mystery slowdown of everything on my XP Pro notebook

[Bruce]

I've recently noticed a distinct reduction in overall
performance and speed on my Dell 8200 laptop. I realized
that this started soon after I did a "Windows Update"
which included a bunch of stuff and Direct X 9. Is it
possible that any of those "updates" could be to blame for
my sluggish machine? I tried the system restore but it
wont let me restore anything before a day or two ago. A
couple of freeware benchmark programs confirm that almost
everything is performing poorly.
Ideas? Thanks.

[Magnus Persson]

If you installed the hotfix 811493 that is the reason for the slowdown. Just
uninstall it and your system will return to normal speed again.
/Magnus

"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> I've recently noticed a distinct reduction in overall
> performance and speed on my Dell 8200 laptop. I realized
> that this started soon after I did a "Windows Update"
> which included a bunch of stuff and Direct X 9. Is it
> possible that any of those "updates" could be to blame for
> my sluggish machine? I tried the system restore but it
> wont let me restore anything before a day or two ago. A
> couple of freeware benchmark programs confirm that almost
> everything is performing poorly.
> Ideas? Thanks.

[Bruce]

Thanks! That appears to have done the trick!

>-----Original Message-----
>If you installed the hotfix 811493 that is the reason for
the slowdown. Just
>uninstall it and your system will return to normal speed
again.
>/Magnus
>
>"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
>> I've recently noticed a distinct reduction in overall
>> performance and speed on my Dell 8200 laptop. I
realized
>> that this started soon after I did a "Windows Update"
>> which included a bunch of stuff and Direct X 9. Is it
>> possible that any of those "updates" could be to blame
for
>> my sluggish machine? I tried the system restore but it
>> wont let me restore anything before a day or two ago. A
>> couple of freeware benchmark programs confirm that
almost
>> everything is performing poorly.
>> Ideas? Thanks.
>
>
>.
>