Re: How to remove a networked PC?

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:20:10 +0100, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Terry,

If you have performance problems, or even think that you have them, I would
suggest that you start with Process Explorer, and find out for a certainty what
processes contribute to your problems.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/watching-what-your-computer-is-doing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/watching-what-your-computer-is-doing.html

If your computer is running XP SP1, now, THAT could be part of your problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/08/if-you-have-windows-xp-without-sp2.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/08/if-you-have-windows-xp-without-sp2.html

Having done that, start malware analysis.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/dealing-with-malware-adware-spyware.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/dealing-with-malware-adware-spyware.html

Thanks Chuck. I'll study those more closely tomorrow. Meanwhile, a few
initial comments:

Should I have Process Explorer (procexp.exe)? I don't see it anywhere.

I do use Filemon, but find it mostly incomprehensible.

I'm fairly confident my performance problems are not malware related.
I use several tools regularly, like Spybot and AdAware.

Terry,

If I had to choose one diagnostic tool for my computer, it would be Process
Explorer. It's linked from my article cited above.

How old is the computer that's having performance problems? How much free disk
space does it have? Do you defrag regularly? Can you do a health check on the
disk drive?

For a single computer, I'd investigate any performance problems in this order:
1) Malware.
2) Hardware.
3) Software.
4) Network.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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