Re: Windows XP slows to a standstill
- From: "Lawrence Gray" <lwgray@netvigatorDOTcom>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:22:05 -0700
"Gerry Cornell" wrote:
> Lawrence
>
> How large is your hard disk?
31gig with 10gig spare.
So plenty of room there.
>
> The CPU reading is not the problem. If System Idle Process reads 98% it
> means the system is only using 2% of it's capacity.
>
> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the Performance
> Tab. What is the Commit Charge? Two figures divided by backslash.
>
Commit Charge is 305M/2481M
> Have you ever downloaded any memory boosters or the like? Some web sites
> can offer these and it can be easy to accept the offer when they are
> best declined!
>
Nope.
> What was the answer to my question about Adobe?
>
Yes, the Adobe Reader upgrade function kept blinking at me and I succumbed.
It installed Adobe 7 and from then on, coincidental maybe because it had been
cranky for a while, the CPU usage maxed out.
However, although Norton could find no virus, a used eacceleration.com's
virus checker... found it through Google... Set it to work over night and it
pulled up a virus it called Backdoor.Generic.284 It quarantined that and that
seems to have done the trick. Perhaps it had been there a while and the Adobe
upgrade pushed everything over the limits.
I can now type and open files and programmes which is a vast improvement.
Still feels a bit sluggish. But I can see that CPU usage is bouncing around
at 4% rather than the 100% that it had.
So I think I'm probably all fixed up and wondering whether I should prepare
all my programmes and data for an upgrade of a new faster mother board.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> "Lawrence Gray" <lwgray@netvigatorDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:8D9B78D3-19EC-4734-A0E8-B9C8E7D3A626@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Yep, I've got 6 gig free on the disk drive so it should be OK.
> >
> > 512 on the RAM.
> >
> > I've done all the housekeeping and removed everything from Start Up.
> > Closed
> > down all unneccesary systems. And I'm even running it in Diagnostic
> > mode and
> > the CPU is maxed out.
> >
> > The System Idle Process uses 98% of the CPU.
> >
> > So I'm pretty stuck at the moment. I can't open programmes. Can't
> > download.
> > Can't log on to the Internet. Just opening up My Computer takes twenty
> > minutes let alone rummaging around looking for likely candidates.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
> >
> >> Lawrence
> >>
> >> How large is your hard drive and how much free space? How much RAM
> >> memory?
> >>
> >> Have you tried routine housekeeping?
> >>
> >> Run Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary
> >> Internet
> >> Files. Also select the More Options tab, System
> >> Restore and remove all but the latest restore points?
> >>
> >> Whenever you remove redundant files you should always run Disk
> >> Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
> >> Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
> >>
> >> Have you installed Adobe 7 or updated Adobe 7. I have been told you
> >> need
> >> to uninstall Adobe 6 before installing Adobe 7.
> >>
> >> Task Manager is useful but you could look at another freeware utility
> >> Process Explorer, which provides similar information but adds that
> >> little bit extra towards seeing what the running processes represent.
> >>
> >> For further information about Process Explorer see here:
> >>
> >> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> FCA
> >>
> >> Using invalid email address
> >>
> >> Stourport, Worcs, England
> >> Enquire, plan and execute.
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> Please tell the newsgroup how any
> >> suggested solution worked for you.
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> "Lawrence Gray" <lwgray@netvigatorDOTcom> wrote in message
> >> news:81531375-4541-42B9-8EB3-6994ED116B4A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >I have no idea what happened. But I think something connected with
> >> >an
> >> >Adobe
> >> > Reader 7 update has either loaded in a virus or damaged something
> >> > on
> >> > the
> >> > computer.
> >> >
> >> > That was the last thing I saw come down before my computer slowed
> >> > down.
> >> > Something somwhere is taking up all the action on the CPU. I've
> >> > tried
> >> > hunting
> >> > it down on the Task Manager. I've tried uninstalling all background
> >> > programmes. But still the CPU is fully occupied.
> >> >
> >> > Also my Windows XP has told me that my Hardware has changed so much
> >> > that I
> >> > need to re-activate in three days. Unfortunately because the
> >> > machine
> >> > has
> >> > slowed down I can't log onto the internet with it.
> >> >
> >> > I put the machine into diagnostic mode and certainly I can open and
> >> > close
> >> > programmes in that mode, and the sound of the disc chugging has
> >> > stopped. But
> >> > unfortunately I can't access the internet in that mode. It won't
> >> > open
> >> > up my
> >> > ppoe connection, or access my Linksys router... luckily I have
> >> > another
> >> > computer that can access or else I wouldn't writing this right now.
> >> >
> >> > I've got Norton scanning in Diagnostic mode but it hasn't found
> >> > anything.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas?
> >> >
> >> > And if I can't connect in three days will Win XP shut down
> >> > entirely?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>
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