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Windows MCE very slow

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  • 09-01-2006 6:48pm
    #1
    Mr. Flibble
    Registered Users Posts: 2,364 ✭✭✭


    My windows mce has recently got very very slow to navigate around the folders. Sometimes it takes 30+seconds to open a folder. There aren't many files in the folder and its not a matter of the HDD being asleep - it can take ages to open a folder which has just been open.
    This is only when using the MCE interface, not windows explorer.

    Anyone else had this problem, any solutions?


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    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Have you run a defrag of your hard disk recently?

    Do you have update2 installed, if so have you set the time for the optimization process to run?

    When you talk about folders, which folders are you talking about? Video folders, photo folders, music folders. Are these folders on the same PC or are they on a network share?


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    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    interesting that it only occurs within the MCE app.

    How much RAM do you have?
    Does a reboot even give a temporary solution?


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    Mr. Flibble
    Registered Users Posts: 2,364 ✭✭✭Mr. Flibble


    Ive noticed it mainly when i initialy go to 'my videos'. The folder here contains other folders containing videos. Its on a software RAID of 3 harddrives. I'll run a defrag and see if it helps.

    I think Ive got all the most recent updates installed. I'll check the optimiation time.

    Loads of ram SouperComputer, 2GB. Yes, sometimes it is lightning fast after a restart.


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    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    sounds like a memory leak. Not sure what you can do to help it though. Anything interesting\nasty in event viewer?


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    FrankGrimes
    Registered Users Posts: 4,031 ✭✭✭FrankGrimes


    hey, I seem to remember coming across a thread describing a similar problem on http://www.thegreenbutton.com so might be worth doing a search there


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    #7
    Mr. Flibble
    Registered Users Posts: 2,364 ✭✭✭Mr. Flibble


    The problem is solved. I changed a whole load of things so Im not sure what was causing it. I suspect that a folder over a network was being watched and was slowing it when it wasn't available.
    thanks all


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