Re: General slow running problems
- From: yon <yon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:16:03 -0700
Thank you, Gerry.
You mention Norton's Utilities running in the background as a potential
prob. i've turned off every optioal srvc and "automatic" function i can find
in sytemworks.
Is there a way to verify i have succeeded?
--
a Dios
yon
"Gerry Cornell" wrote:
> Is your Outlook Express set up to open to Outlook Express or to the Inbox?
> http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/problems/performance.htm
>
> Make sure that the option to "Compact messages in background" in Tools,
> Options, Maintenance is deselected. Use instead manual compaction as
> described in the housekeeping routine below.
>
> Your problem could be Norton System Works running utilities in the
> background.
>
> Poor system performance can be the result of a single problem or a
> combination of factors. Listed
> below are issues, which you may wish to examine if you are experiencing poor
> performance after
> the boot process has completed. Some items may help with slow starting of
> Windows XP but the
> list has not been prepared for tackling that problem. Work through the list
> until you achieve an
> acceptable result.
>
> Regular and effective housekeeping is essential. What you do and how often
> you do it will depend
> on how you use your computer. A suggested routine may include:
> 1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder.
> 2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst OFFLINE.
> 3. Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
> Cleanup with
> Temporary Internet Files, Offline Web Pages (optional), System Restore (
> more Options tab )
> and Recycle Bin selected for deletion. If you have more than one drive /
> partition you may
> need to do this operation for each drive / partition.
> 4. Remove Cookies. Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, General, Delete
> Cookies.
> 5. Run Disk Defragmenter.
>
> Check whether you could reduce the number of days the History of sites
> visited is retained. Start,
> Control Panel, Internet Options, General, History.
>
> Spyware causes many problems. If not installed download Adaware and / or
> update Reference file
> from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and use it to remove
> parasites. If Spyware
> persists as a problem try a Hosts file.
> http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
>
> Slow performance resulting from insufficient memory, causing over reliance
> on virtual memory,
> may be especially noticed by those upgrading to Windows XP from an earlier
> version of Windows.
> Windows XP will run with 64 MB of RAM memory. However, a minimum of 256 MB
> is
> recommended and many users will recommend 512 MB. You may check on pagefile
> (virtual
> memory) usage with Page File Monitor for XP:
> http://www.dougknox.com/
>
> Check how much free space you have on the hard drive / partition where your
> pagefile is located.
> You need a minimum of 15% but 20% or more is better.
>
> Check your setting for the Indexing Service. Start, Administrative Tools,
> Services, Indexing
> Service. The default setting is Manual. Check that it is not running. More
> information here:
> http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm#Indexing_Service
>
> You can have too many programmes running in the background. Close
> programmes/windows after
> use. Check whether all the programmes loading when Windows is started are
> really necessary.
> http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm
>
> Check whether you can identify slow performance with a particular programme.
> Look in Google to
> see whether others have encountered the same problem and found a solution.
> http://groups.google.com/
>
> Are there any error messages in Event Viewer? You can access Event Viewer by
> selecting Start,
> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the
> error, information
> regarding Event ID: and Source Description is important.
> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp
>
> ~~~~~~
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
> Enquire, plan and execute.
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>
>
> "Col" <marshall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9DBC06DA-14BE-481E-BD0F-E45310349C5C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > can anyone help? Have started experiencing slow startup with Outlook
> Express (version 6) as well as internet explorer. Outlook takes ages to show
> the program screen when double clicking the icon and seems to freeze up when
> getting the screen layout sorted. Once this is up, clicking on something
> takes ages to follow through and I have had several times that when trying
> to check for any mail, I get the error screen telling me that there was no
> connection to the server. I can close the program down then opening it again
> gives me the connection.
> > I have Norton Systemworks installed and there are no errors found when I
> run through the checks available and I have Zonealarms firewall too.
> > This problem is not only on startup - the time taken to get the programs
> to do something even after I have been on the computer for a while is still
> slow and even getting the start menu to come up is slow.
> > I am getting stuck now - I do a regular defrag and disk optimise along
> with virus scan and clear my redundant files out from surfing and temp files
> but do not know where to go next......
> > Heres hoping.....
> > --
> > Col
> >
> > I came, I saw but still the wife gets the remote control.......
>
>
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