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On Mar 3, 4:20*pm, Hank J. wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:53:19 -0800 (PST), "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote: I've the same problem. * You only have the same problem if you cleaned up a virus infestation and now it's slow. Either way, you are hijacking someone else's thread. You came first in anal retentiveness training am I correct? My computer has become terribly slow. *When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. *It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I think you should STAY off the Internet for two years and see if it goes away. You must be feeling kind of ****ty today. I may upgrade to more memory later on. Like, two years from now, right? Yeah. For sure. Thanks for the positive input btw, it's greatly appreciated. How does one become a Net Cop, and what is the salary? |
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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? Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in message ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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Bent Attorney
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? Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in message ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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On Mar 3, 4:37*pm, "Gerry" wrote:
Bent Attorney 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? Commit Charge (K): Total: 605412 Limit: 1033300 Peak: 887068 Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. Event Type: Error Event Source: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Event Category: Scheduler Events Event ID: 101 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:15:54 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: Information Level: error Initialization of the COM subsystem failed. Error code: 0x8007041D Event Type: Warning Event Source: SQLBrowser Event Category: None Event ID: 3 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:04:14 PM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The configuration of the AdminConnection\TCP protocol in the SQL instance SQLEXPRESS is not valid. I've got many many (hundreds of errors) on the System page. Here's the most recent one: Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 1:13:33 AM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block. The errors seem to be similar. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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 XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope *this helps. Yes. I think I have some research to do. Gerry *~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. *My computer has become terribly slow. *When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. *It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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On Mar 3, 4:37*pm, "Gerry" wrote:
Bent Attorney 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? Commit Charge (K): Total: 605412 Limit: 1033300 Peak: 887068 Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. Event Type: Error Event Source: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Event Category: Scheduler Events Event ID: 101 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:15:54 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: Information Level: error Initialization of the COM subsystem failed. Error code: 0x8007041D Event Type: Warning Event Source: SQLBrowser Event Category: None Event ID: 3 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:04:14 PM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The configuration of the AdminConnection\TCP protocol in the SQL instance SQLEXPRESS is not valid. I've got many many (hundreds of errors) on the System page. Here's the most recent one: Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 1:13:33 AM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block. The errors seem to be similar. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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 XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope *this helps. Yes. I think I have some research to do. Gerry *~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. *My computer has become terribly slow. *When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. *It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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Bent Attorney
You clearly have two problems and perhaps a host of minor ones. The system is heavily reliant on use of the pagefile. This will make it incredibly slow. To improve the situation you can add memory say 256 mb but before doing so you probably need to reduce the number of programmes loading when you boot. You also need to evaluate whether changing programmes will reduce demands for memory. In this connection what anti-virus and anti-spyware programmes are installed? 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? The second problem is more pressing as you have a bad sector on your hard disk. The extent of the problem is unknown, which means it could fail at any time. If the computer contains data you would not wish to lose you should take backup copies whilst you can. The way to try to repair bad sectors is to run the Error Checking Tool (aka as chkdsk). The command, described in more detail in the link which follows, is chkdsk c: /f /r. Given that you have one or more bad sectors this could take a long time -users have reorted the process taking 24 hours. