Ok First of all I think this is the best site for tech support I have ever seen!! Congrats guys!! For my problem now.....
@ my work we have the following configuration
Server: Novell Network 3.12 (we HAVE to use this, sorry!!)
Data Server (not really) : WinMe with shared disks
Workstations : 10 some running win98SE some WinMe
The problem occurs in one of the WinMe workstations.
When openning Windows explorer it takes ages load and then to show all drives. Double clicking on My Computer is doing the same thing just a bit faster.
I realised that it slows down when trying to show the DATA SERVER'S icon which is offline. When clicking on it, it shows the contents of the drive and then freezes for a while and after that it pops up a new explorer window with the contents of the D.S. drive.
I added a new faster hard drive, more memory (in the workstation). It is a bit faster now but still.
I also noticed that sometimes (on the D.S.) the mouse freezes for a couple of seconds.
On the workstation side everything else is running smoothly, but when we try to open a file (i.e. from within Word) the same thing happens.
I have already tried the following:
1) scandisk
2) defragment
3) Antivirus check
4) Selective startup
5) Memory zipper (free-up memory)
6) Norton Disk Doctor
7) Norton WinDoctor
8) Norton SpeedDisk
9) increased Iconcache (a lot of icons on the desktop it was working though)
Oh! Internet Explorer 5.5 is installed.
Any suggestions? (Except re-installing Windows which is NOT possible. A lot of programs installed and cannot be found again.)
Thank you in advance...
@ my work we have the following configuration
Server: Novell Network 3.12 (we HAVE to use this, sorry!!)
Data Server (not really) : WinMe with shared disks
Workstations : 10 some running win98SE some WinMe
The problem occurs in one of the WinMe workstations.
When openning Windows explorer it takes ages load and then to show all drives. Double clicking on My Computer is doing the same thing just a bit faster.
I realised that it slows down when trying to show the DATA SERVER'S icon which is offline. When clicking on it, it shows the contents of the drive and then freezes for a while and after that it pops up a new explorer window with the contents of the D.S. drive.
I added a new faster hard drive, more memory (in the workstation). It is a bit faster now but still.
I also noticed that sometimes (on the D.S.) the mouse freezes for a couple of seconds.
On the workstation side everything else is running smoothly, but when we try to open a file (i.e. from within Word) the same thing happens.
I have already tried the following:
1) scandisk
2) defragment
3) Antivirus check
4) Selective startup
5) Memory zipper (free-up memory)
6) Norton Disk Doctor
7) Norton WinDoctor
8) Norton SpeedDisk
9) increased Iconcache (a lot of icons on the desktop it was working though)
Oh! Internet Explorer 5.5 is installed.
Any suggestions? (Except re-installing Windows which is NOT possible. A lot of programs installed and cannot be found again.)
Thank you in advance...