S-L-O-W ... churning

[John A Grandy]

my XP Pro portable (Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 1.8GHZ 256 MB) is a real dog
..... I can't figure it out ... my desktop machine of half the hw specs on
w2k server totally outperforms it .... i'm talking 2-3 times more responsive
....

there is always this churning going on ... i look at task-list and i see
system idle with 90+ % all the time .... only explorer seems to be system
idle's only competitor with < 10 % *sometimes* ....

what could be going on ? i've removed so many programs, especially from the
startup-list .... are there known issues with xp pro performance?

thanks.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

John;
System Idle Process is exactly what it sounds like.
It is the % of processing power you have waiting for something to do,
doing nothing.

If you are having problems, this is not the cause.
Try these:
Run an updated virus scan.
Or Scan for Viruses online:
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?j=1&langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=IRLFIZTYMWPAZTJWUFJ
Run Disk Cleanup checking all boxes except "Compress old files"
Run Defrag.
If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ (Update if you already have it)
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (Update if you already have it)

This may apply if you recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815411

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"John A Grandy" > wrote in message
...
> my XP Pro portable (Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 1.8GHZ 256 MB) is a
real dog
> .... I can't figure it out ... my desktop machine of half the hw
specs on
> w2k server totally outperforms it .... i'm talking 2-3 times more
responsive
> ...
>
> there is always this churning going on ... i look at task-list and i
see
> system idle with 90+ % all the time .... only explorer seems to be
system
> idle's only competitor with < 10 % *sometimes* ....
>
> what could be going on ? i've removed so many programs, especially
from the
> startup-list .... are there known issues with xp pro performance?
>
> thanks.
>
>

[John A Grandy]

<<<
This may apply if you recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815411
>>>

what private program is this article referring to?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

John;
I don't know;
If you have tried everything else and that article seems to apply to
you, you need to call Microsoft as referenced in the article.

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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
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"John A Grandy" > wrote in message
...
> <<<
> This may apply if you recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 1:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815411
> >>>
>
> what private program is this article referring to?