Michael
December 6th 03, 10:06 AM
Sounds like you have the old version of hotfix 811493.
Remove that patch via the add/remove section and then do
windows update and see if the new one shows up yet. The
old 811493 caused slowdowns like you described.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have bought a DELL Latitude notebook 6 months ago with
>Windows XP Professional pre-installed. For the past
>month, I have been facing the following problem with the
>operating system:
>1)When starting Windows in the office profile and after I
>enter my user id and password, Windows does not show any
>icon or start anything for 2-3 minutes. After that I can
>work ok.
>2)When working at home (different profile from before)
>and after I enter my user id and password, I get the
>icons and the desktop immediately but if I start Windows
>Explorer or MS Outlook, it takes 2-3 minutes for any
>program to start. During this time the processor
>utilization (in task manager) is normal.
>3)Overall, the computer has become very slow. It is a P4
>Mobile 1.7MHz with 256MB RAM.
>I tried to check the startup programs and delete any
>unnecessary programs upon startup but that did not help
>in anything. The applications that I often use are MS
>Office applications, Adobe Acrobat, and Symatec anti-
>virus.
>
>.
>
Remove that patch via the add/remove section and then do
windows update and see if the new one shows up yet. The
old 811493 caused slowdowns like you described.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have bought a DELL Latitude notebook 6 months ago with
>Windows XP Professional pre-installed. For the past
>month, I have been facing the following problem with the
>operating system:
>1)When starting Windows in the office profile and after I
>enter my user id and password, Windows does not show any
>icon or start anything for 2-3 minutes. After that I can
>work ok.
>2)When working at home (different profile from before)
>and after I enter my user id and password, I get the
>icons and the desktop immediately but if I start Windows
>Explorer or MS Outlook, it takes 2-3 minutes for any
>program to start. During this time the processor
>utilization (in task manager) is normal.
>3)Overall, the computer has become very slow. It is a P4
>Mobile 1.7MHz with 256MB RAM.
>I tried to check the startup programs and delete any
>unnecessary programs upon startup but that did not help
>in anything. The applications that I often use are MS
>Office applications, Adobe Acrobat, and Symatec anti-
>virus.
>
>.
>