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Runs Slow Sometimes
Sometimes my PC just runs slow. Four out of five days / week, it's just fine.
Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day. Doesn't seem to have anything to do w/antivirus running cause it's not. I've installed Windows Defender and it says PC is running OK. AVG does not detect any viruses. Is there any diagnostic software that I can use to just run PC check to determine what is going on? Thanks in advance. KenP |
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Review your System/Application event logs. In many cases there will
be a Warning or Error logged when the system response degrades. Click Start, Run ( Type ) EventVwr.Msc [Enter] Expand each log and check the Right Pane for Yellow or Red entries that denote warnings and errors. "KenP" wrote in message ... Sometimes my PC just runs slow. Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day. Doesn't seem to have anything to do w/antivirus running cause it's not. I've installed Windows Defender and it says PC is running OK. AVG does not detect any viruses. Is there any diagnostic software that I can use to just run PC check to determine what is going on? Thanks in advance. KenP |
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Ken
How much RAM memory? Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak? You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures for the 6 processes using the largest amounts? I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more informative. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KenP wrote: Sometimes my PC just runs slow. Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day. Doesn't seem to have anything to do w/antivirus running cause it's not. I've installed Windows Defender and it says PC is running OK. AVG does not detect any viruses. Is there any diagnostic software that I can use to just run PC check to determine what is going on? Thanks in advance. KenP |
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"Gerry" wrote:
Ken How much RAM memory? OP stated: "Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day." Why would RAM only have a bad effect every fifth day? I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. OP stated: "Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day." Why would a fragmentation problem only have a bad effect every fifth day? |
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KenP wrote:
Sometimes my PC just runs slow. Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day. Doesn't seem to have anything to do w/antivirus running cause it's not. I've installed Windows Defender and it says PC is running OK. AVG does not detect any viruses. Is it the same day (and time of day) every week that it's sluggish? If so, I wonder if a program is set to regularly scan your hard drive (or something along those lines). |
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PD43
With insufficient information I start with the basics. The system may be marginal on the other days. I would have asked about Event Viewer errors but someone else had already asked. Getting users to answer questions can be hit and miss depending on their understanding of technical terms. Asking for very specific information like a Disk Defragmenter Report makes it easy for other person to reply and can throw up all kinds of useful background information, which you might otherwise find difficult to get quickly. You will gather from what I have said that fragmentation of files on the system partition is a small part of the information being sought by that particular request. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PD43 wrote: "Gerry" wrote: Ken How much RAM memory? OP stated: "Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day." Why would RAM only have a bad effect every fifth day? I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. OP stated: "Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day." Why would a fragmentation problem only have a bad effect every fifth day? |
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"Gerry" wrote:
PD43 With insufficient information I start with the basics. Are you sure that you're not doing a "Carey Frisch" by replying with a pre-defined set (i.e., copy and paste into your reply)? Many of your posts appear to be just that. |
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PD43
Yes. What's wrong with that? They are all of my own creation. I check to see that all is relevant and amend where appropriate. What is the point in rewriting the same material thereby generating mistakes and omissions. My priority is to help solve problems not to create a new literary masterpiece every time I post. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PD43 wrote: "Gerry" wrote: PD43 With insufficient information I start with the basics. Are you sure that you're not doing a "Carey Frisch" by replying with a pre-defined set (i.e., copy and paste into your reply)? Many of your posts appear to be just that. |
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On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:37:38 +0100, "Gerry" wrote:
PD43 Yes. What's wrong with that? They are all of my own creation. I check to see that all is relevant and amend where appropriate. I was right... you do use "templates". In this case - probably not always - two of your suggestions were completely inappropriate and would require the OP to do more than necessary. RAM shortages will have an effect EVERY DAY, not one in five as the OP described. DEFRAG needs... ditto. |
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"Gerry" wrote:
My priority is to help solve problems not to create a new literary masterpiece every time I post. You don't have to worry... I haven't seen one of your posts yet that would qualify as a "literary masterpiece". |
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Nonny
You need to have method to achieve the right result. It would seem this is a point beyond your comprehension. You cannot rely on inspired guesses! Why don't you concentrate your efforts on trying to help rather than to score points at the expense of others. ~~~~ Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nonny wrote: On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:37:38 +0100, "Gerry" wrote: PD43 Yes. What's wrong with that? They are all of my own creation. I check to see that all is relevant and amend where appropriate. I was right... you do use "templates". In this case - probably not always - two of your suggestions were completely inappropriate and would require the OP to do more than necessary. RAM shortages will have an effect EVERY DAY, not one in five as the OP described. DEFRAG needs... ditto. |
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PD43
You might have to keep looking a long time before you find one G. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PD43 wrote: "Gerry" wrote: My priority is to help solve problems not to create a new literary masterpiece every time I post. You don't have to worry... I haven't seen one of your posts yet that would qualify as a "literary masterpiece". |
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On Tue, 6 May 2008 04:54:02 -0700, KenP wrote:
Sometimes my PC just runs slow. Four out of five days / week, it's just fine. Then all of a sudden it is sluggish all day long and fine the next day. Doesn't seem to have anything to do w/antivirus running cause it's not. I've installed Windows Defender and it says PC is running OK. AVG does not detect any viruses. Is there any diagnostic software that I can use to just run PC check to determine what is going on? Thanks in advance. 1.CCleaner - Free Cleans temporary internet files, cookies, history, recent urls, application MRUs, etc. ... http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender". 2.Download David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL: http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp English: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/ To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe {Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS} Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm |
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