Question for the computer sages

[aeromed202]

I recently had to have my system re-installed by the Geeks (groan). My processor is an AMD 64 (64bit right?) but according to 'My Computer' my Windows XP Home is 32bit. It seems to be running Ok except for a new irritation, when I go to close a window it often hangs until I click the 'X' a second or third time. Never had that problem before and was wondering if there is an incompatability issue. I've experimented with folder options and other common reasons but the web is full of possible causes. Any advise on how to remedy this would be appreciated. So far a drive search issue is the front runner, I have 2 internal HDs.

[safn1949]

One thing to do is open your task manager,go to processes and make sure nothing is running in the background hogging your cpu.:jump:

[Roger]

From Wikipedia...

"Intel 64" and "IA-64t" redirect here. For Intel 64-bit architecture formerly called IA-64, see Itanium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium).
x86-64 is an extension of the x86 instruction set (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86). It supports vastly larger virtual and physical address spaces than are possible on x86, thereby allowing programmers to conveniently work with much larger data sets. x86-64 also provides 64-bit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit) general purpose registers and numerous other enhancements. The original specification was created by AMD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices), and has been implemented by AMD, Intel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporation), VIA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Technologies), and others. It is fully backwards compatible with 32-bit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32-bit) code.<SUP id=cite_ref-amd-24593_0-0 class=reference>[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#cite_note-amd-24593-0)</SUP><SUP style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap" class=reference>(p13)</SUP> Because the full 32-bit instruction set remains implemented in hardware without any intervening emulation, existing 32-bit x86 executables (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable) run with no compatibility or performance penalties,<SUP id=cite_ref-x86-compat-perf_1-0 class=reference>[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#cite_note-x86-compat-perf-1)</SUP> although existing applications that are recoded to take advantage of new features of the processor design may see significant performance increases.

[hey_moe]

Go to start/run and type MSCONFIG / enter. Tab over to start up and uncheck everything and reboot. Windows will only load what it needs to operate. Go back into MSCONFIG and check your AV/AS and see what happens from there....Mike

[aeromed202]

I believe I found the problem but not the cure just yet. My tower face has port/jack types for a small variety of devices, each being assigned a drive to handle them. At the botton right of my desktop there is that little green arrow icon which when clicked shows 'Safely Remove Hardware...' for each drive. Previous to my XP re-install only my external HD or whatever device I actually had plugged in would show up in this list, now every drive shows up. If I click to remove the un-used ones, my Explorer windows then close properly on the first click. All I need to do is stop these drives from auto-populating the list and I think I'm done. Hope this helps anuone else with the same issue.