I have the same problem with a HP CD writer.  Strangley enough, if I keep
a CD in it at all times, the slowdown disappears.  I think 98 is polling it
everytime I open Windows Explorer and experiences some sort of "timeout"
event before it returns.

Good Luck,
                Phill Roey
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-----Original Message-----
From: farmer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 12:46 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Win98 vs Smart&Friendly s/w


>I am having a conflict with Win'98 and the s/w supplied by Smart and
>Friendly (S&D) CD writer company. When I install the CD writer s/w it
>makes Windows explorer run very slow. It takes 45 seconds to locate a
>drive, directory or file. I contacted the
>S&D company, after repeated efforts they e-mailed me a message stating
>they never said their product was compatible with Win'98. The instructed
>me to delete the s/w, reboot and all will be fine. I did as instructed
>and all is fine except I can't run the CD writer. Is there any
>suggestions out there?

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