RE: HOW TO FIX - Performance Issues After SP2 Install

From: M Mattingly (Mattingly_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:19:02 -0700

I'm wondering/hoping the same fix will hold with a Dell Diminsion 8250? I
recently installed SP2 on an 8250 and noticed the same performance issues
described here. I'll give this a shot.
thanks,

"S Doughty" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Once again, I have wasted several hours of my life trying to
> troubleshoot Windows. In an effort to save others time, here's the
> answer if you are having performance/processor issues with a Dell
> Inspiron after installing XP Service Pack 2:
>
> What happened:
>
> I have an Inspiron 1150. Downloaded and installed SP2. Extremely slow
> to install and reboot. Had very poor performance with the CPU running
> close to 100%. Tried shutting down various processes,
> uninstalling/disabling software, turning off Windows firewall, nothing
> worked. I was about to go uninstall SP2 when I found the answer
> here...
>
> Roll Back the Processor Driver. Now it's working fine. Thanks to the
> guy who posted this. I am making it a new subject because it's going
> to be a popular problem.
>
> Details on how to do this:
>
> Right click My Computer. Go to Hardware Tab, then Device Manager.
> Expand Processors, highlight your proc. Right click and go to
> Properties. Click Driver tab, then Roll Back Driver. XP will complain
> about the driver not being signed, tell it to continue anyway.
>
> Your other option is to uninstall SP2, but from what I have read it
> takes hours to uninstall because of the performance issues. So I
> recommend doing the roll-back even if you are still going to
> uninstall. I suspect this problem is limited to Celeron processors.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Shauna
> shauna@shauna.net
> www.shauna.net
>

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