Try to delete your cache settings or go into my computer-c:drive-winnt-temp folder. delete everything in their.Also what program are you opening up from?Is this windows explorer or an office application?
If I do a 'Save As' the explorer window opens. When I click on the 'Look in' drop down it takes a long time before enabling a folder selection. Again when I then select a folder within the window it takes along time to refresh.By long time I mean 5 - 10 seconds.
This happens when I 'open' or 'save as' and happens with all the office applications.
I am running XP SP2 and Office 2003 pro

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