> Hello,
>
> This problem has been plaguing me for a long time and I've yet to find
> a
> solution.  Windows XP Pro is very slow when launching applications and
> it can take up to 20 seconds at times before the application will even
> start to
> load.  The problem is not isolated to any application in particular as
> it occurs with everything ranging from the simple applications such as
> task manager or Explorer to larger apps like Paint Shop Pro and
> Word/Excel. Once
> the application loads everything runs smoothly.  The system itself is
> more
> than adequate as I'm running a P4 3GHz with 1GB RAM.  I am running a
> (very) small network (1 Win2k box and this XP box) connected through a
> router. This is actually where I think the problem lies....my best
> guess is that it's trying to access or search for something across the
> network when I
> attempt to launch a program.  Win2k runs flawlessly and I do not see
> the same problems on it.
>
> There is nothing abnormal running on the system at the time and
> typically
> the system idle process is the only thing "using" the CPU.  I am also
> very confident in saying that there are no viruses/spyware causing the
> problem.

> GO wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This problem has been plaguing me for a long time and I've yet to
>> find a
>> solution.  Windows XP Pro is very slow when launching applications
>> and it can take up to 20 seconds at times before the application
>> will even start to
>> load.  The problem is not isolated to any application in particular
>> as it occurs with everything ranging from the simple applications
>> such as task manager or Explorer to larger apps like Paint Shop Pro
>> and Word/Excel. Once
>> the application loads everything runs smoothly.  The system itself is
>> more
>> than adequate as I'm running a P4 3GHz with 1GB RAM.  I am running a
>> (very) small network (1 Win2k box and this XP box) connected through
>> a router. This is actually where I think the problem lies....my best
>> guess is that it's trying to access or search for something across
>> the network when I
>> attempt to launch a program.  Win2k runs flawlessly and I do not see
>> the same problems on it.
>>
>> There is nothing abnormal running on the system at the time and
>> typically
>> the system idle process is the only thing "using" the CPU.  I am also
>> very confident in saying that there are no viruses/spyware causing
>> the problem.
>
> Do you have any network shares? Any mapped drives? I would look at
> whether your hard drive is in PIO mode instead of DMA mode where it
> belongs. See this page by MVP Hans-Georg Michna for an explanation and
> a fix if that is the case:
>
> http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm
>
> Malke

> Malke wrote:
>> GO wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> This problem has been plaguing me for a long time and I've yet to
>>> find a
>>> solution.  Windows XP Pro is very slow when launching applications
>>> and it can take up to 20 seconds at times before the application
>>> will even start to
>>> load.  The problem is not isolated to any application in particular
>>> as it occurs with everything ranging from the simple applications
>>> such as task manager or Explorer to larger apps like Paint Shop Pro
>>> and Word/Excel. Once
>>> the application loads everything runs smoothly.  The system itself
>>> is more
>>> than adequate as I'm running a P4 3GHz with 1GB RAM.  I am running a
>>> (very) small network (1 Win2k box and this XP box) connected through
>>> a router. This is actually where I think the problem lies....my best
>>> guess is that it's trying to access or search for something across
>>> the network when I
>>> attempt to launch a program.  Win2k runs flawlessly and I do not see
>>> the same problems on it.
>>>
>>> There is nothing abnormal running on the system at the time and
>>> typically
>>> the system idle process is the only thing "using" the CPU.  I am
>>> also very confident in saying that there are no viruses/spyware
>>> causing the problem.
>>
>> Do you have any network shares? Any mapped drives? I would look at
>> whether your hard drive is in PIO mode instead of DMA mode where it
>> belongs. See this page by MVP Hans-Georg Michna for an explanation
>> and a fix if that is the case:
>>
>> http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm
>>
>> Malke
>
> Hi Malke,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  Both machines' (Win2k and XP) IDE channels are
> operating in DMA mode.  (Thanks for the tip though.  I have noticed on
> several occasions in the past where they'd revert back to PIO mode
> and I could never understand why).  I'm guessing that since I am in
> DMA mode it negates your other questions but yes, I do have network
> shares and mapped drives.
>
> Could the elections for the master browser cause problems such as
> this?  The slowness problem has been ongoing for quite some time but
> just recently my Win2k box has been displaying some errors related to
> the browser elections. Wouldn't think it'd be related as I would have
> thought it'd be displaying them all along.   See below for several of
> the event log entries.  I tried to research the log entries but
> hadn't come up with anything related to what I'm experiencing.
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: MRxSmb
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 8003
> Date:  11/18/06
> Time:  4:26:53 PM
> User:  N/A
> Computer: WIN2K
> Description:
> The master browser has received a server announcement from the
> computer WINXP that believes that it is the master browser for the
> domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{2F2452EF-081E-4CAE-. The master
> browser is stopping or an election is being forced.
>
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: BROWSER
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 8021
> Date:  11/18/06
> Time:  10:45:58 PM
> User:  N/A
> Computer: WIN2K
> Description:
> The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser
> master \\WINXP on the network
> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{2F2452EF-081E-4CAE-A148-641020EAF87B}. The data
> is the error code.
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: BROWSER
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 8032
> Date:  11/18/06
> Time:  10:46:14 PM
> User:  N/A
> Computer: WIN2K
> Description:
> The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many
> times on transport
> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{2F2452EF-081E-4CAE-A148-641020EAF87B}. The
> backup browser is stopping.

