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  1. May 31st, 2001, 05:43 PM #1
    Wildman6971
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    Red face Device Manager takes a long time to load....

    I am running ME on a P4 1.7 w/512 mb ram.
    Recently, When I go to system properties and then to DM it takes 12-14 seconds before it actually opens up. I have not added or changed anything in the system that could correspond to this.
    Any thoughts?
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  2. June 2nd, 2001, 01:31 AM #2
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    I'd reinstall Windows over itself.
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    Hi wildman, seems to be another ongoing problem with ME. Come across this with a few customers computers as well as a trial machine we have running in the workshop.Not a prob with 2000 or 98 but seems to be inherant in ME. Think you may have to live with it.
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  4. June 4th, 2001, 06:59 AM #4
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    Originally posted by Wildman6971:
    <STRONG>I am running ME on a P4 1.7 w/512 mb ram.
    Recently, When I go to system properties and then to DM it takes 12-14 seconds before it actually opens up. I have not added or changed anything in the system that could correspond to this.
    Any thoughts?</STRONG>
    i had noticed that, but thought it was just normal: 15 secs in not much in pc terms.. seeing as my pc takes 4-5 mins to boot up! (athlon 1.2ghz 512mbram) <IMG SRC="smilies/cool.gif" border="0">

    IMHO <IMG SRC="smilies/confused.gif" border="0">
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  5. June 4th, 2001, 05:59 PM #5
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    Wildman, I had the same problem on a Dell Laptop running ME. I ran disk clean up and defragged the HDD just for kix. So far, so good. I know it doesn't make much sense and shouldn't have much of an effect on a new install, but what the heck, it worked.
    BTW, mods. Is it just me, or do the profiles have this funky shadow thing goin on? I'm losin' it, man.
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  6. June 4th, 2001, 06:56 PM #6
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    Originally posted by ScooterWad:
    <STRONG>Wildman, I had the same problem on a Dell Laptop running ME. I ran disk clean up and defragged the HDD just for kix. So far, so good. I know it doesn't make much sense and shouldn't have much of an effect on a new install, but what the heck, it worked.
    BTW, mods. Is it just me, or do the profiles have this funky shadow thing goin on? I'm losin' it, man.</STRONG>
    Actually, even a fresh install is 10% fragged when it's a 9X/ME install.
    Win2K does a better job installing without fragmenting the System files.
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