system slowed after upgrade

6 weeks ago, I reformatted my hard drive, installed Windows ME and upgraded
to XP Professional with Service Pack 2. Next I installed office professional
2003. Then I reloaded programs and file. I have been running Norton
antivirus, antispyware from the start. Since the upgrade, all programs take
10 times longer to open. My internet connection is a little slower but that
is a secondary concern for the moment.

I have frequently gone into msconfig and taken everything off of start-up
except Norton AV. I am wondering if there are ‘things’ in the old Windows ME
that are running that can be removed.

My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor
running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram and 40 gig of hard drive.

I welcome any suggestions

--
thanksforyourhelp

Hello there, I am not sure aobut your case but Nortan has made computers slow
sometimes.

but it could be you having 128MB of RAM too, if you can, you can take your
PC to a local PC shop and ask for an up grade on the RAM, maybe about 256MB
to 512MB would make the computer run better,

I say that your Processor should be an okay speed for Win XP, (But on here
has 1.4GHz so I would think it will run okay)


overall it also could be how you installed every thing.

But you could try upgrading your RAM.
"revgene" wrote:

6 weeks ago, I reformatted my hard drive, installed Windows ME and upgraded
to XP Professional with Service Pack 2. Next I installed office professional
2003. Then I reloaded programs and file. I have been running Norton
antivirus, antispyware from the start. Since the upgrade, all programs take
10 times longer to open. My internet connection is a little slower but that
is a secondary concern for the moment.

I have frequently gone into msconfig and taken everything off of start-up
except Norton AV. I am wondering if there are ‘things’ in the old Windows ME
that are running that can be removed.

My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor
running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram and 40 gig of hard drive.

I welcome any suggestions

--
thanksforyourhelp

"My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram..."

That's your problem.

Steven

"revgene" wrote in message ...
6 weeks ago, I reformatted my hard drive, installed Windows ME and upgraded
to XP Professional with Service Pack 2. Next I installed office professional
2003. Then I reloaded programs and file. I have been running Norton
antivirus, antispyware from the start. Since the upgrade, all programs take
10 times longer to open. My internet connection is a little slower but that
is a secondary concern for the moment.

I have frequently gone into msconfig and taken everything off of start-up
except Norton AV. I am wondering if there are ‘things’ in the old Windows ME
that are running that can be removed.

My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor
running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram and 40 gig of hard drive.

I welcome any suggestions

--
thanksforyourhelp

Gerry,

Thanks for your detailed response to my question. Here are the answers to
your inquiries.

Hard Drive is 40GB
Available space is 31.3 GB
It is not partitioned
Formatted FAT32


Under Task Manager
Commit Charge Total 242068
Peak 252432

However several times in the past I’ve seen it maxed out.

Warning and error messages from APPLICATION:
(I have tried not to duplicate messages)

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: MSSQL$MICROSOFTBCM
Event Category: (8)
Event ID: 19011
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:42:23 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 19011 ) in Source ( MSSQL$MICROSOFTBCM )
cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer.
You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see
Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
(SpnRegister) : Error 1355.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 12/13/2005
Time: 9:49:10 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Faulting application updatelists.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module
updatelists.exe, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00001cbe.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: crypt32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8
Date: 11/25/2005
Time: 5:52:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt
with error: The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 12/9/2005
Time: 5:59:38 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Windows saved user D5G5V0\Gene and Ann registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the
user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is
no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring
the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.



Event Type: Error
Event Source: crypt32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8
Date: 11/25/2005
Time: 5:52:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt
with error: The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: ESENT
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 455
Date: 11/24/2005
Time: 4:57:58 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
wuaueng.dll (3056) SUS20ClientDataSto Error -1032 (0xfffffbf8) occurred
while opening logfile C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb .log.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 11/21/2005
Time: 7:55:05 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Hanging application netscape.exe, version 0.5.0.0, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Microsoft Office 11
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2001
Date: 11/19/2005
Time: 4:25:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Rejected Safe Mode action : Microsoft Office PowerPoint.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 11/19/2005
Time: 3:27:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Hanging application POWERPNT.EXE, version 11.0.6361.0, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 11/13/2005
Time: 1:04:13 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Faulting application netscape.exe, version 0.5.0.0, faulting module
docshell.dll, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x000126c2.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 10/18/2005
Time: 4:54:13 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Fault bucket 217596786.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11931
Date: 10/11/2005
Time: 11:31:36 AM
User: D5G5V0\Gene and Ann
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Product: SFR -- Error 1931.The Windows Installer service cannot update the
system file C:\WINDOWS\system32\dbghelp.dll because the file is protected by
Windows. You may need to update your operating system for this program to
work correctly. Package version: 6.1.17.2, OS Protected version: 5.1.2600.2180


Warning and error messages from SYSTEM:
Event ID’s 7000, 7026 and 876 are repeated many times
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:43:06 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Cdr4_2K

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:43:06 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
The Cdralw2k service failed to start due to the following error:
This driver has been blocked from loading


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Popup
Event Category: None
Event ID: 876
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:41:53 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Driver Cdralw2k.SYS has been blocked from loading.



