On 29 Oct, Clive Bonsall <C.Bonsall@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
True ... but, in theory, could the time delay not be hardware related,
e.g. defective hard drive?
More likely a slow response from a local drive (or a network share)
http://www.ss64.com/nt/slow_browsing.html
but the slow response could be a slow network printer, or a rather large
number of shortcuts in your recent files directory (which Windows never
empties)
The tips for speeding up windows response times in these sort of
circumstances are enough to keep you in reading for weeks.