Re: Upates and system slowdown
From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 02/18/04
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 04:50:10 -0800
Skip Royeton wrote:
> I have finally been able to get my system up and running
> Windows XP Pro. I did this once before and I decided to
> download SP1 and all of the Critical security updates, as
> a result my system slowed down so bad it took over an hour
> for it to startup. I reformatted the drive, but, couldn't
> get Windows XP to install. After that I took it to a shop
> because I couldn't get around the HAL.DLL errors I kept
> getting, I now have the computer home and ready to go. One
> of the first things I wanted to do was update to SP1, so I
> did. Now my system is running slow. Not as slow as before,
> but, it is slow. I am now scared to death to down load and
> install the Critical Updates. I did do the Archive for the
> SP1 Update, I also created a recover point in System
> Recover. I have installed a few programs, but, I would
> like to bring it to a halt until I hear from someone that
> help me with this situation. I would appreciate it if
> someone could get back with me as soon as possible. I know
> people have had problems with SP1. Funny thing is, I had
> absolutly no problem with it when I first installed it
> over a year ago. Thank you for listening.
Hi, Skip. This sounds to me very much like your computer is having
hardware issues. Since you took it to a shop, you may want to bring it
back and have them check it out again. The hard drive and/or RAM may be
failing.
Malke
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