Windows XP Search can get slow if you have a lot of compressed files on your hard drive. Speed up your searches by disabling this. Open the Run command and type the following:
regsvr32 c:\winnt\\system32\zipfldr.dll /u or
regsvr32 c:\windows\\system32\zipfldr.dll /u if installed in the windows directory
To turn this feature back on:
regsvr32 c:\winnt\\system32\zipfldr.dll or
regsvr32 c:\windows\\system32\zipfldr.dll if installed in the windows directory
regsvr32 %WinDir%\system32\zipfldr.dll /u
Now, wherever your windows folder is, and however it is called, this will work (remove /u to enable back): I don't have C:\Windows folder since Win 3.11