After SP2 , internet problems!!

Recently. I lost an 80gb hd. One way to fill in the
blanks from the loss was to service pack my xp install.
So I did so through MS update. It went smoothly until I
started surfing again. I started to notice severe
problems browsing certain sites. One site that is
severly slowed down is Ebay.com, even Microsoft. I've
also noticed sony.com and suprnova.org completely freeze
up my browser. I cannot end the task through task
manager. Nor can I end the task through a 3rd party
process killer.

I investigated what was happening when the process was
frozen, and I noticed through the performance monitor
that it was moving 40000 operations to and from the
system. But no I/O bytes were moving to the file
system... Just messages to and from the CPU. I also
noticed that the CPU was being split equally between IE
and SYSTEM, as if every single message was being answered
by the system, but it didnt know what it was asking. Im
not sure.

Here's the pickle. I figured i'd try to use a different
browser, so i started up Netscape, and visited the same
sites, and the same problem occured. This tells me its
deeper than IE. Its somewhere else in the system. I
don't think its TCP/IP. because i see little to NO
tcp/ip activity when this problem happens.

One thing I do know is that one of the sites that
flatlines the computer has Iframes in it. I have not yet
tested if this is the reason for the lockup, but its an
idea i've had. I'll look more into this soon.

I normally dont come to newsgroups for help. But this
time, i'm completely lost. I really dont want to format
restore, as there is huge ammounts of work on this
machine that I don't have time to redo. Any help is
greatly appreciated.

Hi Brandon,

Do some reading here and good luck!

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...ic.windowsxp.*

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rames+problems

Added info:

Run the Task Manager, go to View/Select Columns, and turn on the following
columns: "I/O Read Bytes" and "I/O Write Bytes." This will give you details
as to which process is accessing the disk.

Although many processes will be accessing the disk, look for one with a high
total or a fast rate of increase, especially when you hear the drive being
accessed.

Hard Disk Performance Is Slower Than You Expect
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q308219

--
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP-Shell/User
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"Brandon" wrote in message
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Recently. I lost an 80gb hd. One way to fill in the
blanks from the loss was to service pack my xp install.
So I did so through MS update. It went smoothly until I
started surfing again. I started to notice severe
problems browsing certain sites. One site that is
severly slowed down is Ebay.com, even Microsoft. I've
also noticed sony.com and suprnova.org completely freeze
up my browser. I cannot end the task through task
manager. Nor can I end the task through a 3rd party
process killer.

I investigated what was happening when the process was
frozen, and I noticed through the performance monitor
that it was moving 40000 operations to and from the
system. But no I/O bytes were moving to the file
system... Just messages to and from the CPU. I also
noticed that the CPU was being split equally between IE
and SYSTEM, as if every single message was being answered
by the system, but it didnt know what it was asking. Im
not sure.

Here's the pickle. I figured i'd try to use a different
browser, so i started up Netscape, and visited the same
sites, and the same problem occured. This tells me its
deeper than IE. Its somewhere else in the system. I
don't think its TCP/IP. because i see little to NO
tcp/ip activity when this problem happens.

One thing I do know is that one of the sites that
flatlines the computer has

in it. I have not yet
tested if this is the reason for the lockup, but its an
idea i've had. I'll look more into this soon.

I normally dont come to newsgroups for help. But this
time, i'm completely lost. I really dont want to format
restore, as there is huge ammounts of work on this
machine that I don't have time to redo. Any help is
greatly appreciated.

1. The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=837783

2. Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Are You Ready for WinXP SP2?
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx

WinXP SP2 Release Notes
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;835935

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

Brandon wrote:
Recently. I lost an 80gb hd. One way to fill in the
blanks from the loss was to service pack my xp install.
So I did so through MS update. It went smoothly until I
started surfing again. I started to notice severe
problems browsing certain sites. One site that is
severly slowed down is Ebay.com, even Microsoft. I've
also noticed sony.com and suprnova.org completely freeze
up my browser. I cannot end the task through task
manager. Nor can I end the task through a 3rd party
process killer.

I investigated what was happening when the process was
frozen, and I noticed through the performance monitor
that it was moving 40000 operations to and from the
system. But no I/O bytes were moving to the file
system... Just messages to and from the CPU. I also
noticed that the CPU was being split equally between IE
and SYSTEM, as if every single message was being answered
by the system, but it didnt know what it was asking. Im
not sure.

Here's the pickle. I figured i'd try to use a different
browser, so i started up Netscape, and visited the same
sites, and the same problem occured. This tells me its
deeper than IE. Its somewhere else in the system. I
don't think its TCP/IP. because i see little to NO
tcp/ip activity when this problem happens.

One thing I do know is that one of the sites that
flatlines the computer has Iframes in it. I have not yet
tested if this is the reason for the lockup, but its an
idea i've had. I'll look more into this soon.

I normally dont come to newsgroups for help. But this
time, i'm completely lost. I really dont want to format
restore, as there is huge ammounts of work on this
machine that I don't have time to redo. Any help is
greatly appreciated.