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in message ... On Mar 3, 4:37 pm, "Gerry" wrote: Bent Attorney 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? Commit Charge (K): Total: 605412 Limit: 1033300 Peak: 887068 Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. Event Type: Error Event Source: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Event Category: Scheduler Events Event ID: 101 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:15:54 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: Information Level: error Initialization of the COM subsystem failed. Error code: 0x8007041D Event Type: Warning Event Source: SQLBrowser Event Category: None Event ID: 3 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:04:14 PM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The configuration of the AdminConnection\TCP protocol in the SQL instance SQLEXPRESS is not valid. I've got many many (hundreds of errors) on the System page. Here's the most recent one: Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 1:13:33 AM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block. The errors seem to be similar. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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 XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Yes. I think I have some research to do. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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Bent Attorney
You clearly have two problems and perhaps a host of minor ones. The system is heavily reliant on use of the pagefile. This will make it incredibly slow. To improve the situation you can add memory say 256 mb but before doing so you probably need to reduce the number of programmes loading when you boot. You also need to evaluate whether changing programmes will reduce demands for memory. In this connection what anti-virus and anti-spyware programmes are installed? 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? The second problem is more pressing as you have a bad sector on your hard disk. The extent of the problem is unknown, which means it could fail at any time. If the computer contains data you would not wish to lose you should take backup copies whilst you can. The way to try to repair bad sectors is to run the Error Checking Tool (aka as chkdsk). The command, described in more detail in the link which follows, is chkdsk c: /f /r. Given that you have one or more bad sectors this could take a long time -users have reorted the process taking 24 hours. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in message ... On Mar 3, 4:37 pm, "Gerry" wrote: Bent Attorney 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? Commit Charge (K): Total: 605412 Limit: 1033300 Peak: 887068 Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. Event Type: Error Event Source: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Event Category: Scheduler Events Event ID: 101 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:15:54 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: Information Level: error Initialization of the COM subsystem failed. Error code: 0x8007041D Event Type: Warning Event Source: SQLBrowser Event Category: None Event ID: 3 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:04:14 PM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The configuration of the AdminConnection\TCP protocol in the SQL instance SQLEXPRESS is not valid. I've got many many (hundreds of errors) on the System page. Here's the most recent one: Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 1:13:33 AM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block. The errors seem to be similar. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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 XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Yes. I think I have some research to do. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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On Mar 5, 10:04*am, "Gerry" wrote:
Bent Attorney You clearly have two problems and perhaps a host of minor ones. The system is heavily reliant on use of the pagefile. This will make it incredibly slow. To improve the situation you can add memory say 256 mb but before doing so you probably need to reduce the number of programmes loading when you boot. You also need to evaluate whether changing programmes will reduce demands for memory. In this connection what anti-virus and anti-spyware programmes are installed? I have Norton anti-spyware and Norton anti-virus installed. I appreciate your help btw. I'm also going to take a look at the MS site. 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? firefox.exe: 85,236K explorer.exe 8,896K taskmgr.exe 4,940K svchost.exe 4,904K yop.exe 4,400K ccSvcHst.exe 4,112K The second problem is more pressing as you have a bad sector on your hard disk. The extent of the problem is unknown, which means it could fail at any time. If the computer contains data you would not wish to lose you should take backup copies whilst you can. The way to try to repair bad sectors is to run the Error Checking Tool (aka as chkdsk). The command, described in more detail in the link which follows, is chkdsk c: /f /r. Given that you have one or more bad sectors this could take a long time -users have reorted the process taking 24 hours.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us chkdsk won't run unless I reboot. Which I did, and disk is reported to be clean. It only took a second or two. -- Hope *this helps. Gerry *~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 4:37 pm, "Gerry" wrote: Bent Attorney 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? Commit Charge (K): Total: * * * * *605412 Limit: * * * *1033300 Peak: * * * * 887068 Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. Event Type: Error Event Source: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Event Category: Scheduler Events Event ID: 101 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:15:54 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: Information Level: error Initialization of the COM subsystem failed. Error code: 0x8007041D Event Type: Warning Event Source: SQLBrowser Event Category: None Event ID: 3 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:04:14 PM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The configuration of the AdminConnection\TCP protocol in the SQL instance SQLEXPRESS is not valid. I've got many many (hundreds of errors) on the System page. *Here's the most recent one: Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 1:13:33 AM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block. The errors seem to be similar. For more information, see Help and Support Center athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. For more information, see Help and Support Center athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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 XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Yes. *I think I have some research to do. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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On Mar 5, 10:04*am, "Gerry" wrote:
