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by michael.spellman 1 view

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I have a toshiba techra 8000 win98 laptop ...When I access the start menu I get a very slow choppy responce....How can I resolve this?....I have made sure that all the latest service packs and toshiba patches

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by seagull data services

I'm not familiar with the Toshiba Techra range but I had a similar problem with mine before I upgraded the memory.
Another possibility
The start menu is a representation of folders and their contents. If you have a lot of items on the start menu, particularly under the Programs folder, Windows has to build up the menu on the fly as you click or hover over an option. Try deleting some of the menu items that you don't use.
Hope this helps
John

by lizzy

If accessing the Start menu soon after starting the PC, you may have too much running at startup. You will need to wait until everything finishes loading before attempting to access it all. Check what is running at startup by going to Start>>Run>>and type in MSCONFIG. This is a troubleshooting program. The last tab will show you what is set to run at boot. Uncheck any unnecessary programs, some could be AOL, Real Player, etc. Reboot and see if it improves Start access. Also, you can turn off menu animation under Display>>Effects>>and uncheck Animate windows, etc. Make sure you have all the latest video and sound card drivers. WWW.DriverGuide.com and WWW.windrivers.com are good places to check. Without more info from you, it's hard to tell exactly what's causing this, but it shouldn't be too difficult to remedy. Good luck.

by lizzy

In addition to my first answer and the first answer which is also correct, run scandisk letting windows automatically fix errors, delete all extraneious temp files (or Start>>Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Disk Cleanup, and finally, run defragmaking sure to disable all screen savers, etc. before running--you may have to run it in safe mode to keep it from being interrupted by other programs.

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