Windows Explorer very slow

Navigate through the folders in Windows Explorer became increasingly slow.  Pages take 10 to 30 seconds to refresh.  Again right click on an item takes a lot of time answering.

The screen of my computer, which can take up to 2 minutes to load or refresh is particularly bad.

Navigate the file system in applications such as Word and Excel (open, save) is fine and continues to operate quickly.  Only Windows Explorer is affected.

This problem develops gradually in recent months.  I can't put my finger on a specific event that triggered it.

What's new as of January 18, 2010:
I finally gave up and reconfigured on my computer.  The problem disappeared... until I installed Windows XP Home Service Pack 3.  Then she came back.  So, the next day, I uninstalled SP3, and the problem disappeared again.

From the foregoing, I believe that SP3 is the cause of the problem.

Some reasons for the slow pace of the computer:

1. computer has not been maintained - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance

2. the computer is infected with the malware - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

3. the disk is too full. Remove useless stuff, uninstall unused programs. Do not forget to save!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Backing_Up

4. flaky third party software. Toolbars and modules are particularly guilty in this area. Uninstall toolbars (Google, Yahoo, ISP brand, etc) and look at what modules are in use in your browser (s).

5. computer has too many unnecessary programs/processes running in the background. Manage your Startup:

For XP - How to troubleshoot using the Msconfig in Windows XP utility - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

For Vista/Windows7 - Start Orb > Search box > type: msconfig and when it appears in the results area above, right-click and choose 'run as administrator '. Autoruns is also very useful.

6. the user runs an inflated/invasive such as Norton and McAfee antivirus program. Replace it with a better program. I recommend NOD32 (commercial) or Avast (free). Avira is also good, but the free version has an unpleasant reminder screen (Google for instructions on how to disable it). The user can also run several real-time antivirus/firewall/security programs.

7. the user has installed new programs that are processor and/or memory-intensive (Photoshop, AutoCAD, Mathmatica or similar) and does not have the power of the equipment.

8 drive fails and is in PIO Mode. It's very much slow (like being in 1985). See Hans-Georg Michna here information - http://winhlp.com/?q=node/10

In addition to the above, also see http://miekiemoes.blogspot.com/2008/02/help-my-computer-is-slow.html MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

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