Re: Very slow XP performance

Jim --

Thanks for getting back to me. Before I got your message, I was removing
some programs that my wife doesn't use anymore. When I went back into Task
Manager to check on performance, it was normal --- about 6% with spikes to
about 24%. HOWEVER, at that time Explorer was not running. I brought up
Explorer and everything slowed down again --- and Explorer was like a slug in
molasses. Shut of Explorer, and the performance of all the other programs
went up. Do you think it would work to download something like Firefox or
Orchestra and ditch Explorer?

Ken

"Jim" wrote:


"kgkphd" <kgkphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running XP Professional SP3. Recently, the thing has slowed to the
point where it can take a minute to load a web-page. I've done lots to
try
and fix this:

1. Cleared out all unnecessary files (permanent, temporary --- both
internet and desktop) --- I now have 70GB free and 22BG stored on the HD
2. Run 2 scans --- one with Symantec 360 and another with TrendMicro
(with
only one system at a time on the computer, and both of which were updated
to
the minute.
3. I've gone to clean boot status.
4. Checked running programs (nothing) and performance at ctrl-alt-del.
Performance reads 90%+ of CPU used!
5. I've run Disk Cleanup and defragmented.
6. Removed an obviously unneeded programs.

I thought there might be a registry error, but I don't know how to
fix/repairthat without wiping out the system.

I've run the gamut. But with the 90%+ CPU usage --- which would certainly
cause a problem --- I figure out that there must be some program running
in
the background that is using up band-width. The problem: It doesn't show
up
on ctrl-alt-del and I can't find it and shut it down.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks

Ken
What program is getting the most time? Either Task Manager of Process
Explore can disclose the name.
Jim




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