Bob Williams wrote:
> E-Machines, P4, 2.93GHz, 1.5GB RAM, Win Xp, Norton
> Internet Security.
>
> When I open a folder of jpeg images (say 15 images at 2MB
> each), the thumbnails appear very slowly.... maybe 20-30
> seconds. When they do appear, some are full size
> thumbnails and some are smaller. If I then click REFRESH,
> they all appear at full size.
> If I close the folder and reopen it a few minutes later,
> all the thumbnails are INSTANTLY displayed at full size.
>
> Now, here is where it really gets spooky!
> When I open the jpeg folder for the first time and the
> thumbnails start to appear slowly, if I scroll down to
> look at the last thumbnail before it is fully displayed,
> the thumbnail images start to corrupt and the computer
> freezes. When I CTRL+ALT+DELETE and End Task, I notice
> that when the desktop reappears, Norton I.S. is missing
> from the System Tray. I ran Norton Anti Virus and found
> nothing. Then I ran Spybot, and Adaware and found nothing
> significant. After deleting the few things found by
> Spybot and Adaware, the problem still persists.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this weird problem???
> Bob Williams
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Just a few ideas....

I would search for and delete all Thumbs.db files.

Some info:
What is thumbs.db
http://tinyurl.com/b5qam

(188540) You receive an "Invalid page fault"
error message when you try to view the contents
of a folder or its subfolders by using Thumbnail
view in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188540

Can you view the images in Safe Mode?

(315222) A Description of the Safe Mode
Boot Options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222

Is any improvement realized if you reduce
your Graphics Hardware Acceleration?

Is your video driver current? (Check the mfgs
website)

Are you fully updated from Windows Update?

WinXP SP2?

Did you install/update/uninstall anything just
prior to this issue?

Have you tried doing some maintenance?

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

(305781) HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment
a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305781

You may have a corrupted WinXP User Account.

(279783) How To Create and Configure
User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279783


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
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