Re: Desktop & folder icons intitially appear slowly under OSR2

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From: Darren Dupr�
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 00:00

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Joe wrote in message <36335def.2309422@nntp.a001.sprintmail.com>...
>I noticed that both my desktop & folder icons initially pop-up on the
>sceen rather slowly when I first bring them up.  However, a week ago I
>installed the latest driver for my Stealth II video card & the icons
>started appearing INSTANTLY on my desktop when I booted & when I
>opened a new folder.  But since installing the "Sin" game demo (now
>uninstalled) last night, they've gone back to appearing slowly again.
>I can hear the HDD being accessed, whereas before when they appeared
>instantly it wasn't.  My hard drive is an Ultra DMA-type & I'm running
>a K6-2 cpu so I know my system is plenty fast enough.  Is there a
>solution for this admittedly minor but annoying problem?  I have my
>home system configured as a "network server" in control panel & I use
>a permanent swap file (160 MB).



This may be obvious, but have you defragged your HD lately?

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From: "Darren Dupr�" <DMDx86NOSPAM@altavista.net>
Subject: Re: Desktop & folder icons intitially appear slowly under OSR2
Date: 1998/10/25
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