or in the user profile would I look to make sure
>> there
>> are no "network places" it is trying to resolve and can't?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> Bob Showalter, Packer International
>>

RonWebb
Thu Jan 10 18:41:26 PST 2008

I'm not sure I can solve your problem, but I have a suggestion on how to
narrow it down. Try opening a command window and typing the following
command:

explorer /root,c:\

That will open an Explorer window with C:\ as the root of the tree. If it
opens just as slowly, then it's something to do with Explorer itself. If it
opens quickly, then you're right that it's probably a network resource, or
maybe something else that normally shows up in the standard Explorer window.