Re: WinXP serious slowdown ??

Have you checked to be sure there were no changes made in BIOS.
I have seen what you are describing when the CPU Cache (L1-L2) is disabled
in BIOS.
Have you checked to see how much RAM Windows shows as available?
Have you checked your virtual memory settings?
Have you actually scanned for Virus and malware?
Some will insinuate themselves into seemingly 'normal' system
files/processes and everything running 'looks' normal.

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"wreckingcru" <pranavkabra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Another point - I constantly monitor the task manager for any
> suspicious CPU usage, but there is none. Everything seems to be taking
> little CPU time, it does appear that IE, explorer, ZoneAlarm is
> consuming a LITTLE excessive memory, but they aren't consuming any CPU
> cycles...
>


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