Re: annoying glitches- slow boots and slow net speed
From: mhagen (mhagen_at_snipthis.olympus.net)
Date: 02/16/05
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:50:49 -0800
Malke wrote:
> mhagen wrote:
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>>This XP-pro is updated to the week, runs a good anti-Spyware and
>>Spyblaster, Avast and ZA pro. It's as clean as I can keep it. Even so
>>there have been freezes and three finger reboots needed. Over the last
>>few months, I've had several presistant and minor problems come up.
>>For one thing, the laptop (Dell 5100) is taking longer to boot and net
>>connections run more slowly. Ave. connection speed is now 26.4 kbps.
>>Also major programs with drawing components like Paperport and
>>Pathfinder Office have lost significant abilities like width control
>>on line drawing and text sizing, for example. Their help and support
>>forums
>>are useless. Reloading them does not change anything. I'm thinking
>>some shared files may have been erased or components which reside only
>>in XP. How to find lost files or reload "everything" just to see if
>>things
>>change? All ideas are appreciated!
>>mike h
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>
> Since you've kept your computer clean and malware-free, I'm thinking
> you've got some hardware failures. Reloading Windows in that case will
> be useless. From your description, I'd look at overheating and/or video
> failure. Since this is a laptop, you can't do the normal "open it up
> and swap things out" t-shooting. Call Dell tech support and don't let
> them tell you to reinstall Windows. You can test the memory yourself,
> which won't hurt, but it sure sounds more like power supply, video
> chip, and/or overheating.
>
> Malke
Hmmm. You might have something there. It does overheat and has a real
internal dust problem. Found out that this is typical of the 5100s. How
this would effect drawing software is beyond me though. Thanks for the
clue and I'll look into it.
Mike H
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