Network Places wont open

Am running a Lenovo Z61t laptop wtih XP pro+SP2 all drivers/bios up to date
Have run Norton antivir, spysweeper .. scandisk .. defrag etc etc

There are three behaviours that seem to be connected ... but not sure.

1 Sometimes .. for no reason i can figure, i can not open "My Network
Places" .. I click on it and i get an hour glass for 15 seconds, then
nothing .. no window opens. If i logoff/logon the first time i click, it
opens fine ... after i close, it will not open again. After a day or so, or
maybe hours and a shutdown ... it will repair itself. and i may be fine for
a few days ..... i just can not figure out how to force ti to be fine ...

2 Same timing as #1 ... My Computer takes 15 to 30 seconds to open ... at
times, a few minutes ... but lately, a few seconds.

3 again same timing ... i have a DIR shared on a local drive and then
mapped to my R:\ drive. usually when i double click R:\ the DIR opens fine
.... but then again for no appraent reason, i get an error that the share can
not be found ..

My main questsion is #1 ... i mention the other issues incase they shed
light on #1. i have used registry cleaners (norton, Advanced Windows Care)
...with no clear effect.

I have 2GB ram and plenty of virtual memory ... i get there feeling there is
a buffer size seomwhere set too small ... but i am totally guessing ... and i
am totally frustrated ... i would greatly appreciate any suggestions ...

my email is tcoates@chla.usc.edu

thanks ....tom

Hi Tom,

See if this helps: Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services
Right-click on Windows Image Aquisition and select properties
Change the startup type to disabled, reboot.


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm



"tom c" <tomc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5296E55D-4D09-4BB9-B4AA-2A222C4BAA33@microsoft.com...
> Am running a Lenovo Z61t laptop wtih XP pro+SP2 all drivers/bios up to
> date
> Have run Norton antivir, spysweeper .. scandisk .. defrag etc etc
>
> There are three behaviours that seem to be connected ... but not sure.
>
> 1 Sometimes .. for no reason i can figure, i can not open "My Network
> Places" .. I click on it and i get an hour glass for 15 seconds, then
> nothing .. no window opens. If i logoff/logon the first time i click, it
> opens fine ... after i close, it will not open again. After a day or so,
> or
> maybe hours and a shutdown ... it will repair itself. and i may be fine
> for
> a few days ..... i just can not figure out how to force ti to be fine ...
>
> 2 Same timing as #1 ... My Computer takes 15 to 30 seconds to open ... at
> times, a few minutes ... but lately, a few seconds.
>
> 3 again same timing ... i have a DIR shared on a local drive and then
> mapped to my R:\ drive. usually when i double click R:\ the DIR opens
> fine
> ... but then again for no appraent reason, i get an error that the share
> can
> not be found ..
>
> My main questsion is #1 ... i mention the other issues incase they shed
> light on #1. i have used registry cleaners (norton, Advanced Windows
> Care)
> ..with no clear effect.
>
> I have 2GB ram and plenty of virtual memory ... i get there feeling there
> is
> a buffer size seomwhere set too small ... but i am totally guessing ...
> and i
> am totally frustrated ... i would greatly appreciate any suggestions ...
>
> my email is tcoates@chla.usc.edu
>
> thanks ....tom