Dave Flaim <> wrote on Thursday, February 22, 2007 2:08 AM: Isn't this because it's trying to look up any files you might to open? If it's on a network share, it'll take a while until it returns all the shares and files, under which time the cpu is pegged. I've tried experimenting with removing the scan for shares and printers on remote computers in the registry, with some improvement, although it's not perfect. Guess it's as good a place to start looking as any. Your local hardware won't matter at all, as the bottleneck is still the network at 100Mbps(?). HTH. > Hi Guys > > Hope somebody has some ideas. > > When opening a file and browsing looking for the file - if you double > click on a folder or right click on a file or folder - the cpu gets > pegged. This is a dual xeon with 4GB ram running W2K SP4 and Citrix > PS4. All non-MS Office Applications seem to be fine .... this only > happens with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook ... > > Any ideas would be great. > > Thanks in advance > > Dave > ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm