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Nope, indexing doesn't help either. I don't think this problem has a solution for my comp... damn.

I deleted the iconcache.db in application data folder I think it was. Also, small icons brings no change. Lastly, you forgot to link the thread with possible solutions. Thanks for all the help so far.

Have 4GB ram, so at most I use about 30% of my ram, unless I'm running an intensive game or photoshop, so on. CPU consumption stays under 10 most of the time, unless I'm doing something particular. Then it can go from anywhere from 10-100. This shouldn't matter as I've tried opening start menu...

Any updates?

Done defrag, but it shouldn't even be an issue as I just installed win7 less than one month ago. Also did sfc /scannow, the only files that came up as out of the ordinary were the ones I patched myself to make/use custom win7 themes. They don't effect the loading time of the start menu because I...

Thanks, that seemed to fix the issue. No idea how they became read only in the first place.

Whenever I try some downloaded .exes I get an error saying 'error writing to temp location' or something similar. I've tried running them as admin, tried running them without UAC, and even tried to change the temp location from environment variables but it doesn't change. Is there any fix or...

The event logs have nothing related in them.

It ranges anywhere from 15 secs to +1 min. If I open the program folders inside >All Programs, it takes even longer. I have already done complete system scans for viruses using Avira (past antivirus) and Panda (current). I have also tried the clean boot with all startup programs + non microsoft...

After a clean install of win7 (x64), the start menu icons never (or take extremely long) to load the first time after opening them. This primarily happens at Start button > All programs (and the folders within all programs). After the first time, they load normally. This happens each time I...

Hello, I have been using Win7 since its official release. Recently, it showed a BSOD and restarted. Ever since that restart, it shows an empty logon screen. By empty, I mean that it doesn't show any users. The background+shutdown button+lang button is still there, just no users. My laptop came...