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Old May 9th 08, 02:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Chaplain Doug
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Default System Slowing Down. Any Suggestions.

Windows XP, SP2. I have a system that has been running fine for a few years.
It has a 3 GHz processor and 4 GB of memory. Recently everything is running
much slower. Programs open up very slowly, some Excel workbooks with macros
run interminably long. Internet browsing is slow.

The LAN is fine, as I can go to another system and it runs the same
processes and browses the net quickly. I have scanned for spyware and
viruses and removed spyware and found no viruses. What can cause a system to
bog down like this? Any suggestions on how I can restore the system to its
former vigor? Thanks for the help.
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Old May 9th 08, 03:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Chaplain Doug
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When I am running an Excel workbook (which runs macro code that opens and
scans other workbooks), I find the following when monitoring system
performance:

CPU usage never goes above 4%
Network usage never goes above 0.02% (on a 1 GB network)
PF Usage never goes above 853 MB
Physical Memory available never goes below 2620124

It looks like the resources are fine. So what would cause a SLOW system
(the Excel process that used to take 40 seconds to complete now takes over 5
minutes).
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"Chaplain Doug" wrote:

Windows XP, SP2. I have a system that has been running fine for a few years.
It has a 3 GHz processor and 4 GB of memory. Recently everything is running
much slower. Programs open up very slowly, some Excel workbooks with macros
run interminably long. Internet browsing is slow.

The LAN is fine, as I can go to another system and it runs the same
processes and browses the net quickly. I have scanned for spyware and
viruses and removed spyware and found no viruses. What can cause a system to
bog down like this? Any suggestions on how I can restore the system to its
former vigor? Thanks for the help.
--
Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

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Old May 9th 08, 03:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
HeyBub
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Default More Information About Environment

Chaplain Doug wrote:
When I am running an Excel workbook (which runs macro code that opens
and scans other workbooks), I find the following when monitoring
system performance:

CPU usage never goes above 4%
Network usage never goes above 0.02% (on a 1 GB network)
PF Usage never goes above 853 MB
Physical Memory available never goes below 2620124

It looks like the resources are fine. So what would cause a SLOW
system (the Excel process that used to take 40 seconds to complete
now takes over 5 minutes).

Windows XP, SP2. I have a system that has been running fine for a
few years. It has a 3 GHz processor and 4 GB of memory. Recently
everything is running much slower. Programs open up very slowly,
some Excel workbooks with macros run interminably long. Internet
browsing is slow.

The LAN is fine, as I can go to another system and it runs the same
processes and browses the net quickly. I have scanned for spyware
and viruses and removed spyware and found no viruses. What can
cause a system to bog down like this? Any suggestions on how I can
restore the system to its former vigor? Thanks for the help.
--


The list of possibilities is almost endless.

It could be that the mother ship has directed your computer to send 250,000
emails advertising headless nails or some other innovative product.

You should first scour you system for malware.


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Old May 9th 08, 03:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Chaplain Doug
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Default More Information About Environment

I have done a complete scan with Symantec Antivirus and with Ad-Aware. The
Symantec found nothing. the Ada-Aware found quite a few non-critical items
which have now been removed. The system is still slow.

What else could I use to find MalWare?
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Dr. Doug Pruiett
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"HeyBub" wrote:

Chaplain Doug wrote:
When I am running an Excel workbook (which runs macro code that opens
and scans other workbooks), I find the following when monitoring
system performance:

CPU usage never goes above 4%
Network usage never goes above 0.02% (on a 1 GB network)
PF Usage never goes above 853 MB
Physical Memory available never goes below 2620124

It looks like the resources are fine. So what would cause a SLOW
system (the Excel process that used to take 40 seconds to complete
now takes over 5 minutes).

Windows XP, SP2. I have a system that has been running fine for a
few years. It has a 3 GHz processor and 4 GB of memory. Recently
everything is running much slower. Programs open up very slowly,
some Excel workbooks with macros run interminably long. Internet
browsing is slow.

The LAN is fine, as I can go to another system and it runs the same
processes and browses the net quickly. I have scanned for spyware
and viruses and removed spyware and found no viruses. What can
cause a system to bog down like this? Any suggestions on how I can
restore the system to its former vigor? Thanks for the help.
--


The list of possibilities is almost endless.

It could be that the mother ship has directed your computer to send 250,000
emails advertising headless nails or some other innovative product.

You should first scour you system for malware.



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Old May 9th 08, 05:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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Default More Information About Environment

"Chaplain Doug" wrote in message
...
I have done a complete scan with Symantec Antivirus and with Ad-Aware. The
Symantec found nothing. the Ada-Aware found quite a few non-critical
items
which have now been removed. The system is still slow.


That's not a thorough check for malware.

Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these
Web pages.
Help with malwa
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince
you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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