Bent Attorney You clearly have two problems and perhaps a host of minor ones. The system is heavily reliant on use of the pagefile. This will make it incredibly slow. To improve the situation you can add memory say 256 mb but before doing so you probably need to reduce the number of programmes loading when you boot. You also need to evaluate whether changing programmes will reduce demands for memory. In this connection what anti-virus and anti-spyware programmes are installed? I have Norton anti-spyware and Norton anti-virus installed. I appreciate your help btw. I'm also going to take a look at the MS site. 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? firefox.exe: 85,236K explorer.exe 8,896K taskmgr.exe 4,940K svchost.exe 4,904K yop.exe 4,400K ccSvcHst.exe 4,112K The second problem is more pressing as you have a bad sector on your hard disk. The extent of the problem is unknown, which means it could fail at any time. If the computer contains data you would not wish to lose you should take backup copies whilst you can. The way to try to repair bad sectors is to run the Error Checking Tool (aka as chkdsk). The command, described in more detail in the link which follows, is chkdsk c: /f /r. Given that you have one or more bad sectors this could take a long time -users have reorted the process taking 24 hours.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us chkdsk won't run unless I reboot. Which I did, and disk is reported to be clean. It only took a second or two. -- Hope *this helps. Gerry *~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 4:37 pm, "Gerry" wrote: Bent Attorney 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? Commit Charge (K): Total: * * * * *605412 Limit: * * * *1033300 Peak: * * * * 887068 Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. Event Type: Error Event Source: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Event Category: Scheduler Events Event ID: 101 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:15:54 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: Information Level: error Initialization of the COM subsystem failed. Error code: 0x8007041D Event Type: Warning Event Source: SQLBrowser Event Category: None Event ID: 3 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 3:04:14 PM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The configuration of the AdminConnection\TCP protocol in the SQL instance SQLEXPRESS is not valid. I've got many many (hundreds of errors) on the System page. *Here's the most recent one: Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 3/3/2009 Time: 1:13:33 AM User: N/A Computer: HH-53CHNAJ0OE6O Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block. The errors seem to be similar. For more information, see Help and Support Center athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. For more information, see Help and Support Center athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and 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 XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us 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. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Yes. *I think I have some research to do. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... On Mar 3, 9:39 am, "Falcon" wrote: Dandroid wrote: After disinfecting for spyware/malware, and restoring to even the earliest restore point, my dell still boots and runs very slow. I may have quarantined or otherwise erased important xp files during the disinfection process. Knowledgable friends say format & reinstall. I can but would rather not. Does a method exist for repair without reformatting? Yes, see:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../learnmore/tip... -- Falcon: fide, sed cui vide. (L) I've the same problem. My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. It's funny, but my major slowdown occurred about 2 years ago, when I wasn't on the internet. I may upgrade to more memory later on. |
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XP slowdown
"Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in message
... I've the same problem. My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. (BAE, in the future, please start your *own* thread. Thank you.) But, given information you posted elsewhere (the fact that you run Norton products, which require *lots* of RAM), that is *precisely* the reason your PC runs as slow as it does. The Commit Charge exercise Gerry asked you to perform confirms this. Even on PCs with sufficient RAM, Norton has been known to hog processing cycles to the point of slowing things down tremendously. I noticed you also run Yahoo Online Protection, which may either be a resource hog on its own or perhaps conflicts with Norton. Your best bet is to: 1. Purchase more RAM (If you let us know the make and model of your PC, we can offer guidance. You may also go to a Web site like http://www.crucial.com/ and determine what kind of RAM you need and how much it would cost.). If you currently have one 256MB stick of RAM, it's possible all you need is a second one. Then again, depending on the cost, you may want to even double that total to 1GB -- just to cover yourself if you may later use more memory-intensive software. 2. Uninstall Norton (there is a special removal tool on their Web site) and YOP. For security, you may use this combination: - Windows Firewall - NOD32, Avast or Antivir for anti-virus program - Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware to regularly scan for other malware - SpywareBlaster and a Hosts file to prevent a lot of spyware and annoying adware to enter your PC in the first place - And don't forget to be current with your Windows Updates security patches! |
