Finder doesn`t work!

Hey,
first of all, sorry for my english...
I`ve got a problem: the finder doesn`t work! after every start and sleepingphase it takes a lot of time to work fluently. i use leopard, did already the pram-reset, watched out in the activity-display, but i could not find anything. Please help me
thx,
jet

The Finder uses Spotlight for searches - a corrupt database can cause problems.
A couple of websites you can check for troubleshooting ideas:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20061109235901299
http://www.macintouch.com/tigerreview/spotlight.html

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Hi there are various threads here for this issue
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191263?start=0&tstart=0
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