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