My application software (slide shows and Windows Explorer XP Home SP3
especially) are slow to load the window with files. Meaning when I try to
view a CF card in windows exporer it take a long time for the images to load
in the box. Often when I try to scroll down the list the computer slows to a
crawl. I'm talking over 5 minutes to attemp loading the list of photos.

While this occurs, checking the Windows Task Manager, you can see the cpu
cycles up and down between 60% to 100% full. It will "chug" like this for 5
- 10 minutes. This continues for the entire time the window is attampting to
load the images and during an attempt to scroll through the photo thumbnails.

I have down loaded SP-3. I have run a virus scan. I have de-fragged the
HD. I have performed a Disk Clean. I have backed up My Docs. I deleted 1 0f
2 network connections. Nothing seems to speed this process up.

Specs on my computer:
1.1GHZ Intell Celleron processer
1GB ram
250G HD
256 MB video card
GA-6pmm mother board

I'm beginning to suspect something may be corrupt in the XP Home op system.
I cannot find any way to find a corrupt file to reload.

Any suggestions for this dilemma?

tomcamera wrote:
> My application software (slide shows and Windows Explorer XP Home SP3
> especially) are slow to load the window with files. Meaning when I try to
> view a CF card in windows exporer it take a long time for the images to load
> in the box. Often when I try to scroll down the list the computer slows to a
> crawl. I'm talking over 5 minutes to attemp loading the list of photos.
>
> While this occurs, checking the Windows Task Manager, you can see the cpu
> cycles up and down between 60% to 100% full. It will "chug" like this for 5
> - 10 minutes. This continues for the entire time the window is attampting to
> load the images and during an attempt to scroll through the photo thumbnails.
>
> I have down loaded SP-3. I have run a virus scan. I have de-fragged the
> HD. I have performed a Disk Clean. I have backed up My Docs. I deleted 1 0f
> 2 network connections. Nothing seems to speed this process up.
>
> Specs on my computer:
> 1.1GHZ Intell Celleron processer
> 1GB ram
> 250G HD
> 256 MB video card
> GA-6pmm mother board
>
> I'm beginning to suspect something may be corrupt in the XP Home op system.
> I cannot find any way to find a corrupt file to reload.
>
> Any suggestions for this dilemma?
>
Wow, did you ever consider getting a more current CPU? I've got a 7
year old 1.3 GHz P4, and it crawls; I can only imagine how slow a 1.1
GHz Celeron would be. Browsing a bunch of picture files in thumbnail
view is a relatively slow process anyway because Windows has to convert
each picture into a displayable format. If you have dozens of pictures
on that card, this will cause a very noticable delay even on a fast
machine, and yours is slow to the point of being creaky. If you just
want to look at what's on that card, try the list or details view; that
goes much faster. If you want to see what all the pictures look like
though, you're either going to have to develop a lot more patience that
I would have or get yourself a current processor.

Tom

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What are your anti-virus arrangements?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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tomcamera wrote:
> My application software (slide shows and Windows Explorer XP Home SP3
> especially) are slow to load the window with files. Meaning when I
> try to view a CF card in windows exporer it take a long time for the
> images to load in the box. Often when I try to scroll down the list
> the computer slows to a crawl. I'm talking over 5 minutes to attemp
> loading the list of photos.
>
> While this occurs, checking the Windows Task Manager, you can see the
> cpu cycles up and down between 60% to 100% full. It will "chug" like
> this for 5 - 10 minutes. This continues for the entire time the
> window is attampting to load the images and during an attempt to
> scroll through the photo thumbnails.
>
> I have down loaded SP-3. I have run a virus scan. I have de-fragged
> the HD. I have performed a Disk Clean. I have backed up My Docs. I
> deleted 1 0f 2 network connections. Nothing seems to speed this
> process up.
>
> Specs on my computer:
> 1.1GHZ Intell Celleron processer
> 1GB ram
> 250G HD
> 256 MB video card
> GA-6pmm mother board
>
> I'm beginning to suspect something may be corrupt in the XP Home op
> system. I cannot find any way to find a corrupt file to reload.
>
> Any suggestions for this dilemma?

