WinXP long pause when start clicked

mrochester · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:00

Hi all,

On my dads PC, when 'Start' hasn't been clicked for a while, there is quite a long pause (a few seconds or so) after clicking before the start menu actually pops up. Does anyone know what might be causing this, and how to stop it from happening?

It's very irritating to say the least!

Thanks,

Michael.

Dark_Angel · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:12

Maybe a program or something that it is trying to find? oddly I remember having a similar problem with my computer but it didn't do it in safe mode.... I didn't bother to fix it though as I was actually preparing to format at the time.

SoundsGood · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:18

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theheyes · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:31

How much RAM does the computer have?

mrochester · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:46

theheyes said:
How much RAM does the computer have?

1GB.

GhostlyPea · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:52

Try deleting the contents of the recycle bin and removing recently opened documents/programs?

- Pea0n

asim18 · 21 Feb 2009 at 17:45

It's because once you start using other memory intensive apps, like Photoshop or a game for example, it will purge the start menu items from the RAM to free up space for Photoshop or the game. When you click it again, it needs to re-load the start menu items from the hard disk.

mrochester · 21 Feb 2009 at 17:56

asim18 said:
It's because once you start using other memory intensive apps, like Photoshop or a game for example, it will purge the start menu items from the RAM to free up space for Photoshop or the game. When you click it again, it needs to re-load the start menu items from the hard disk.

My dad does use Photoshop to open and edit a lot of photos at once.