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From: John Doue on 29 Jan 2010 07:34 Hi, I realize this is not exactly the right place to ask the question, but no one seems to have a clue on WindowsXP.general. On one of my machines (all have a nearly identical set-up), access to the Start Menu various items is often slow (several seconds), with hard disk activity (several seconds) before they display. Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. What can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display it instantly or almost, as on my other machines? Thanks for your pointers. -- John Doue
From: BillW50 on 29 Jan 2010 11:05 In news:hjukk5$dau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, John Doue typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:13 +0200: > Hi, > > I realize this is not exactly the right place to ask the question, but > no one seems to have a clue on WindowsXP.general. > > On one of my machines (all have a nearly identical set-up), access to > the Start Menu various items is often slow (several seconds), with > hard disk activity (several seconds) before they display. > > Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. What > can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display it > instantly or almost, as on my other machines? > > Thanks for your pointers. Hi John, did you ever check Task Manager and check the CPU use? And if it goes up, see which process is causing this? It could be an uninstalled program that left stuff in the registry too. And careful with registry cleaners. As they remove important stuff if you are not careful. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: John Doue on 29 Jan 2010 13:44 On 1/29/2010 6:05 PM, BillW50 wrote: > In news:hjukk5$dau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, > John Doue typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:13 +0200: >> Hi, >> >> I realize this is not exactly the right place to ask the question, but >> no one seems to have a clue on WindowsXP.general. >> >> On one of my machines (all have a nearly identical set-up), access to >> the Start Menu various items is often slow (several seconds), with >> hard disk activity (several seconds) before they display. >> >> Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. What >> can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display it >> instantly or almost, as on my other machines? >> >> Thanks for your pointers. > > Hi John, did you ever check Task Manager and check the CPU use? And if > it goes up, see which process is causing this? > > It could be an uninstalled program that left stuff in the registry too. > And careful with registry cleaners. As they remove important stuff if > you are not careful. > Bill, No, it is trying to access the Start Menu items which causes the HD "grinding". It is obviously reading information before it can display it. IMHO, that information should be cached and not require reading each time (or most often). -- John Doue
From: BillW50 on 29 Jan 2010 15:14 John Doue wrote on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:44:47 +0200: > On 1/29/2010 6:05 PM, BillW50 wrote: >> In news:hjukk5$dau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, >> John Doue typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:13 +0200: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I realize this is not exactly the right place to ask the question, but >>> no one seems to have a clue on WindowsXP.general. >>> >>> On one of my machines (all have a nearly identical set-up), access to >>> the Start Menu various items is often slow (several seconds), with >>> hard disk activity (several seconds) before they display. >>> >>> Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. What >>> can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display it >>> instantly or almost, as on my other machines? >>> >>> Thanks for your pointers. >> >> Hi John, did you ever check Task Manager and check the CPU use? And if >> it goes up, see which process is causing this? >> >> It could be an uninstalled program that left stuff in the registry too. >> And careful with registry cleaners. As they remove important stuff if >> you are not careful. >> > > Bill, > > No, it is trying to access the Start Menu items which causes the HD > "grinding". It is obviously reading information before it can display > it. IMHO, that information should be cached and not require reading each > time (or most often). Yeah I know. Some programs (although rare) hooks into the Start menu. And why I like to know if the CPU usage goes up when you click on the menu. And if it does, what process is causing it? That way we know where to start looking. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix
From: ~misfit~ on 29 Jan 2010 19:47 Somewhere on teh intarwebs John Doue wrote: > On 1/29/2010 6:05 PM, BillW50 wrote: >> In news:hjukk5$dau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, >> John Doue typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:13 +0200: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I realize this is not exactly the right place to ask the question, >>> but no one seems to have a clue on WindowsXP.general. >>> >>> On one of my machines (all have a nearly identical set-up), access >>> to the Start Menu various items is often slow (several seconds), >>> with hard disk activity (several seconds) before they display. >>> >>> Since I have 1.5 G of RAM, it is not an issue of lack of memory. >>> What can I do to make XP keep in memory the Start Menu and display >>> it instantly or almost, as on my other machines? >>> >>> Thanks for your pointers. >> >> Hi John, did you ever check Task Manager and check the CPU use? And >> if it goes up, see which process is causing this? >> >> It could be an uninstalled program that left stuff in the registry >> too. And careful with registry cleaners. As they remove important >> stuff if you are not careful. >> > > Bill, > > No, it is trying to access the Start Menu items which causes the HD > "grinding". It is obviously reading information before it can display > it. IMHO, that information should be cached and not require reading > each time (or most often). Have a read of this John: http://kadaitcha.cx/performance.html#part1 Might be worth trying, you can always reverse it. -- Cheers, Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
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