Re: System very slow, very difficult to access server, cpu usage l
- From: "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:07:05 -0000
Mark
You have said your computer is a Dell 8200. Is it a Dell Inspiron 8200
or a Dell Dimension 8200.
You need to add RAM. If the Commit Charge figures of 739,572 is typical
you are heavily reliant on using the pagefile. Using the pagefile is
infinitely slower than using RAM memory.
This freeware programme is excellent for getting information about
your computer:Everest Home Edition (freeware)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
Tip: To copy select Report, Quick Report, Plain Text, highlight
required text, right click and select copy. However, whilst this is
fine for posting small amounts of information into newsgroup messages
longer reports will irritate other newsgroup subscribers.
In Everest expand Motherboard, Chipset and post the details for each
Memory slot.
Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61
UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m
This will help with some of the problems reported
I am wondering what programmes are being run by you to create such high
commit charge figures?
You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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mark wrote:
my computer has 256 mb of ram.
i did perform a clean boot and within 24 hours the computer
performance was back to a crawl. most times the computer sounds like
it is "working". the light on the front of the tower is flashing and
i can hear the processor? making noise. i also received a
"rundll32.exe" error during this period.
here are some of the results from the application error log of the
event viewer:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 1/14/2008
Time: 1:40:29 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: MARK4017DESKTOP
Description:
Windows saved user MARK4017DESKTOP\Owner registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log off.
The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The
registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.
This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
that particular error was also reported on 11th, 9th, 7th, the 26th,
21st, and 20th.
the following error was from the 26th, 21st, and 20th:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 12/26/2007
Time: 11:46:54 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: MARK4017DESKTOP
Description:
Windows saved user MARK4017DESKTOP\Owner registry while an
application or service was still using the registry during log off.
The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The
registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.
This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
no errors from the security audit records.
these are from the system error logs:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 36
Date: 1/15/2008
Time: 3:22:51 AM
User: N/A
Computer: MARK4017DESKTOP
Description:
The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for
49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to
provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is unsynchronized.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
the wintime message occurred repeatedly.
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: USER32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1073
Date: 12/26/2007
Time: 6:55:49 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: MARK4017DESKTOP
Description:
The attempt to reboot MARK4017DESKTOP failed
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 ....
thanks again for the help
"Gerry" wrote:
Mark
74.50 gb is the size of your hard drive. You will find the amount of
RAM by right clicking on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and
selecting Properties, General tab.
You need to post copies of the Error Reports from Event Viewer if I
am to make sense of messages you are seeing.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mark wrote:
initially, i did a clean install of xp and it eventually ended up
with the same performance issues. i will see if i can restore to an
earlier point.
i also get the following message: "warning: unresponsive script is
causing a slowdown".
the memory capacity of the c drive 74.50gb.
thanks again
"Gerry" wrote:
Mark
What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?
Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report
and click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My
Documents Folder and post a copy.
Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the
Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit
and the Peak?
Have you tried this approach?
How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us
Also look for Error Reports in the System log in Event Viewer.
Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot.
No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also
appear in a previous boot.
You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using
copy and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no
further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.
Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click
on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mark wrote:
simple question i hope: where do i access the event viewer?
"Andrew E." wrote:
Actually about the best utility to use is "event viewer",you'll
probably find warnings/errors about the OS.Click on one,get
details,click on the url,this opens kb help/support,usually
with a fix.Also,clean out temp & windows temp files,disk clean
up,defrag.
"mark" wrote:
i have a dell 8200 that i am trying to resuscitate. a couple of
minutes after startup it becomes unusably slow, yet the cpu
uasge show usually only around 20%. i have run registry,
spyware, and cache cleaners repeatedly but cannot get to the
root fo the problem.
please help--the tower is about to go out a window.
thanks
.
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