Windows 2000 Slow with File Open and File Save Dialog Boxes

[steve0]

Hey there,

This has been a nagging problem for me.

I thought I would throw it out to the community for some possible help.

I have several computers with the same configuration running Windows2000 with all the MS updates, norton 2005, 512MB ram, IDE drives, CD-ROM, on a network.. fairly standard stuff.

One of the computers takes from 5 - 10 seconds to present the dialog box to OPEN or SAVE a file.

It is aggrevating..

Any one know what the problem might be?
or places I can look?

Thanks in advance

[MuNKyonline]

Have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;321126

This should help =)

[deepsand]

This problem also occurs on Win XP, as well as in cases where there are no networked drives involved.

Additional causes include:

1) Low free RAM, resulting in paging delays;
2) File and/or Directory fragmentation on target drive; and,
3) Insufficient space in Swap (i.e., Paging) file.