I've cracked it. One of the shortcuts in All Users pointed to a server that
was retired some time ago. Changed the shortcut to point to a valid
location, and the problem's gone away. Wish I could retire.
Hope this helps somebody.
Jay
"BruceM" <bruce9950@@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> He just knows these things , see?
> It remains quick for a while because the info stays in memory.
> After a while you probably need to use that little bit of memory so it
> "unloads" the info. Then you go to start/all programs & it has to go find
> the info all over again.
> & No I dunno if i's normal either & Microsoft didn't tell me either!!
> Watch the light (HD access) & you'll see for yourself!!
>
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>
> "Jay" <j@b.com> wrote in message
> news:u8ab73f8GHA.4568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Ayush
>>
>> Many thanks for your input. How do you know that it's normal? Is the
>> behaviour documented in the MS site or some other place?
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> "Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eRF0fwf8GHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> If the list is very long or contains lots of icons then it is normal.
>>> Group
>>> them in subfolders,
>>>
>>> --
>>>> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
>>>
>>> For any query, search > www.Google.com
>>> Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jay" <j@b.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23NCCO1e8GHA.2092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> : When I press Start, All Programs often there's a wait of exactly 15
>>> seconds
>>> : (timed it with a stopwatch) before the program list appears. Once it's
>>> : appeared, it remains available instantly for a while, don't know how
>>> long,
>>> : then after a longer while, I have to wait exactly 15 seconds again for
>>> the
>>> : list. I've tried sorting it by name to see if that would help, but it
>>> : didn't. Any ideas would be welcome - it's a real pita.
>>> :
>>> : Networked XP Pro SP2 all patched up to date.
>>> :
>>> : Jay
>>> :
>>> :
>>>
>>>
>>
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