[windows2000] Re: Machines running slow.

  • From: Pratik Patel <pratik_patel@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:23:14 +0530

this may sound stupid , but is important....
 
is there any free space in c: drive where OS is installed ???/
find & delete  *.tmp from all drives.......
 
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Daryl Ehrenheim [mailto:d.ehrenheim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 3:08 PM
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Machines running slow.


I checked this and it is not set to "1", but to "0" as suggested. I am still
trying to work on the possible RAM issue on each of these machines. Thanks
Toby for the help on the Performance tab of the task manager. Never did
quite understand all of the values and what they meant. 
 
I think that since they are using machines with AutoCAD and Office, I am
going to try the new RAM idea. If anyone else has any ideas, I would really
be happy to hear them.
 
Thanks again for all of the help.
 
Daryl 

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From: Ethan Snyder [mailto:ethans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:19 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Machines running slow.


I had similar issues but were being caused by "enablesecuritysignature" in
the registry on the 2000 server
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameter
s). I have to set this key to 0 in order for network traffic between XP pro
and 2000 server to be fast. If "enablesecuritysignature" is set to 1, then
XP to 2000 Server is *very* slow.
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321169
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321169> 
 
We also use AutoCAD, Office, etc...
Might not be what you're having issues with, but it might help...
 
-Ethan
 

-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tim Mangan
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:36 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Machines running slow.



With TaskManager you can look at a snapshot of memory used on the
performance tab.  Windows will always keep some free "Available" memory on
hand - so if you are using more than, say, 450MB out of the 512 you may be
paging.

 

To look at the paging activity, you want to use the performance monitor
(control panel->Administrator tools).

 

Tim

 


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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daryl Ehrenheim
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:54 PM
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Machines running slow.

 

I know that this is going to be a silly question, but how can I check to see
how much paging is going on? Should I use the CPU monitor on the task
manager? Two of the machines don't have Autocad and only run Voloview to
view/print drawings. What do you think should be the minimum amount of Ram
for those running AutoCAD?

 

Thanks for the reply.

 

Daryl

 


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From: Tim Mangan [mailto:tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:23 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Machines running slow.

I would look at the memory usage.  AutoCAD can eat up a lot of memory.  If
memory is tight, there should be a fair amount of paging going on.

 

Tim Mangan

 


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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daryl Ehrenheim
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:38 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Machines running slow.

 

This may not be an appropriate question for a Windows 2000 group, but here
it goes.

 

We have 4 machines in one of our departments in our Seattle store that are
experiencing computer slowdowns. At first I thought that it was network
issue replacing an older hub with a switch. Then they told me that all of
their applications including those local to their machine(like Word and
Excel) are slow. I then went up to the store and looked for viruses and
spyware cr@p, but nothing out of the ordinary. No rogue processes or other
various issues. All the machines are different with 1 being a Dell and 3
being custom built at different times. The only thing that I can see that is
common to all of the machines is MSN Instant messaging, XP Pro, Office XP or
2003 and Autodesk Software. They each have 256 - 512 MB of Ram and connect
to a Windows 2000 server for other various corporate applications. 

 

Any ideas would greatly be appreciated. 

 

Daryl S. Ehrenheim

Network Administrator - Bargreen Ellingson

(253) 471-3775

 

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