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Please help:Desktop icons load very slowly.

by maniksss Jul 18, 2007 12:11AM PDT

Hi,
For the last 2 weeks this annoying problem has suddenly cropped up on my pc.
On booting,everything is pretty fast but once i enter my account pwd and hit enter,my desktop(i.e the wallpaper) appears instantly but the icons and taskbar take up close to a minute to load up!My boot is pretty lean with only my anti virus and one other program being in the startup.i've checked the registry and msconfig.This issue just started happening 2 weeks back.
My pc is Athlon xp 2400+,80gb 7200rpm,256mb ram,Win xp pro sp2.
Please help....

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maniksss

by tomron Jul 18, 2007 3:01AM PDT

Try AVG ANTI SPYWARE

And,CCLEANER,which offers three versions,I use the slim build.ccleaner will remove cookies,temp files,and so on.

And,Speed Up Your PC By Disabling Unnecessary Windows Services

You could also scan in SAFE MODE

Tom

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reply to: Please help:Desktop icons load very slowly

by caktus Jul 18, 2007 10:54AM PDT

Go to My Computer > C: Drive > Documents and Settings > [your] Username > Local Settings > Application Data > IconCache.db > delete the contents > reboot the computer. It [may] take a day or two for the file to rebuild.

Or, boot the computer into Safe mode, then into normal mode.

Charlie

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