[Drak]

I'm running XP SP3 Pro and I've set it up exactly how I want it and everything is running beautifully except the context menus and Start menu (which is set up like context menu). Every option that has an expandable arrow takes literally over 10 seconds to open in some cases run 60 to 90 seconds. I've already tweaked the 400ms delay that Windows makes on buttons and such so I know it isn't that. Someone help? This is really effing obnoxious.

Here some back ground, this is a new build, from bottom up, I have ran CCleaner and Cleanup plus Zone Alarm Antivirus and Anitmalware and (my fav) Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, have chkdsk /f, have defrag'ed, have ran Tweak UI and disable everthing in there for performance settings along with mouse clicking speed adjusted up (fast), online Panda Scan, Hijackthis, which nothing out of the ordanary there, figure this has to be a setting i've over looked some place, but for the life of me I cant remember where

anyway open to so ideas and suggestions

THANKS

[Joanyoung]

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

this might help

joan

[Drak]

Well d/l the program and gave it a shot, no change, but thanks for the suggestion

[throoper]

Don't know if this will help, but I've had 3 different machines with the same symptoms.
All were the AV Context Menu handler (2 AVG, 1Norton) causing the problem.

T.

[Drak]

yeah on this build i cut avg out and moved Zonealarm in, im starting to think this has something to do with my use of Laplinks pcmover software, i had a few programs that i could not track down there install disks for so i used the software to move for me along with my documents and such, im wondering if there is some kind of dup information that im missing that is trigger when using context........... like the computer is try to decide if it on one drive or the other....... ive been going every so slowly through the registry looking for dup information that points different directions but reside in the same key

thanks for the suggestion, will take any i can get