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Windows explorer lag driving me insane
I have looked and found a few references to problems similar to mine on these forums but no solutions. Apologies if i have missed any.
I have a clean install of the retail version of W7 HP 32bit on a W7 formatted HD (300gb velociraptor). I have a pretty fast system with 4gb ram, E8500 CPU and 1Gb 4890 GPU. I believe i have a pretty lean start-up with a few audio, mouse and video essentials (all with latest drivers) and Kaspersky IS 2010. I have up to date MB bios and drivers for all major m/b components.
However, i cannot get windows explorer to operate at anywhere near the speed that it ran under Vista and XP and runs in safe mode on the current rig. There is a 1-2 second lag when i open any and every new folder. Right clicking files can take up to 5 seconds to bring up the menu and will occasionally crash explorer. Possibly unrelated but copying and pasting between excel worksheets and spreadsheets can take up to 10 seconds, often causing Excel to indicate it is "not responding" temporarily.
This is not a hardware problem as booting into safe mode returns windows explorer browsing to normal (instantaneous) speed. It is also not Kaspersky as closing it has no impact on the problem. Can someone please help me troubleshoot this as it is driving me mad...?
Thanks very much in advance.
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