Event Type: Error
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 12/13/2005
Time: 8:02:58 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Your computer has lost the lease to its IP address 172.16.1.33 on the
Network Card with network address 00D09EEB7A02.





--
thanksforyourhelp


"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the Performance Tab.
What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the Peak?

How large is your hard drive? Is it partitioned? How much free space on each
drive / partition. How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS. To get this
information whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on each drive in
turn, right click and select Properties.

Look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Warning and
Error Reports and post copies here.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, Event
Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding
Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report
complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty
your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all but the
most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
Cleanup, More options). Run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All
Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.


--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"revgene" wrote in message
...
6 weeks ago, I reformatted my hard drive, installed Windows ME and upgraded
to XP Professional with Service Pack 2. Next I installed office
professional
2003. Then I reloaded programs and file. I have been running Norton
antivirus, antispyware from the start. Since the upgrade, all programs
take
10 times longer to open. My internet connection is a little slower but
that
is a secondary concern for the moment.

I have frequently gone into msconfig and taken everything off of start-up
except Norton AV. I am wondering if there are 'things' in the old Windows
ME
that are running that can be removed.

My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor
running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram and 40 gig of hard drive.

I welcome any suggestions

--
thanksforyourhelp

Hoodcom,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I've closed Norton from time to time but it only
helped marginally at best.
--
thanksforyourhelp


"Hoodcom" wrote:

Hello there, I am not sure aobut your case but Nortan has made computers slow
sometimes.

but it could be you having 128MB of RAM too, if you can, you can take your
PC to a local PC shop and ask for an up grade on the RAM, maybe about 256MB
to 512MB would make the computer run better,

I say that your Processor should be an okay speed for Win XP, (But on here
has 1.4GHz so I would think it will run okay)


overall it also could be how you installed every thing.

But you could try upgrading your RAM.
"revgene" wrote:

6 weeks ago, I reformatted my hard drive, installed Windows ME and upgraded
to XP Professional with Service Pack 2. Next I installed office professional
2003. Then I reloaded programs and file. I have been running Norton
antivirus, antispyware from the start. Since the upgrade, all programs take
10 times longer to open. My internet connection is a little slower but that
is a secondary concern for the moment.

I have frequently gone into msconfig and taken everything off of start-up
except Norton AV. I am wondering if there are ‘things’ in the old Windows ME
that are running that can be removed.

My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor
running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram and 40 gig of hard drive.

I welcome any suggestions

--
thanksforyourhelp

Tanks for your reply. Do you think adding more RAM will be enought to make
the computer run as fast as it did before (with Windows ME)?
--
thanksforyourhelp


"M and D" wrote:

"My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram..."

That's your problem.

Steven

"revgene" wrote in message ...
6 weeks ago, I reformatted my hard drive, installed Windows ME and upgraded
to XP Professional with Service Pack 2. Next I installed office professional
2003. Then I reloaded programs and file. I have been running Norton
antivirus, antispyware from the start. Since the upgrade, all programs take
10 times longer to open. My internet connection is a little slower but that
is a secondary concern for the moment.

I have frequently gone into msconfig and taken everything off of start-up
except Norton AV. I am wondering if there are ‘things’ in the old Windows ME
that are running that can be removed.

My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor
running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram and 40 gig of hard drive.

I welcome any suggestions

--
thanksforyourhelp

More RAM will help - you need at least 512MB for acceptable performance. But more RAM will do little good if you have a slow hard disk, so you'll need a faster hard disk. But even then you're still dealing with a slow processor and video subsystem. Check out the cost of upgrading and you'll see it's not worth it. Get used to be slow. You can help yourself by turning off as many of XP's visual effects as you can, and using older software.

Steven

"revgene" wrote in message ...
Tanks for your reply. Do you think adding more RAM will be enought to make
the computer run as fast as it did before (with Windows ME)?
--
thanksforyourhelp


"M and D" wrote:

"My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram..."

That's your problem.

Steven

"revgene" wrote in message ...
6 weeks ago, I reformatted my hard drive, installed Windows ME and upgraded
to XP Professional with Service Pack 2. Next I installed office professional
2003. Then I reloaded programs and file. I have been running Norton
antivirus, antispyware from the start. Since the upgrade, all programs take
10 times longer to open. My internet connection is a little slower but that
is a secondary concern for the moment.

