From: Luis Hernandez <newton AT math DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: slow response in explorer when looking at djgpp\bin etc
In-Reply-To: <88438r$6lv$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> from Vidhyanath Rao at "Feb 12, 0 11:52:42 am"
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:49:44 -0500 (EST)
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> I downloaded and installed djgpp in my Windows 98 machine (a Dell of 97
> vintage). [I had djgpp already, but I had not used it much, and now my wife
> needs a C complier for a class. So I decided to get the latest version.] I
> also have McAfee Virus Scan 4.03.
> 
> I have a very strange problem: If I look into djgpp\bin or djgpp\rsxntj\bin
> via explorer, the computer stops responding for a while. Then there is very
> jerky response to mouve moves, and after 2-3 minutes, everything is back to
> normal. Things are ok, but it seems that if the computer is restarted, it
> happens again. Is there something I might have done wrong?

  Mmmmm IMHO it could be a lot of things  BUT a djgpp problem (for example,
  assuming that your copy of win explorer is not corrupted, it  could  be a
  dir-structure problem; or if you are using  win98's setting of "view as a
  web page", or ...).  Have you tried to run a disk checker (like  scandisk
  or even better,  if you have norton utils, norton diskdoctor)? That could
  help to  solve the problem. Another thing  you can  try later is to run a
  disk organizer (like defrag or norton speed disk).

  well those are my two cents,
  
  Luis