"My Computer" hangs when opened
The first time I open "My Computer" after a reboot, a blank gray window opens and nothing happens for about a minute. No searching flashlight icon appears. After a minute, the window populates normally. "My Computer" will reopen normally thereafter. If one attempts to kill the "My Computer" task during this interval, the entire windows shell disappears for about a minute, then returns. The computer is on a Workgroup with three networked drives.
I've searched this forum and web for answers, and tried suggested fixes without success. One popular fix was to disable the Windows Image Acquisition service; but it already is disabled on my machine. I have Norton 360 v2. I've scanned the machine with sfc and scandisk; scanned for viruses, even disabled Norton 360 without success.
Help!
I've searched this forum and web for answers, and tried suggested fixes without success. One popular fix was to disable the Windows Image Acquisition service; but it already is disabled on my machine. I have Norton 360 v2. I've scanned the machine with sfc and scandisk; scanned for viruses, even disabled Norton 360 without success.
Help!
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Also, try disabling all non Microsoft items in ShellExView (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html) and see what happens.
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sfc /scannow found nothing wrong. I finally discovered a problem with one of the mapped networked drives and repaired it. MY COMPUTER now works normally again.
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net use x: /delete, where x: is the drive letter of the shared resource. Then reboot.