> Hi Malke,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  Both machines' (Win2k and XP) IDE channels are
> operating in DMA mode.  (Thanks for the tip though.  I have noticed on
> several occasions in the past where they'd revert back to PIO mode and
> I
> could never understand why).  I'm guessing that since I am in DMA mode
> it negates your other questions but yes, I do have network shares and
> mapped drives.
>
> Could the elections for the master browser cause problems such as
> this?  The slowness problem has been ongoing for quite some time but
> just recently my Win2k box has been displaying some errors related to
> the browser elections. Wouldn't think it'd be related as I would have
> thought it'd be displaying
> them all along.   See below for several of the event log entries.  I
> tried to research the log entries but hadn't come up with anything
> related to what I'm experiencing.

> GO wrote:
>
>> Hi Malke,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.  Both machines' (Win2k and XP) IDE channels are
>> operating in DMA mode.  (Thanks for the tip though.  I have noticed
>> on several occasions in the past where they'd revert back to PIO
>> mode and I
>> could never understand why).  I'm guessing that since I am in DMA
>> mode it negates your other questions but yes, I do have network
>> shares and mapped drives.
>>
>> Could the elections for the master browser cause problems such as
>> this?  The slowness problem has been ongoing for quite some time but
>> just recently my Win2k box has been displaying some errors related to
>> the browser elections. Wouldn't think it'd be related as I would have
>> thought it'd be displaying
>> them all along.   See below for several of the event log entries.  I
>> tried to research the log entries but hadn't come up with anything
>> related to what I'm experiencing.
>
> Check to make sure all mapped drives and network shares have correct
> permissions. Try unsharing and disconnecting mapped drives. Reboot
> both machines. Try sharing again - one resource at a time. Does that
> fix things?
>
> Malke

> Malke wrote:
>> GO wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Malke,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.  Both machines' (Win2k and XP) IDE channels
>>> are operating in DMA mode.  (Thanks for the tip though.  I have
>>> noticed on several occasions in the past where they'd revert back
>>> to PIO mode and I
>>> could never understand why).  I'm guessing that since I am in DMA
>>> mode it negates your other questions but yes, I do have network
>>> shares and mapped drives.
>>>
>>> Could the elections for the master browser cause problems such as
>>> this?  The slowness problem has been ongoing for quite some time but
>>> just recently my Win2k box has been displaying some errors related
>>> to the browser elections. Wouldn't think it'd be related as I would
>>> have thought it'd be displaying
>>> them all along.   See below for several of the event log entries.  I
>>> tried to research the log entries but hadn't come up with anything
>>> related to what I'm experiencing.
>>
>> Check to make sure all mapped drives and network shares have correct
>> permissions. Try unsharing and disconnecting mapped drives. Reboot
>> both machines. Try sharing again - one resource at a time. Does that
>> fix things?
>>
>> Malke
>
> Hello again,
>
> I was using the administrative shares so permissions were not a
> problem (yeah, I know I know...shouldn't use the admin shares :).
> The shares have been disconnected and machines rebooted.  I created a
> proper share on my Win2k box and mapped to it in WinXP Everything
> seemed ok so later this evening I mapped the second share, still to
> the Win2k box (XP is rarely used for sharing as my Win2k box is
> essentially acting as my file server). Things are working fine for
> the moment but I'm not convinced this solved the problem just yet as
> the problem is somewhat intermittent and seems to occur after the
> machine has been idle for a while (side note: I do not have any power
> saving features activated).    I'll play around again with the
> machine tomorrow and see what happens.
>