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Windows XP right click gobbles up CPU time | |
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| Time: 07:39 EST/12:39 GMT | News Source: the inquirer | Posted By: Bill Roach | ||
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A MESSAGE on the Neohapsis bulletin board said that using Windows Explorer and right clicking on a file gobbles up the CPU to the tune of 100%. Mark Luczkowski says the problem only happens when you select files with a right click of the mouse, not having selected the file with a left click first. He says that the problem can be reproduced on both Pentium III and Pentium 4 machines, and we've certainly reproduced it here at the INQ. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (208.50.204.91) at 4/27/2003 12:39:25 PM |
| I haven't been able to reproduce it. But then all of my machines have been tweaked with my "Make XP fast by removing CTF" tweak, which I suspect is related. :) |
| #2 By 2332 (65.221.182.2) at 4/27/2003 12:44:48 PM |
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I've confirmed the problem exists on both my Pentium 4 2.4Ghz and my Athlon 1.2Ghz.
The CPU shoots to the high 90's if you right click on an icon inside a folder that wasn't previously selected. This doesn't appear to affect overall system performance, though. Anyway, I just turned off the transition effects and now it stays below 5%. |
| #3 By 8062 (206.72.66.205) at 4/27/2003 2:24:45 PM |
| Doesn't happen on any of my six (large mix of CPU's) machines. |
| #4 By 13997 (68.7.81.55) at 4/27/2003 4:50:37 PM |
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We haven't found this problem on any of our systems in our XP test lab. Varying from 200mhz 80mb to Top P4 Machines.
I suspect that these users have utilities/DLLS added are registered to the right context menu. This is not a XP Issue and I get tired of these types of reports. |
| #5 By 135 (208.50.204.91) at 4/27/2003 5:00:09 PM |
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#11 - Must be.
I don't know, I'm just not seeing this. I don't have anything extra installed to start menus. I get options of Scan with Norton Antivirus or Open with Ultraedit and that's it. I have the Fade Effect turned on, I have Cleartype turned on. Now my explorer is using the classic mode, with details and small icons. I'm sure I've turned off thumbnails and other such things. |
| #6 By 3653 (209.149.57.116) at 4/27/2003 7:12:36 PM |
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I get it on my 2GHz P4. #11 is correct. I have WinRAR installed and it adds to the right-click menu. And WinRAR is also installed on the system from the neowin screenshot.
Basically, if you hold the right click... the cpu stays at 100% and 95% of it is explorer.exe This could have a big effect, if you had WinRAR on your webserver or dbserver and you right-clicked something. I would imagine your users would experience some slowness. |
| #7 By 143 (199.35.33.41) at 4/27/2003 8:47:08 PM |
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My P41.8 with 512pc800 when right clicking will take up to 5 seconds sometimes...
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| #8 By 2332 (65.221.182.2) at 4/27/2003 9:09:47 PM |
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#14 - Hmm... I too have WinRAR installed, and on both of my test systems.
This may indeed be the issue. |
| #9 By 6859 (12.219.23.70) at 4/27/2003 9:28:29 PM |
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I do not have WinRAR installed, and am affected by this stupid little bug(?). I have PowerArchiver installed which can open a RAR or compress in about a zillion formats. Definitely, this isn't a big deal, but it is annoying.
UPDATE: turning off transitional effects does fix the problem. Man, that's weird. This post was edited by Cthulhu on Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 21:38. |
| #10 By 116 (66.69.198.173) at 4/28/2003 12:51:36 AM |
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Hmmm, I get a sub 1 second spike and then nothing... I don't think this is a big deal if it spikes for 1 sec...
Dell p4 1.8ghz ATI Radeon 8500 |
| #11 By 16045 (67.250.246.3) at 4/28/2003 4:05:18 AM |
| i have a fresh install of xp and this happens to me. i have a pIII mobile. i noticed awhile ago that if i'm running windows media player and i right click on a file that the music would cut out until i closed the context menu. i'm finding now through the task manager that this happens to me every time i right click on a file regardless of the file type and regardless of what programs are open. strange... its a minor annoyance. |
| #12 By 61 (65.32.171.144) at 4/28/2003 4:31:44 PM |
| I tried it out on my system, it does indeed jump to 100%, not that it really effects anything. |
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