"tomcamera" <tomcamera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:077A2DD1-A33C-442F-9E51-5D523DD8C65B@microsoft.com...
> My application software (slide shows and Windows Explorer XP Home SP3
> especially) are slow to load the window with files. Meaning when I try to
> view a CF card in windows exporer it take a long time for the images to
> load
> in the box. Often when I try to scroll down the list the computer slows
> to a
> crawl. I'm talking over 5 minutes to attemp loading the list of photos.
>
> While this occurs, checking the Windows Task Manager, you can see the cpu
> cycles up and down between 60% to 100% full. It will "chug" like this for
> 5
> - 10 minutes. This continues for the entire time the window is attampting
> to
> load the images and during an attempt to scroll through the photo
> thumbnails.
>
> I have down loaded SP-3. I have run a virus scan. I have de-fragged the
> HD. I have performed a Disk Clean. I have backed up My Docs. I deleted 1
> 0f
> 2 network connections. Nothing seems to speed this process up.
>
> Specs on my computer:
> 1.1GHZ Intell Celleron processer
> 1GB ram
> 250G HD
> 256 MB video card
> GA-6pmm mother board
>
> I'm beginning to suspect something may be corrupt in the XP Home op
> system.
> I cannot find any way to find a corrupt file to reload.
>
> Any suggestions for this dilemma?
>
It is a wonder that a computer using XP which has a Celeron 1.1GHZ processor
can load pictures at all much less fast.
However, your problem could be made even worse if the pagefile is too small.
The best method for controlling the pagefile is "system managed size".
Jim

Hula Baloo, Gerry & Jim:

Thanks for such a prompt post! Let me try to bring all of you up to date.

1st - When I try to read a C-F card with over 100 images in Windows
Explorer, to load and TRY to scroll to the end of the thumbnails, it takes
around 20 minutes!

2nd - Gerry asked about Page file sizes:
Total 338,000
Limit 2,531,000
Peak 63,000
numbers are rounded - for simplicity sake.

3rd - Jim suggested looking at Page File size. I had the page file set at
4000 MB. I chaged it to "System Managed Size".

Hula Baloo - I've wanted to replace this computer for some time now. But
after getting laid off last Dec and trying to pick up freelance photo jobs in
a suppressed economy, the computer upgrade has been the lowest priority on
the list.

I'm trying to make the best of what I've got and hoping some "tuning" will
make do??? Thanks for all of your advise. If you've got any other sugg's,
I'd be happy to hear them!


"Hula Baloo" wrote:

> tomcamera wrote:
> > My application software (slide shows and Windows Explorer XP Home SP3
> > especially) are slow to load the window with files. Meaning when I try to
> > view a CF card in windows exporer it take a long time for the images to load
> > in the box. Often when I try to scroll down the list the computer slows to a
> > crawl. I'm talking over 5 minutes to attemp loading the list of photos.
> >
> > While this occurs, checking the Windows Task Manager, you can see the cpu
> > cycles up and down between 60% to 100% full. It will "chug" like this for 5
> > - 10 minutes. This continues for the entire time the window is attampting to
> > load the images and during an attempt to scroll through the photo thumbnails.
> >
> > I have down loaded SP-3. I have run a virus scan. I have de-fragged the
> > HD. I have performed a Disk Clean. I have backed up My Docs. I deleted 1 0f
> > 2 network connections. Nothing seems to speed this process up.
> >
> > Specs on my computer:
> > 1.1GHZ Intell Celleron processer
> > 1GB ram
> > 250G HD
> > 256 MB video card
> > GA-6pmm mother board
> >
> > I'm beginning to suspect something may be corrupt in the XP Home op system.
> > I cannot find any way to find a corrupt file to reload.
> >
> > Any suggestions for this dilemma?
> >
> Wow, did you ever consider getting a more current CPU? I've got a 7
> year old 1.3 GHz P4, and it crawls; I can only imagine how slow a 1.1
> GHz Celeron would be. Browsing a bunch of picture files in thumbnail
> view is a relatively slow process anyway because Windows has to convert
> each picture into a displayable format. If you have dozens of pictures
> on that card, this will cause a very noticable delay even on a fast
> machine, and yours is slow to the point of being creaky. If you just
> want to look at what's on that card, try the list or details view; that
> goes much faster. If you want to see what all the pictures look like
> though, you're either going to have to develop a lot more patience that
> I would have or get yourself a current processor.
>

