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Albert
Oct 17, 2011, 11:39:48 AM10/17/11
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Hello All,
All of a sudden when I try to open "My Computer" it takes forever for
it to open up likewise Windows Explorer. I did a systems restore going
all the way back to last Wednesday when I knew everything was working
properly. When I left Thursday morning everything seemed to be working
okay and I shut the computer down because I was not going to be coming
back home until Sunday afternoon at which time I found all these
problems.
What would cause "My Computer and Windows Explorer" to do this?
All suggestions would be appreciated,
Albert
Albert
All of a sudden when I try to open "My Computer" it takes forever for
it to open up likewise Windows Explorer. I did a systems restore going
all the way back to last Wednesday when I knew everything was working
properly. When I left Thursday morning everything seemed to be working
okay and I shut the computer down because I was not going to be coming
back home until Sunday afternoon at which time I found all these
problems.
What would cause "My Computer and Windows Explorer" to do this?
All suggestions would be appreciated,
Albert
Albert
Tim Meddick
Oct 17, 2011, 1:33:58 PM10/17/11
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Doing a System Restore should really only be considered if the problem[s]
is/are to such a degree that it makes normal operation impossible. Also,
to be able to decide if this truly is the case, you would have to wait a
certain amount of time to see if the problems persist, symptoms change in
some way or, even, rectifies itself completely.
For want of any detail in your description of your PC or it's symptoms,
what I can say is that one possible cause might be a single [background]
application, trying to access and update itself from the network / internet
and not being able to.
Software often tries to update its program to the latest version from the
internet, and it might only take a couple of applications to do this at the
same time for it to cause a large memory resource burden. A problem like
this is transitory and needs no intervention but to wait till the tasks
complete themselves. Also, performing a System Restore would not help, I
think you will admit, in this case.
I only gave the above as an example because it shows how some causes would
be unaffected by System Restore and some would rectify themselves without
needing any help.
Rather than it being a "problem" and wanting to obtain a "fix" for it - in
my opinion (based on your very brief commentary) it is much more likely to
be a memory "bottleneck" who's cause is a coincidence in the number of
requests being received all at one time.
Some facts you can be 100% certain of : Long waits for very basic aspects
of Window's to be accessed (like waiting for "explorer.exe" to appear) are
caused by low memory resources. You can easily check this by opening the
Window's Task Manager (by right-clicking on an empty area of the taskbar
and choosing "Task Manager").
Then looking under the "Processes" tab to see which process is taking the
largest amount of "Memory Usage" (you can arrange the list in order of "Mem
Usage" by clicking on the column-header of that name until the largest are
at the top). It is then immediately apparent which process[es] is/are the
one causing delays in all subsequent operations you attempt.
Again, the remedy would be simply to wait. However, after you find which
items in "Task Manager" are responsible, you may have the opportunity to
choose for that software not to search for updates, or even stop it's being
automatically loaded at system start-up. And again, you won't be able to
investigate until you find out the items responsible.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
"Albert" <aml...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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is/are to such a degree that it makes normal operation impossible. Also,
to be able to decide if this truly is the case, you would have to wait a
certain amount of time to see if the problems persist, symptoms change in
some way or, even, rectifies itself completely.
For want of any detail in your description of your PC or it's symptoms,
what I can say is that one possible cause might be a single [background]
application, trying to access and update itself from the network / internet
and not being able to.
Software often tries to update its program to the latest version from the
internet, and it might only take a couple of applications to do this at the
same time for it to cause a large memory resource burden. A problem like
this is transitory and needs no intervention but to wait till the tasks
complete themselves. Also, performing a System Restore would not help, I
think you will admit, in this case.
I only gave the above as an example because it shows how some causes would
be unaffected by System Restore and some would rectify themselves without
needing any help.
Rather than it being a "problem" and wanting to obtain a "fix" for it - in
my opinion (based on your very brief commentary) it is much more likely to
be a memory "bottleneck" who's cause is a coincidence in the number of
requests being received all at one time.
Some facts you can be 100% certain of : Long waits for very basic aspects
of Window's to be accessed (like waiting for "explorer.exe" to appear) are
caused by low memory resources. You can easily check this by opening the
Window's Task Manager (by right-clicking on an empty area of the taskbar
and choosing "Task Manager").
Then looking under the "Processes" tab to see which process is taking the
largest amount of "Memory Usage" (you can arrange the list in order of "Mem
Usage" by clicking on the column-header of that name until the largest are
at the top). It is then immediately apparent which process[es] is/are the
one causing delays in all subsequent operations you attempt.
Again, the remedy would be simply to wait. However, after you find which
items in "Task Manager" are responsible, you may have the opportunity to
choose for that software not to search for updates, or even stop it's being
automatically loaded at system start-up. And again, you won't be able to
investigate until you find out the items responsible.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
"Albert" <aml...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Albert
Oct 17, 2011, 1:48:08 PM10/17/11
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I Googled the problem and this is what they came up with and it fixed
the problem.
