Re: WINDOWS XP PRO EDITION WITH AMD 2000+ PROCESSOR : QUITE SLOW

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From: Cari \(MS-MVP\) (Newsgroups1_at_coribright.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:22:57 -0700

If you do a Ctrl-Alt-Del and then clicking Task Manager you can see what is
actually running in the in the Processes tab, along with applications in the
Applications Tab. 

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Cari ((MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
"Pradip Buveja" <p_buv@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
news:77c701c4846f$d214c7b0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Everybody!
>
> I shall be grateful if you can be of any help solving my
> problem mentioned below.  You can email me at
> p_buv@rediffmail.com
>
> I have a desktop computer with Windows XP Professional
> Edition with AMD Athlon 2000+ processor.  The problem
> with this computer is that it has become too slow to work
> with. To give you a clear picture, I give below the facts:
>
> 1) Its C: drive has a total of 18 GB capacity of which
>    2.18 GB is free.
> 2) It has a Norton Anti-Virus software which is uptodate
>    and does not show any virus threat.
> 3) The computer is often connected to the Internet and is
>    firewalled.  Any infected files/virus trying to sneak
>    into the computer are detected/deleted by the Anti-
>    Virus software.
> 4)  It takes about 2 to 2.5 minutes to boot up and again
>     takes about 1.5 to 2 minutes to shut down.
>
> Are all the above problems relate to the slow performing
> AMD processor or is it due to heavy usage of C:/ drive or
> is it due to some unknown virus that might have crept
> into the computer ?  Be kind enough to resolve the above
> issues.
>
> PRADIP...

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