tomcamera wrote:
> Hula Baloo, Gerry & Jim:
>
> Thanks for such a prompt post! Let me try to bring all of you up to date.
>
> 1st - When I try to read a C-F card with over 100 images in Windows
> Explorer, to load and TRY to scroll to the end of the thumbnails, it takes
> around 20 minutes!
>
> 2nd - Gerry asked about Page file sizes:
> Total 338,000
> Limit 2,531,000
> Peak 63,000
> numbers are rounded - for simplicity sake.
>
> 3rd - Jim suggested looking at Page File size. I had the page file set at
> 4000 MB. I chaged it to "System Managed Size".
>
> Hula Baloo - I've wanted to replace this computer for some time now. But
> after getting laid off last Dec and trying to pick up freelance photo jobs in
> a suppressed economy, the computer upgrade has been the lowest priority on
> the list.
>
> I'm trying to make the best of what I've got and hoping some "tuning" will
> make do??? Thanks for all of your advise. If you've got any other sugg's,
> I'd be happy to hear them!
>
>
> "Hula Baloo" wrote:
>
>> tomcamera wrote:
>>> My application software (slide shows and Windows Explorer XP Home SP3
>>> especially) are slow to load the window with files. Meaning when I try to
>>> view a CF card in windows exporer it take a long time for the images to load
>>> in the box. Often when I try to scroll down the list the computer slows to a
>>> crawl. I'm talking over 5 minutes to attemp loading the list of photos.
>>>
>>> While this occurs, checking the Windows Task Manager, you can see the cpu
>>> cycles up and down between 60% to 100% full. It will "chug" like this for 5
>>> - 10 minutes. This continues for the entire time the window is attampting to
>>> load the images and during an attempt to scroll through the photo thumbnails.
>>>
>>> I have down loaded SP-3. I have run a virus scan. I have de-fragged the
>>> HD. I have performed a Disk Clean. I have backed up My Docs. I deleted 1 0f
>>> 2 network connections. Nothing seems to speed this process up.
>>>
>>> Specs on my computer:
>>> 1.1GHZ Intell Celleron processer
>>> 1GB ram
>>> 250G HD
>>> 256 MB video card
>>> GA-6pmm mother board
>>>
>>> I'm beginning to suspect something may be corrupt in the XP Home op system.
>>> I cannot find any way to find a corrupt file to reload.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for this dilemma?
>>>
>> Wow, did you ever consider getting a more current CPU? I've got a 7
>> year old 1.3 GHz P4, and it crawls; I can only imagine how slow a 1.1
>> GHz Celeron would be. Browsing a bunch of picture files in thumbnail
>> view is a relatively slow process anyway because Windows has to convert
>> each picture into a displayable format. If you have dozens of pictures
>> on that card, this will cause a very noticable delay even on a fast
>> machine, and yours is slow to the point of being creaky. If you just
>> want to look at what's on that card, try the list or details view; that
>> goes much faster. If you want to see what all the pictures look like
>> though, you're either going to have to develop a lot more patience that
>> I would have or get yourself a current processor.
>>
I feel your pain, but you're not going to tune your way out of this
one. Your processor is simply much too slow. It's like trying to make
professional pictures with a $30 camera. I suspect you could buy an
inexpensive motherboard with a much faster processor for around $100
excluding labor. If you know how to do the replacement yourself or can
find someone to do it for you, you could get a 3 to 4 times faster speed
that way. If you could scrounge up $250 or thereabouts, you could get
yourself a brand new low-end no frills new computer. Good luck!