"Start > Run > services.msc > Scroll down for 'Windows Image
Acquisition (WIA)'
Double Click on it and 'Stop It' "
After that I went back and and did a restart on it and I cleared up
the problem. But anyway I want to thank you for your time and help.
Albert
Tim Meddick
Oct 17, 2011, 2:40:28 PM10/17/11
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I would love to know exactly what you Googled in order to find the advice
to stop the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service?
It was impossible to figure, from the small amount of information you gave,
if you had a camera, webcam or scanner attached to your system. But that
is one specific reason why Window's Explorer would take some delay in
loading. On another point; if you do have such an imaging device attached
to your system, then it may not function correctly if the Windows Image
Acquisition (WIA) service is not running. Also, another reason specific to
Window's Explorer failing to appear, is having a scratched or corrupted
cd/dvd/cd/dvd-rom inserted into the drive.
Otherwise, my earlier comments were a very general guess on why programs
might take extra time in loading.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
to stop the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service?
It was impossible to figure, from the small amount of information you gave,
if you had a camera, webcam or scanner attached to your system. But that
is one specific reason why Window's Explorer would take some delay in
loading. On another point; if you do have such an imaging device attached
to your system, then it may not function correctly if the Windows Image
Acquisition (WIA) service is not running. Also, another reason specific to
Window's Explorer failing to appear, is having a scratched or corrupted
cd/dvd/cd/dvd-rom inserted into the drive.
Otherwise, my earlier comments were a very general guess on why programs
might take extra time in loading.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
"Albert" <aml...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Albert
Oct 17, 2011, 5:45:35 PM10/17/11
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:40:28 +0100, "Tim Meddick"
<timme...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
Well, I guess I'll post on top this time.
I'll send you the URL that I used to come up with this and hopefully
it can probably explain it to you better than I can. I will say that I
first realized this when I put my camera card into my card reader???
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-xp/633208-my-computer-takes-forever-load.html
The one thing that I did was go back in and do a restart on (WIA)
service and that was actually when everything started working
properly. I didn't even know that (WIA) existed under license are in
this but it didn't work why and how I have not a clue.
Albert
<timme...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
Well, I guess I'll post on top this time.
I'll send you the URL that I used to come up with this and hopefully
it can probably explain it to you better than I can. I will say that I
first realized this when I put my camera card into my card reader???
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-xp/633208-my-computer-takes-forever-load.html
The one thing that I did was go back in and do a restart on (WIA)
service and that was actually when everything started working
properly. I didn't even know that (WIA) existed under license are in
this but it didn't work why and how I have not a clue.
Tim Meddick
Oct 17, 2011, 6:08:41 PM10/17/11
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As long as you *don't* change the "Start-up Type" from "Automatic" or
"Manual" to "Disabled" then everything should be alright. You *can* stop
the service, and as long as it is set to "Manual" it should start again
when a program or device requires it (i.e. when you plug your camera in or
access it's preview function in Explorer).
As I already suggested, it may have had a positive effect, simply because
it was using up memory resources and stopping it made a little more room
for Window's Explorer to be able to start.
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"Manual" to "Disabled" then everything should be alright. You *can* stop
the service, and as long as it is set to "Manual" it should start again
when a program or device requires it (i.e. when you plug your camera in or
access it's preview function in Explorer).
As I already suggested, it may have had a positive effect, simply because
it was using up memory resources and stopping it made a little more room
for Window's Explorer to be able to start.
news:i28p97hr1mr175b65...@4ax.com...
Albert
Oct 17, 2011, 9:51:00 PM10/17/11
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:40:28 +0100, "Tim Meddick"
<timme...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
I guess I'll post on top this time :-).
>I would love to know exactly what you Googled in order to find the advice
>to stop the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service?
I typed (my computer takes forever to load) and I chose Google's first
choice and in that exchange I came up with this URL;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819017
I had just bought and installed a new printer/fax/copy machine by
Konica Minolta (magicolor 1690 MF) and apparently that has to do with
his scanner according to Microsoft's support. I did exactly as it says
to do and it works. I don't have enough expertise to understand how or
why and to be honest with you the curiosity to pursue it. At 77 I have
to be miserly with my time. But I do thank you for your post
Albert
<timme...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
I guess I'll post on top this time :-).
>I would love to know exactly what you Googled in order to find the advice
>to stop the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service?
choice and in that exchange I came up with this URL;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819017
I had just bought and installed a new printer/fax/copy machine by
Konica Minolta (magicolor 1690 MF) and apparently that has to do with
his scanner according to Microsoft's support. I did exactly as it says
to do and it works. I don't have enough expertise to understand how or
why and to be honest with you the curiosity to pursue it. At 77 I have
to be miserly with my time. But I do thank you for your post
Tim Meddick
Oct 17, 2011, 10:26:45 PM10/17/11
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Sorry for "top-posting" - I do it all the time, and it annoys allot of
people!
