Please look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Warning
and Error Reports over the last 2 days use and post copies here.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.


Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"None" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:vdu8r1d5fs7qgksnsio0fb85bqfraq6i8m@4ax.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am seeing a problem where when I try to open My Computer, or click
> the Look In dropdown in the run dialog, or anything similar, it takes
> a minute or two to get results. I've checked all the obvious stuff
> like spyware (none based on MS Antispyware, Spybot and Ad-Aware),
> disabled all antivirus and firewall and such (ZoneAlarm for both) and
> this is a stand-alone computer with no mapped drives.
>
> I've traced the problem to the "dcom server process launcher"
> service... when I set it to disabled and reboot, the problem goes
> away. Of course, then I can't use a number of applications I need (MS
> Antispyware and ATI's Multimedia Center to name two). When I set it
> to Automatic (because it can't be manually started) and reboot, the
> problem returns (but at least I can use those apps!).
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction on this? I've been
> Googling for over an hour now and haven't found anything that seems
> applicable. Thanks!
>
> Frank