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On Mar 6, 12:15*pm, "Daave" wrote:
"Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... I've the same problem. *My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. *I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. (BAE, in the future, please start your *own* thread. Thank you.) OK. I didn't realize I was breaching etiquette. Subject line related to my problem so... But, given information you posted elsewhere (the fact that you run Norton products, which require *lots* of RAM), that is *precisely* the reason your PC runs as slow as it does. The Commit Charge exercise Gerry asked you to perform confirms this. Even on PCs with sufficient RAM, Norton has been known to hog processing cycles to the point of slowing things down tremendously. I noticed you also run Yahoo Online Protection, which may either be a resource hog on its own or perhaps conflicts with Norton. Your best bet is to: 1. Purchase more RAM (If you let us know the make and model of your PC, we can offer guidance. You may also go to a Web site likehttp://www.crucial.com/and determine what kind of RAM you need and how much it would cost.). If you currently have one 256MB stick of RAM, it's possible all you need is a second one. Then again, depending on the cost, you may want to even double that total to 1GB -- just to cover yourself if you may later use more memory-intensive software. 2. Uninstall Norton (there is a special removal tool on their Web site) and YOP. For security, you may use this combination: - Windows Firewall - NOD32, Avast or Antivir for anti-virus program - Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware to regularly scan for other malware - SpywareBlaster and a Hosts file to prevent a lot of spyware and annoying adware to enter your PC in the first place - And don't forget to be current with your Windows Updates security patches! |
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"Bent Attorney Esq." wrote:
On Mar 6, 12:15*pm, "Daave" wrote: "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... I've the same problem. *My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. *I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. (BAE, in the future, please start your *own* thread. Thank you.) OK. I didn't realize I was breaching etiquette. Subject line related to my problem so... What do you think "hijacking someone else's thread" means? But, given information you posted elsewhere (the fact that you run Norton products, which require *lots* of RAM), that is *precisely* the reason your PC runs as slow as it does. The Commit Charge exercise Gerry asked you to perform confirms this. Even on PCs with sufficient RAM, Norton has been known to hog processing cycles to the point of slowing things down tremendously. I noticed you also run Yahoo Online Protection, which may either be a resource hog on its own or perhaps conflicts with Norton. Your best bet is to: 1. Purchase more RAM (If you let us know the make and model of your PC, we can offer guidance. You may also go to a Web site likehttp://www.crucial.com/and determine what kind of RAM you need and how much it would cost.). If you currently have one 256MB stick of RAM, it's possible all you need is a second one. Then again, depending on the cost, you may want to even double that total to 1GB -- just to cover yourself if you may later use more memory-intensive software. 2. Uninstall Norton (there is a special removal tool on their Web site) and YOP. For security, you may use this combination: - Windows Firewall - NOD32, Avast or Antivir for anti-virus program - Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware to regularly scan for other malware - SpywareBlaster and a Hosts file to prevent a lot of spyware and annoying adware to enter your PC in the first place - And don't forget to be current with your Windows Updates security patches! |
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"Bent Attorney Esq." wrote:
On Mar 6, 12:15*pm, "Daave" wrote: "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... I've the same problem. *My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. *I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. (BAE, in the future, please start your *own* thread. Thank you.) OK. I didn't realize I was breaching etiquette. Subject line related to my problem so... What do you think "hijacking someone else's thread" means? But, given information you posted elsewhere (the fact that you run Norton products, which require *lots* of RAM), that is *precisely* the reason your PC runs as slow as it does. The Commit Charge exercise Gerry asked you to perform confirms this. Even on PCs with sufficient RAM, Norton has been known to hog processing cycles to the point of slowing things down tremendously. I noticed you also run Yahoo Online Protection, which may either be a resource hog on its own or perhaps conflicts with Norton. Your best bet is to: 1. Purchase more RAM (If you let us know the make and model of your PC, we can offer guidance. You may also go to a Web site likehttp://www.crucial.com/and determine what kind of RAM you need and how much it would cost.). If you currently have one 256MB stick of RAM, it's possible all you need is a second one. Then again, depending on the cost, you may want to even double that total to 1GB -- just to cover yourself if you may later use more memory-intensive software. 2. Uninstall Norton (there is a special removal tool on their Web site) and YOP. For security, you may use this combination: - Windows Firewall - NOD32, Avast or Antivir for anti-virus program - Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware to regularly scan for other malware - SpywareBlaster and a Hosts file to prevent a lot of spyware and annoying adware to enter your PC in the first place - And don't forget to be current with your Windows Updates security patches! |
