Windows explorer is being slow.

[Cronnix]

Well, long story short, my windows explorer feels way to slow, when browsing folders. Usually takes 5-7 sec to open a folder, even if it's empty inside.

The issues happens on all my 3 hard disks, of which 2 are indexed. Running windows 7 64bit professional, with i5 CPU and 4gb dual channel RAM.

Here is a SS of all my process running, any ideas what may be slowing explorer down? Any help is really appreciated, problem is driving me nuts >.<

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4526/proc.jpg

 

[richc46]

Very possibly it is your A/V. Turn off your A/V and see if problem persists. You may

want to stay off the internet while you are without protection, just to stay safe.

 

[logicearth]

It appears a lot of people are having troubles with Kasperskyand Windows 7. Try uninstalling it for the time being.

 

[Cronnix]

Very possibly it is your A/V. Turn off your A/V and see if problem persists. You may

want to stay off the internet while you are without protection, just to stay safe.

Thank you for the reply! If by A/V you meant anti virus, I tried to turn off kaspersky and browse some folders, but noticed almost no increase in performance. It still takes me about 4 secs to open a folder, while on my laptop it is close to instant.

This is a clean install of Win 7, even thou I saved quite a few files from old win xp, if that helps.

 

[reghakr]

Right-click on the taskbar and start Task manager.

See what processes are using the most resources.

 

[Cronnix]

Right-click on the taskbar and start Task manager.

See what processes are using the most resources.

I attached SS of my processes running, on top are msn messenger, firefox, skype, and explorer.exe

However if two user above suggest it may be KIS related, I might as well try some other antivirus, I heard that Microsofts security essentials is quite decent, unless anyone can recommend any better?

 

[richc46]

Right-click on the taskbar and start Task manager.

See what processes are using the most resources.

I attached SS of my processes running, on top are msn messenger, firefox, skype, and explorer.exe

However if two user above suggest it may be KIS related, I might as well try some other antivirus, I heard that Microsofts security essentials is quite decent, unless anyone can recommend any better?

I think Microsoft Security is an exceptional choice to begin. It is free and made for windows. If you don't like it there are many choices.

 

[Cronnix]

Sadly enough it was KIS which caused problems, as soon I removed it folders stopped being laggy. Thanks all for help, gonna run on MSE till I figure out the issue with KIS.