Sluggish performance

[Jim]

Dale,
Check out the notices on security update 811493 with
regards to slowing down your machine. If you have fully
updated windows on those computers, this update, which I
think is the last one recommended, is probably the
problem. You can uninstall the update in the add/remove
prgrams window.
Best,
jj


>-----Original Message-----
>I have 20 new DELL workstations with P4 2.0Ghz,512Meg
RAM.
>They are all loaded with the Office2000 suite and few
>other minors apps as well as Norton Corporate AV 8.0.
>
>These systems replaced DELL Workstations running 800Mhz
P3
>with similar configurations, I have see no apparent
>performance increase from the 800Mhz workstations to the
>2.0 Ghz systems
>All 20 are part of an NT4 Domain and run across a 100Mb
>Ethernet network connected to a HP Switch, all clients
>are running DHCP with WINS.
>
>My question is this:
>
>When I launch applications or try to access network file
>shares the performance "appears" to be sluggish (like
they
>are waiting).
>
>Using the task manager I cannot see any indication of
why
>the systems are slow, CPU utilization is low and memory
>usage is low as well.
>
>Any ideas why they may be running slow??
>
>I recognize that XP and 2000 are both supposed to
support
>DNS name resolution, I have DNS enabled as well but no
>entries for the clients only for Servers.
>
>If I disable the browser service for all systems would
>this increase overall performance? Any advice on how to
>increase network performance or workstation performance
>would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Is it wrong to expect to see a visible performance
>increase from a 800Mhz P3 vs a 2.0 Ghz P4 ?? Confused??
>
>
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