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On Mar 6, 2:40*pm, Ray Luca wrote:
"Bent Attorney Esq." wrote: On Mar 6, 12:15*pm, "Daave" wrote: "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... I've the same problem. *My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. *I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. (BAE, in the future, please start your *own* thread. Thank you.) OK. *I didn't realize I was breaching *etiquette. *Subject line related to my problem so... What do you think "hijacking someone else's thread" means? You of course are using the word 'hijacking' incorrectly. To hijack something means that there was intent to steal something; i.e. an aircraft comes to mind. You can't innocently hijack something without without there being the intention of theft. I made an error. Now there are three postings here regarding my error. Don't you think that's excessive? The first post was downright rude; the second posting was constructive along with help techniques; now here you are listening to yourself roar. By your definition, you are guilty of hijacking someone elses thread as well. Start a new thread with the topic being: 'That confounded Bent Attorney fellah is making me see red.' But, given information you posted elsewhere (the fact that you run Norton products, which require *lots* of RAM), that is *precisely* the reason your PC runs as slow as it does. The Commit Charge exercise Gerry asked you to perform confirms this. Even on PCs with sufficient RAM, Norton has been known to hog processing cycles to the point of slowing things down tremendously. I noticed you also run Yahoo Online Protection, which may either be a resource hog on its own or perhaps conflicts with Norton. Your best bet is to: 1. Purchase more RAM (If you let us know the make and model of your PC, we can offer guidance. You may also go to a Web site likehttp://www.crucial.com/anddetermine what kind of RAM you need and how much it would cost.). If you currently have one 256MB stick of RAM, it's possible all you need is a second one. Then again, depending on the cost, you may want to even double that total to 1GB -- just to cover yourself if you may later use more memory-intensive software. 2. Uninstall Norton (there is a special removal tool on their Web site) and YOP. For security, you may use this combination: - Windows Firewall - NOD32, Avast or Antivir for anti-virus program - Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware to regularly scan for other malware - SpywareBlaster and a Hosts file to prevent a lot of spyware and annoying adware to enter your PC in the first place - And don't forget to be current with your Windows Updates security patches! |
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On Mar 6, 2:40*pm, Ray Luca wrote:
"Bent Attorney Esq." wrote: On Mar 6, 12:15*pm, "Daave" wrote: "Bent Attorney Esq." wrote in ... I've the same problem. *My computer has become terribly slow. When I start up, it takes 20 - 25 minutes before I can get on the internet. *I only have 256 meg. memory, but I don't think it should run this slow because of memory. (BAE, in the future, please start your *own* thread. Thank you.) OK. *I didn't realize I was breaching *etiquette. *Subject line related to my problem so... What do you think "hijacking someone else's thread" means? You of course are using the word 'hijacking' incorrectly. To hijack something means that there was intent to steal something; i.e. an aircraft comes to mind. You can't innocently hijack something without without there being the intention of theft. I made an error. Now there are three postings here regarding my error. Don't you think that's excessive? The first post was downright rude; the second posting was constructive along with help techniques; now here you are listening to yourself roar. By your definition, you are guilty of hijacking someone elses thread as well. Start a new thread with the topic being: 'That confounded Bent Attorney fellah is making me see red.' But, given information you posted elsewhere (the fact that you run Norton products, which require *lots* of RAM), that is *precisely* the reason your PC runs as slow as it does. The Commit Charge exercise Gerry asked you to perform confirms this. Even on PCs with sufficient RAM, Norton has been known to hog processing cycles to the point of slowing things down tremendously. I noticed you also run Yahoo Online Protection, which may either be a resource hog on its own or perhaps conflicts with Norton. Your best bet is to: 1. Purchase more RAM (If you let us know the make and model of your PC, we can offer guidance. You may also go to a Web site likehttp://www.crucial.com/anddetermine what kind of RAM you need and how much it would cost.). If you currently have one 256MB stick of RAM, it's possible all you need is a second one. Then again, depending on the cost, you may want to even double that total to 1GB -- just to cover yourself if you may later use more memory-intensive software. 2. Uninstall Norton (there is a special removal tool on their Web site) and YOP. For security, you may use this combination: - Windows Firewall - NOD32, Avast or Antivir for anti-virus program - Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware to regularly scan for other malware - SpywareBlaster and a Hosts file to prevent a lot of spyware and annoying adware to enter your PC in the first place - And don't forget to be current with your Windows Updates security patches! |
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