Re: Troubleshooting Sudden Changed in XP Performance

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Phil Strong (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:36:07 -0800

Adaware
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regcleaner (below is not my favorite but will work just the same)
http://download.com.com/3001-2094-881470.html
-Phil
     
     ----- Unknown wrote: -----
     
     Have you run disk cleanup? Did you run defrag? Any Registry cleaner? How much
     disk space?
     "Keith" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
     news:FFA292C1-EA86-432D-A55C-C6E60D0085EB@microsoft.com...
> I am ready to give up, concede defeat in trying to make Windows XP run
     normally again. Since installing XP Home Edition one year ago, performance
     has been zippy and I have often run for weeks without the need to reboot. For
     about the last three weeks, though, performance has ground to a crawl. I
     cannot even open a standalone application like Word or Notepad without hearing
     constant disk activity. Although I am using the “system managed” option for
     virtual memory management, a message warning me of low virtual memory appears
     soon in any Windows session.
>> Here’s what I have tried:
>> - Updated McAfee VS software and run complete scans, using McAfee
     instructions for scanning protected locations/files.
>> - Run Spybot to scan for spyware.
>> - Deleted temporary Internet files, checked system disk space
>> - Selectively removed startup applications
>> - Experimented with avoiding specific applications (IE Explorer, Outlook) to
     see if problem occurs only when they run (makes no difference).
>> Windows desktop support professionals I know tell me that you often have to
     go through the agony of a clean Windows reinstall – saving off all your user
     data, reinstalling, reloading all of your applications from scratch, restoring
     the user data. That would take at least a couple of days, especially
     considering the extra effort to get back to XP Service Pack 1 (I would have to
     download the CD image or go through the entire upgrade process).
>> Before I go to that extreme step, does anyone know anything else to try?
>>

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