[Tempest261]

My "Send To" menu is freezing whenever I mouse over it, regardless of what
file I click this on. The harddrive light becomes lit solid for a full 13 or
more seconds and the "Send To" menu section remains lit until eventually the
actual menu appears and then behaves normally.

I've tried degraging, scandisk, cleaning out the registry, and even cleaning
out the "send to" menu itself. None of these help the problem. Any ideas?

[Byte]

One of the entries in the menu is causing the hang. You can delete all of
them and then add them one at a time to find the culprit, or.........
Open below URL (website), click "S" and scroll down to Send to:
Windows XP from A-Z
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
--
Some days you're the windshield,
some days you're the bug.


"Tempest261" wrote:

> My "Send To" menu is freezing whenever I mouse over it, regardless of what
> file I click this on. The harddrive light becomes lit solid for a full 13 or
> more seconds and the "Send To" menu section remains lit until eventually the
> actual menu appears and then behaves normally.
>
> I've tried degraging, scandisk, cleaning out the registry, and even cleaning
> out the "send to" menu itself. None of these help the problem. Any ideas?

[Harry Ohrn]

A couple of ideas:
1) Turn off Indexing Services - right click the C drive and select
Properties. Uncheck the box next to Indexing and also check the box on the
popup that asks if you want to turn off indexing on subfolders. Indexing
Services is unnecessary. It creates a database for faster file searching but
often cause a degrade in system performance.

2) Do you have packet writing software installed? If so disable it from
running at Start-up.

3) You may wish to run a full scan for spyware and other parasites as they
are known to cause all types of performance problems.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Tempest261" <Tempest261@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C82B8154-B327-4FA6-A217-8F2B7D9CA190@microsoft.com...
> My "Send To" menu is freezing whenever I mouse over it, regardless of what
> file I click this on. The harddrive light becomes lit solid for a full 13
or
> more seconds and the "Send To" menu section remains lit until eventually
the
> actual menu appears and then behaves normally.
>
> I've tried degraging, scandisk, cleaning out the registry, and even
cleaning
> out the "send to" menu itself. None of these help the problem. Any ideas?

[Tempest261]

Thanks for the reply.
I tried #1 and saw no change. Good idea though. What do you mean "packet
writing software" for tip #2?

And for #3, what do you recommend I scan with? I did a scan with adaware a
while ago (to fix this problem) and I use AVG to scan for viruses and nothing
has been found.


"Harry Ohrn" wrote:

> A couple of ideas:
> 1) Turn off Indexing Services - right click the C drive and select
> Properties. Uncheck the box next to Indexing and also check the box on the
> popup that asks if you want to turn off indexing on subfolders. Indexing
> Services is unnecessary. It creates a database for faster file searching but
> often cause a degrade in system performance.
>
> 2) Do you have packet writing software installed? If so disable it from
> running at Start-up.
>
> 3) You may wish to run a full scan for spyware and other parasites as they
> are known to cause all types of performance problems.
>
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> "Tempest261" <Tempest261@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C82B8154-B327-4FA6-A217-8F2B7D9CA190@microsoft.com...
> > My "Send To" menu is freezing whenever I mouse over it, regardless of what
> > file I click this on. The harddrive light becomes lit solid for a full 13
> or
> > more seconds and the "Send To" menu section remains lit until eventually
> the
> > actual menu appears and then behaves normally.
> >
> > I've tried degraging, scandisk, cleaning out the registry, and even
> cleaning
> > out the "send to" menu itself. None of these help the problem. Any ideas?
>
>
>

[Tempest261]

Tried that before. No change. Thanks tho.

"Byte" wrote:

> One of the entries in the menu is causing the hang. You can delete all of
> them and then add them one at a time to find the culprit, or.........
> Open below URL (website), click "S" and scroll down to Send to:
> Windows XP from A-Z
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
> --
> Some days you're the windshield,
> some days you're the bug.
>
>
> "Tempest261" wrote:
>
> > My "Send To" menu is freezing whenever I mouse over it, regardless of what
> > file I click this on. The harddrive light becomes lit solid for a full 13 or
> > more seconds and the "Send To" menu section remains lit until eventually the
> > actual menu appears and then behaves normally.
> >
> > I've tried degraging, scandisk, cleaning out the registry, and even cleaning
> > out the "send to" menu itself. None of these help the problem. Any ideas?

[PA Bear]

> And for #3, what do you recommend I scan with? I did a scan with adaware a
> while ago (to fix this problem) and I use AVG to scan for viruses and
> nothing has been found.

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/darnit.html
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security


Tempest261 wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
> I tried #1 and saw no change. Good idea though. What do you mean "packet
> writing software" for tip #2?
>
> And for #3, what do you recommend I scan with? I did a scan with adaware a
> while ago (to fix this problem) and I use AVG to scan for viruses and
> nothing has been found.
>
>
> "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
>
> > A couple of ideas:
> > 1) Turn off Indexing Services - right click the C drive and select
> > Properties. Uncheck the box next to Indexing and also check the box on
> > the popup that asks if you want to turn off indexing on subfolders.
> > Indexing Services is unnecessary. It creates a database for faster file
> > searching but often cause a degrade in system performance.
> >
> > 2) Do you have packet writing software installed? If so disable it from
> > running at Start-up.
> >
> > 3) You may wish to run a full scan for spyware and other parasites as
> > they are known to cause all types of performance problems.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> > www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >
> >
> > "Tempest261" <Tempest261@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C82B8154-B327-4FA6-A217-8F2B7D9CA190@microsoft.com...
> > > My "Send To" menu is freezing whenever I mouse over it, regardless of
> > > what file I click this on. The harddrive light becomes lit solid for
> > > a full 13 or more seconds and the "Send To" menu section remains lit
> > > until eventually the actual menu appears and then behaves normally.
> > >
> > > I've tried degraging, scandisk, cleaning out the registry, and even
> > > cleaning out the "send to" menu itself. None of these help the
> > > problem. Any ideas?