Computer slows when right clicking!

[animalcrackerb0]

Hey everybody
I have had this problem ever since I put my computer together. Whenever i right click on icons to see my options (copy, options, sent to....) it lags. It takes like 7 sec to show the drop down menu. How do I fix this. It is very annoying and frustrating.

[n00b 0f l337]

Reformat and load linux.

[the_chad]

system specs? os used? programs in background running such as anti virus/firewall/whatever?

[ZX7891]

i tell him norton hogs a :banana::banana::banana::banana:load of resources but he doesnt believe me

[animalcrackerb0]

P4 2.8 presscot on intel 925x mobo, 1gb DDR24200 dual channel.
I am not running much just nortan my wirless, weather bug, and 2 audio programs that are run through my mobo. And i cant do linux i am sticking to xp

[animalcrackerb0]

even if norton does hog a lot of resources I am pretty sure that isn't my problem because the problem started before nortan was installed and i dont think nortan would slow it that bad seeing my previous computer had very :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty parts and nortan and didn't have this problem

[Magnj]

Get rid of weather bug for the love of god. Delete that thing, Do a virus scan, do a spyware scan, and get firefox and get the accuweather plugin. omg weatherbug...

[ZX7891]

just reformat if you dont have anything on your computer then

[animalcrackerb0]

Got fire fox and weather bug will be gone. I have done many virus scans and adware......Those are not the cause

[ZX7891]

dont answer this kid anymore...i told him 20 times to reformat but he wont take the time..if he is too lazy to do that then he is to lazy to find a solution

[animalcrackerb0]

:banana::banana::banana::banana: that kid. First off all I cant reformat because my dad wont give me the xp disk (wich is a update from 98 so i have to install both) and second of all i have no way to back up the 40 gigs of photoshop files ect. on my computer until i get a externam hd. So if anyone knows a way to solve this problem without reformating.
I have had this problem when all i had installed on my computer was xp.

[Magnj]

you screwed yourself when you decided it was a good idea to install weatherbug on your computer. Get rid of it.

Besides that, it can be normal, depending on how much ram you have and stuff.

[animalcrackerb0]

Ya I just got rid of wather bug. I have a gig of ddr2 ram dual channel. Maybe I just got some bad ram or something. But if it is normal that sucks

[animalcrackerb0]

It could be slightly normal cause I was experimenting. I had this program open showing my ram and cpu usage and when I right clicked nothing really changed. After waiting the 7 sec for the options to show i could click on other ones without and time to wait. It is like it has to load something and then whatever folder i am in i can right click fast.

[Anarki]

40GB of photoshop files! Have you defragged your hard-drive at all?

You could also download registry mechanic and see if that helps in speeding up your PC.