I have frequently gone into msconfig and taken everything off of start-up
except Norton AV. I am wondering if there are ‘things’ in the old Windows ME
that are running that can be removed.

My computer is a Dell, about 6 years old with a Pentium III processor
running at 863 mghz. I have a 128 MB of ram and 40 gig of hard drive.

I welcome any suggestions

--
thanksforyourhelp

in addition about the manual thing, if you don't have the manual, you can go
he
http://www.tigerdirect.com/include/h...ory_config.asp

Just select what system type and ect. and it will bring up what kind of ram
type your PC should handle, it should be listed since Dell made your PC.

but you may want to find how much RAM max it can handle, like 1GB or
something.


"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

You're Commit Charge and Peak considerably exceed your RAM memory. You need
at least 256 mb and preferably more to avoid overdependence on the pagefile.
This is why your machine has slowed. Reading and writing to RAM memory is
much quicker than to and from virtual memory. You need to consult your
motherboard manual to determine how much RAM memory can be installed and
what type. Do you have the Manual?

Event ID: 19011

Does this link make any sense?
http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_828246.aspx

Event ID: 1000

Do you have a Netscape Browser? Is it on the machine or has it been removed?

For Event ID: 1517 download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup
Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

Event ID: 8

Go to Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Windows Components. Is
the box before Update Root Certificates checked or not checked?

Event ID: 455

This is a possibility
XADM: Information Store Fails to Start: 4294965882, FFFFFA7A, Event 177,
1081, and Others
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q224977/#appliesto

Event ID: 1002

No information.as yet. However, there is a question above about Netscape.

Event ID: 2001 and Event ID: 1002 ( PowerPoint )

Are all available Office 2003 updates installed?

Events ID: 7000,7026 and 876

Try Start, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager and look for a
Yellow Questionmark. If found double click the Device and check each tab for
a Device Error code. Just the number will do.


--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"revgene" wrote in message
...
Gerry,

Thanks for your detailed response to my question. Here are the answers to
your inquiries.

Hard Drive is 40GB
Available space is 31.3 GB
It is not partitioned
Formatted FAT32


Under Task Manager
Commit Charge Total 242068
Peak 252432

However several times in the past I've seen it maxed out.

Warning and error messages from APPLICATION:
(I have tried not to duplicate messages)

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: MSSQL$MICROSOFTBCM
Event Category: (8)
Event ID: 19011
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:42:23 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 19011 ) in Source ( MSSQL$MICROSOFTBCM )
cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
computer.
You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description;
see
Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the
event:
(SpnRegister) : Error 1355.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 12/13/2005
Time: 9:49:10 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Faulting application updatelists.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module
updatelists.exe, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00001cbe.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: crypt32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8
Date: 11/25/2005
Time: 5:52:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number
from:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt
with error: The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 12/9/2005
Time: 5:59:38 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Windows saved user D5G5V0\Gene and Ann registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by
the
user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it
is
no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring
the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.



Event Type: Error
Event Source: crypt32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8
Date: 11/25/2005
Time: 5:52:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number
from:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt
with error: The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: ESENT
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 455
Date: 11/24/2005
Time: 4:57:58 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
wuaueng.dll (3056) SUS20ClientDataSto Error -1032 (0xfffffbf8) occurred
while opening logfile
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb .log.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 11/21/2005
Time: 7:55:05 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Hanging application netscape.exe, version 0.5.0.0, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Microsoft Office 11
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2001
Date: 11/19/2005
Time: 4:25:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Rejected Safe Mode action : Microsoft Office PowerPoint.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 11/19/2005
Time: 3:27:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Hanging application POWERPNT.EXE, version 11.0.6361.0, hang module
hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 11/13/2005
Time: 1:04:13 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Faulting application netscape.exe, version 0.5.0.0, faulting module
docshell.dll, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x000126c2.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 10/18/2005
Time: 4:54:13 PM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Fault bucket 217596786.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11931
Date: 10/11/2005
Time: 11:31:36 AM
User: D5G5V0\Gene and Ann
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Product: SFR -- Error 1931.The Windows Installer service cannot update the
system file C:\WINDOWS\system32\dbghelp.dll because the file is protected
by
Windows. You may need to update your operating system for this program to
work correctly. Package version: 6.1.17.2, OS Protected version:
5.1.2600.2180


Warning and error messages from SYSTEM:
Event ID's 7000, 7026 and 876 are repeated many times
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:43:06 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Cdr4_2K

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:43:06 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
The Cdralw2k service failed to start due to the following error:
This driver has been blocked from loading


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Popup
Event Category: None
Event ID: 876
Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 8:41:53 AM
User: N/A
Computer: D5G5V0
Description:
Driver Cdralw2k.SYS has been blocked from loading.