Re: [PCWorks] Computer is too slow
- From: LarryB <larryb227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:14:33 -0500
Thanks Hugh, I have run all the spyware, antivir*s programs I have and
they have found things but hasn't helped so far. As I mentioned I have
the startup programs to a bare minimum. I have also run defrag, and chkdsk.
The Event Viewer shows one error during startup called "service control
manager" then about 10 "information" tags after the error.
It also shows several DHCP type "warnings" that are probably due to the
wireless setup.
I have no idea what to do with any of these.
LarryB
K & L Electronics
South Carolina
Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> There's a MS article here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx
> In general, this means too many programs loading at startup,
> virus/spyware problems, need to defrag or run chkdsk.
> You might take a look in Event Viewer for disk errors or the like, but
> this is usually just a housekeeping task.
> A program like Windows Defender or Spybot will likely be a big help.
> Low RAM doesn't really affect startup. but this machine would benefit
> enormously from an upgrade.
>
>
>
> LarryB wrote:
>
>>I have a Dell which is a neighbor computer that is very slow on startup.
>>It is a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, 1.6g processor, 798mhz and 256 ram.
>>The HD is 33g with 23g free. Running Windows XP with SP2
>>Now it takes 5 plus minutes to load the icons on the desktop and another
>>1 minute for the tray. Then it is ready to go. I have the tray down to
>>AVG anti and fire wall, and Wireless, Audio, and power.
>>I pull up Ctrl+Alt+delete and the performance is CPU 0 to 1% while the
>>PF usage is 402 MB. This is with no applications running.
>>
>>I am presently doing a complete vir*s scan as my first step in trying to
>>speed this computer up. Any help would be appreciated. One question is
>>could it be that 256m of ram is too small? They use OE and IE as their
>>main applications along with QuickBooks 2003.
>>Thanks
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