The fact you have a camera attached to your system can be very
"memory-intensive" and as it is not always "in use" - you can therefore
stop the WIA service and it should automatically re-start when you do
actually need and use the camera.
When you stop WIA it also stops any attached imaging devices (like cameras)
from being activated when the Window's Explorer browser is started (this is
the reason for the delay). But WIA will re-start when you next access the
imaging device (camera). I think this is because the camera, in this case,
is registered in Explorer, and appears as an entry in "My Computer".
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>
people!
The fact you have a camera attached to your system can be very
"memory-intensive" and as it is not always "in use" - you can therefore
stop the WIA service and it should automatically re-start when you do
actually need and use the camera.
When you stop WIA it also stops any attached imaging devices (like cameras)
from being activated when the Window's Explorer browser is started (this is
the reason for the delay). But WIA will re-start when you next access the
imaging device (camera). I think this is because the camera, in this case,
is registered in Explorer, and appears as an entry in "My Computer".
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> On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:40:28 +0100, "Tim Meddick"
> <timme...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I guess I'll post on top this time :-).
>
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> <timme...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
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> I guess I'll post on top this time :-).
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Don Phillipson
Oct 17, 2011, 2:35:49 PM10/17/11
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"Albert" <aml...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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behave similarly because they are the same app:
c:\windows\explorer.exe.
System Restore might be your fastest cure, but to last month,
not last week.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa Canada)
Albert
Oct 19, 2011, 11:32:12 AM10/19/11
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There was one thing I had completely forgotten about. I not only had
the Magicolor 1690 MF which has a scanner I still had my old HP
ScanJet 5470 C still connected. Also in the past I've had problems
with my USB connections being overloaded causing other problems. When
I removed the ScanJet the "My Computer/Windows Explorer" problems
disappeared. When I used the WIA fix it fixed the problem temporarily
but when I rebooted the problem was back. So by removing the ScanJet
(which I really don't need anymore) it solves the problem. The sad
part is I have the expensive ScanJet that I can't use.
One other question, would it be possible to use the HP precision Pro
scanning software with the Magicolor 1690 MF scanner? It has the
capability of cropping and other things before scanning.
Albert
Oct 19, 2011, 4:56:22 PM10/19/11
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:32:12 -0600, Albert <aml...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
I reinstalled precision Pro and I could not find the 1690 scanner so
consequently I don't think it will work with anything other than the
ScanJet.
wrote:
consequently I don't think it will work with anything other than the
ScanJet.
jw's-blo...@myplace.com
Oct 20, 2011, 2:16:25 AM10/20/11
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:39:48 -0600, Albert <aml...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Have you changed your physical appearance lately?
Has your voice changed due to a cold or allergy?
Are you wearing a mask for halloween?
Have you dyed your hair, grown a beard, or changed your makeup?
The problem is in "MY COMPUTER". That means that only YOU can use it.
If your computer does not recognize you because of changes to your
appearance, it will not allow you to open that file until it can
determine if you are the actual owner of the computer. It then begins
to use other methods to analyze you, such as smelling your finger
tips, voice recognition, and DNA testing. All of this is time
consuming, thus it slows down your system until it can confirm that
you are indeed the "MY" in My Computer (actual owner of the computer).
Create a folder called "YOUR COMPUTER". Anyone can open that folder
at any time without verification of ownership. I bet that folder will
open instantly.
What you need to do is change your physical appearance back to the way
you were prior to this problem, or else you will have to re-train your
computer to recognize the "new you".
By the way, I have a PHD. That means I'm a professional.
You can view my PHD here: http://tinyurl.com/3cxkx75
wrote:
Has your voice changed due to a cold or allergy?
Are you wearing a mask for halloween?
Have you dyed your hair, grown a beard, or changed your makeup?
The problem is in "MY COMPUTER". That means that only YOU can use it.
If your computer does not recognize you because of changes to your
appearance, it will not allow you to open that file until it can
determine if you are the actual owner of the computer. It then begins
to use other methods to analyze you, such as smelling your finger
tips, voice recognition, and DNA testing. All of this is time
consuming, thus it slows down your system until it can confirm that
you are indeed the "MY" in My Computer (actual owner of the computer).
Create a folder called "YOUR COMPUTER". Anyone can open that folder
at any time without verification of ownership. I bet that folder will
open instantly.
What you need to do is change your physical appearance back to the way
you were prior to this problem, or else you will have to re-train your
computer to recognize the "new you".
By the way, I have a PHD. That means I'm a professional.
You can view my PHD here: http://tinyurl.com/3cxkx75
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