Trying to install SBS2K3 standard on an AMD machine with a Gigabyte Pro2
mainboard.

As soon as the Server 2003 install was complete the PC became impossibly
slow and unreactive to mouse clicks or the Start menu button although if an
application could be started, it did seem to run "reasonably OK".

But this presentation was totally unusable and the full SBS install could
not follow. A clean reinstall produced the same result.

After a long search I found a previous post suggesting that there was a
registry setting at fault.

HKCU/Control Panel/Desktop - the default entry for MenuShowDelay should be
400 (milliseconds).

A value of 0 was what was actually there....

When this was changed - followed by a log off & on -Server 2003 suddenly
started behaving normally again.

Just thought it was worth reposting this "solution" as it is so dramatic..!

Alan - Dr WIZARD Computers
Edinburgh Scotland

Re: SBS 2003 "impossibly slow" problem by Chad

Chad
Mon Apr 12 19:45:57 CDT 2004

Thanks for the tip, Alan!

FWIW, I *love* Scotland. Sitting on my desk is a panoramic picture I took
of the castle & the Royal Mile from atop King Arthur's Seat . . . I can't
wait to go back :^)

--

Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
SBS ROCKS!

Dr WIZARD Computers wrote:
> Trying to install SBS2K3 standard on an AMD machine with a Gigabyte
> Pro2 mainboard.
>
> As soon as the Server 2003 install was complete the PC became
> impossibly slow and unreactive to mouse clicks or the Start menu
> button although if an application could be started, it did seem to
> run "reasonably OK".
>
> But this presentation was totally unusable and the full SBS install
> could not follow. A clean reinstall produced the same result.
>
> After a long search I found a previous post suggesting that there was
> a registry setting at fault.
>
> HKCU/Control Panel/Desktop - the default entry for MenuShowDelay
> should be 400 (milliseconds).
>
> A value of 0 was what was actually there....
>
> When this was changed - followed by a log off & on -Server 2003
> suddenly started behaving normally again.
>
> Just thought it was worth reposting this "solution" as it is so
> dramatic..!
>
> Alan - Dr WIZARD Computers
> Edinburgh Scotland