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Open files extremely slow

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by ofgsubs

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Hi everyone, since a couple of weeks, my PC (running windows XP Prof.) is extremely slow opening files independent of the format (txt, office files, etc.). To give you an idea, it takes around 45 secs. to open a 10Kb txt file. It happens only when I open the file using the Windows Explorer, and only when I am connected to the network.

It is the same in different networks. It looks like it is looking for something before opening the file.

Any ideas will be more than welcome
Cheers
Oscar

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by pierrejamme

Hi Oscar:
We are going to need a little more info.
What kind of network?
What is your "Provider Order"? Network\Advanced Menu\Advanced Settings\Provider Order Tab
Is your network using Op Lock?
anything else you can tell us....

by lmayeda

Often, the problems I've had with SLOW XPs is that the network configuration is not pointing to the correct DNS server. Another issue I had was related to my monitor or video card ... by viewing the task manager while opening one of your files, you can sometimes determine what is taking up all of your CPU time... and get a clue as to your problem.

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