XP slowing me down?

[Steven]

I upgraded to XP Home the other day. Now everyting I do
on the computer is really slow. It's not my hardware, i
have: a 1.1 Ghz, 60 Gigs, 512 RAM, 64 Mg video card. I
was checking my resource meter thing and I had very
little resources not being used. CAn I increase that? or
is there a way to get rid of back ground programs to free
up some space? Thanks

[Gerry Cornell]

Steven

What did you upgrade from?

When did you upgrade? Have you supplied all the security updates. One =
recent update contained a bug and has been re-issued.

You May Experience Performance Issues After You Install the 811493 =
(MS03-013) Package on Your Windows XP SP1-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;819634

Slow start! For delays before the icons appear on the Desktop use the =
Bootvis.exe tool -the download on the link page which follows:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.asp

Otherwise I would look in Event Viewer at the logged errors.

1. To open Event Viewer, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click =
Administrative Tools, double-click Event Viewer and select System for =
system errors or Application for application errors. Look for Error in =
the Type column and double click on Error to reveal a Description of the =
error. This can be copied by using Clipboard Viewer (see later).
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2. Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you =
should double click for further information and you can copy using copy =
and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

3. For some errors you will find "+ Related Knowledge Base Article", =
which if double clicked takes you to the Knowledge Base Article =
containing a suggested solution.

There always seems to be a step 2 but not always a step 3.=20

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports (Step 1). Run Event Viewer and =
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window which appears =
is a button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close =
Event Viewer. Now start your message ( email )and do a paste into the =
body of the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer =
Error Report complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the =
first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. It can be helpful to place =
a shortcut to Event Viewer on your Desktop.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Steven" > wrote in message =
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> I upgraded to XP Home the other day. Now everyting I do=20
> on the computer is really slow. It's not my hardware, i=20
> have: a 1.1 Ghz, 60 Gigs, 512 RAM, 64 Mg video card. I=20
> was checking my resource meter thing and I had very=20
> little resources not being used. CAn I increase that? or=20
> is there a way to get rid of back ground programs to free=20
> up some space? Thanks

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Well did you upgrade from another OS or did you do a clean install
of XP. Also they are others factors to include

Alvin


Steven wrote:

> I upgraded to XP Home the other day. Now everyting I do
> on the computer is really slow. It's not my hardware, i
> have: a 1.1 Ghz, 60 Gigs, 512 RAM, 64 Mg video card. I
> was checking my resource meter thing and I had very
> little resources not being used. CAn I increase that? or
> is there a way to get rid of back ground programs to free
> up some space? Thanks

[Steven]

Well,
I upgraded yesterday, the 16th, from ME. After, I
installed norton internet, my new AGP video card, and a
USB 2 PCI card. I also loaded some programs. Yesterday,
my computer was working GREAT. It wasn't till this
morning that I was experiencing slowness. Thanks for the
help guys.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello
>
>Well did you upgrade from another OS or did you do a
clean install
>of XP. Also they are others factors to include
>
>Alvin
>
>
>Steven wrote:
>
>> I upgraded to XP Home the other day. Now everyting I
do
>> on the computer is really slow. It's not my hardware,
i
>> have: a 1.1 Ghz, 60 Gigs, 512 RAM, 64 Mg video card. I
>> was checking my resource meter thing and I had very
>> little resources not being used. CAn I increase that?
or
>> is there a way to get rid of back ground programs to
free
>> up some space? Thanks
>
>.
>