've just unchecked 'Run a DLL as an App' under the 'Exceptions' tag in
'Windows Firewall' via the 'Control Panel' and the speed-up result is quite
amazing! All is back to normal - folders open instantly, no matter how many
icons they contain, all appear instantly! - Why this should be so - you
tell me! - Andrew
Acti-Deskt-Recov? Prob SOLVED!
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Re: Acti-Deskt-Recov? Prob SOLVED!
Andrew wrote:
> 've just unchecked 'Run a DLL as an App' under the 'Exceptions' tag
> in 'Windows Firewall' via the 'Control Panel' and the speed-up
> result is quite amazing! All is back to normal - folders open
> instantly, no matter how many icons they contain, all appear
> instantly! - Why this should be so - you tell me!
Your Active Desktop was set to pulldown some web page and possibly run
something and now it cannot and the problem is resolved?
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> 've just unchecked 'Run a DLL as an App' under the 'Exceptions' tag
> in 'Windows Firewall' via the 'Control Panel' and the speed-up
> result is quite amazing! All is back to normal - folders open
> instantly, no matter how many icons they contain, all appear
> instantly! - Why this should be so - you tell me!
Your Active Desktop was set to pulldown some web page and possibly run
something and now it cannot and the problem is resolved?
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Acti-Deskt-Recov? Prob SOLVED!
"Jose" wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2:52 pm, Andrew <And...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > 've just unchecked 'Run a DLL as an App' under the 'Exceptions' tag in
> > 'Windows Firewall' via the 'Control Panel' and the speed-up result is quite
> > amazing! All is back to normal - folders open instantly, no matter how many
> > icons they contain, all appear instantly! - Why this should be so - you
> > tell me! - Andrew
>
> He never said, but I think he is running Zone Alarm.
>
Difinately NOT running Zone Alarm but am running Ad-Aware Anniversary
Edition.
> On Jun 10, 2:52 pm, Andrew <And...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > 've just unchecked 'Run a DLL as an App' under the 'Exceptions' tag in
> > 'Windows Firewall' via the 'Control Panel' and the speed-up result is quite
> > amazing! All is back to normal - folders open instantly, no matter how many
> > icons they contain, all appear instantly! - Why this should be so - you
> > tell me! - Andrew
>
> He never said, but I think he is running Zone Alarm.
>
Difinately NOT running Zone Alarm but am running Ad-Aware Anniversary
Edition.