Emacs 23.1.50.1 hangs ramdomly for 6-8 seconds on Windows XP

Question

I have EmacsW32 23.1.50.1 emacs working on my windows XP machine. It hangs randomly for 5 to 8 seconds and quite frustrating.

Any one has solution?

I even trie

Answer 1

Please try stopping Netlogon service in "Services" control panel. That solved the problem in my case. See the excellent article http://www.hydrus.org.uk/journal/emacs-netlogon.html that saved me from the agony.

This only applies to a small (yet increasing?) group of users that:

• use corp issue laptop
• use windows 7
• use emacs for R editor
• suddenly see her emacs working very slow