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Running Very Slow
Hi,
I am using Windows XP Home edition. I updated SP2 and other dialy updates from Automatic Update wizard, once i updated, my system became very slow, can you help me out? Is there anything i need to after updating? I changed the Page file Size for C Drive 800MB-1600MB. One more thing is, when ever i am updateing my system with latest updates from Microsoft, some folder are creating automatically in C:\WINDOWS folder, what are those folders? Please Advice me. Thanks |
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Suneel wrote:
I am using Windows XP Home edition. I updated SP2 and other dialy updates from Automatic Update wizard, once i updated, my system became very slow, can you help me out? This may help: "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560). One more thing is, when ever i am updateing my system with latest updates from Microsoft, some folder are creating automatically in C:\WINDOWS folder, what are those folders? They contain the uninstall info for the updates. Leave them alone for a while, if then still all runs well, you can delete them: 1. Open the Explorer and navigate to the WINDOWS folder. Find the folders named $NTUNINSTALLKBxxxxxx$ (sometimes KB is replaced by Q in the name). Delete the folders for the patches which you do no longer need. The x stand for the patch number. 2. Delete the KBxxxxxx.LOG and Qxxxxxx.LOG files with the same number from the WINDOWS folder as well. 3. In the Control Panel Add and remove Programs double-click the uninstall entries for the same patches and let Windows remove the entries. -- (tm) |
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Please see: http://support.microsoft.com/xpsp2installed
-- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "Suneel" wrote in message ... Hi, I am using Windows XP Home edition. I updated SP2 and other dialy updates from Automatic Update wizard, once i updated, my system became very slow, can you help me out? Is there anything i need to after updating? I changed the Page file Size for C Drive 800MB-1600MB. One more thing is, when ever i am updateing my system with latest updates from Microsoft, some folder are creating automatically in C:\WINDOWS folder, what are those folders? Please Advice me. Thanks |
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Suneel
What processor speed? What RAM memory? What anti-virus programme? What anti-spyware programme? What firewall? Poor system performance can be the result of a single problem or a combination of factors. Listed below are issues, which you may wish to examine if you are experiencing poor performance after the boot process has completed. Some items may help with slow starting of Windows XP but the list has not been prepared for tackling that problem. Work through the list until you achieve an acceptable result. Regular and effective housekeeping is essential. What you do and how often you do it will depend on how you use your computer. A suggested routine may include: 1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder. 2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst OFFLINE. 3. Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup with Temporary Internet Files, Offline Web Pages (optional), System Restore ( more Options tab ) and Recycle Bin selected for deletion. If you have more than one drive / partition you may need to do this operation for each drive / partition. 4. Remove Cookies. Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, General, Delete Cookies. 5. Run Disk Defragmenter. Check whether you could reduce the number of days the History of sites visited is retained. Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, General, History. Spyware causes many problems. If not installed download Adaware and / or update Reference file from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and use it to remove parasites. If Spyware persists as a problem try a Hosts file. http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html Slow performance resulting from insufficient memory, causing over reliance on virtual memory, may be especially noticed by those upgrading to Windows XP from an earlier version of Windows. Windows XP will run with 64 MB of RAM memory. However, a minimum of 256 MB is recommended and many users will recommend 512 MB. You may check on pagefile (virtual memory) usage with Page File Monitor for XP: http://www.dougknox.com/ Check how much free space you have on the hard drive / partition where your pagefile is located. You need a minimum of 15% but 20% or more is better. Check your setting for the Indexing Service. Start, Administrative Tools, Services, Indexing Service. The default setting is Manual. Check that it is not running. More information he http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/serv...dexing_Service You can have too many programmes running in the background. Close programmes/windows after use. Check whether all the programmes loading when Windows is started are really necessary. http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm Check whether you can identify slow performance with a particular programme. Look in Google to see whether others have encountered the same problem and found a solution. http://groups.google.com/ Are there any error messages in Event Viewer? You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID: and Source Description is important. HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp ~~~~~~ Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FCA Stourport, Worcs, England Enquire, plan and execute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Suneel" wrote in message ... Hi, I am using Windows XP Home edition. I updated SP2 and other dialy updates from Automatic Update wizard, once i updated, my system became very slow, can you help me out? Is there anything i need to after updating? I changed the Page file Size for C Drive 800MB-1600MB. One more thing is, when ever i am updateing my system with latest updates from Microsoft, some folder are creating automatically in C:\WINDOWS folder, what are those folders? Please Advice me. Thanks |
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"Gerry Cornell" wrote: .... This is a very good summary of potential problems, but there is something else going on in SP2: On launching 32 bit Apps by double click in a Windows Explorer window the system freezes for up to 15 seconds !!! It does not happen with 16-bit oldies like notepad and paint. So it must be related to the launch mechanism. Diagnosis: there is no network traffic during that time (no spyware problem). The CPU is idle during that time. No suspicious process in my list (I know all my processes). It seems like a hang in some resource wait or mutex wait, which times out after some seconds. It seems like an old bug from Windows 2000 got re-introduced. Because there I had the same problem some years ago and it got fixed by some patch. MS support unfortunately does not seem to understand how serious this is. They are not even responding to my reported case "SRZ050218002560". Perhaps millions of user are reporting the same problem ??? |
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