Re: Performance issues
From: Gerry Cornell (gcjc_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 06/29/04
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 02:01:57 +0100
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), 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:
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
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, Worcs, England
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"Bruce" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:226a301c45d20$100890f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have XP Pro installed on a Toshiba Satellite laptop,
> 1.8GHz Pentium IV, 256 Mb RAM. It was a clean install
> with a new machine. I am running Office, Acrobat, scanner
> software, and a few other odds and ends such as a time
> clock program. All of the many updates and patches are
> installed. I have full administrative rights to the
> machine.
> XP does some things very well, but in other areas it seems
> to have taken a large step backward from previous OS
> versions. My chief complaint is that in some operations
> it is very slow. It always has been, since the machine
> was new. In particular, deleting a file (network or
> local) takes up to ten seconds. Also, shut down takes
> several minutes, and about one time out of five stops at
> the final blue screen.
> The other problem with speed occurs especially after the
> computer has been inactive and gone on standby. When it
> wakes up again, it writes to the hard drive constantly for
> at least five minutes. During that time whatever it is
> doing to attempt to revive itself consumes system
> resources so extensively that it is virtually impossible
> to so much as navigate in Windows Explorer or access a
> menu in Word. Such operations are very slow, and
> attempting them can lead to freezes. I am using the
> laptop on AC power most of the time, so power conservation
> is not much of an issue.
> I have been into msconfig to disable what I recognize as
> unnecessary, such as Acrobat Assistant and HP Share-to-
> Web, which came with the scanner. I would like to disable
> everything I don't need, which leads me to the question of
> what is necessary at Startup. Same for Services. I have
> disabled the worthless Error Reporting Service, but would
> like to disable anything I can that consumes system
> resources.
> What else can I do to speed up this clunker? All of the
> gains in XP are lost because of a few time-consuming,
> resource-hogging "features". If I could disable some of
> the extra garbage that is going on behind the scenes and
> devote the extra processor time to the work I am trying to
> do, this could actually be a pretty good OS.
> Now if they would only do something about Find.
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