Re: Performance issues
From: Bruce (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/29/04
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:38:43 -0700
Thanks for the suggestions. I have performed maintenance
regularly. I have 256 Mb of RAM, and plenty of disk
space. Indexing service is off. I will check for adware,
but the problem is not so much degradation of performance
over time as clunky performance from the beginning.
Certain actions such as deleting files and shutting down
take a long time. I have adjusted the power saver
settings in the hope of reducing the problem of stepping
away from the computer for ten minutes and having it write
constantly to the disk for the first five minutes or more
after attempting to resume work. The ten seconds it takes
to delete a file is reduced after deleting the first file,
so I guess I can put up with that annoyance. I have
McAffee anti-virus, which can be quite a system hog at
times, so part of the problem is probably related to that
program. I will continue searching as you suggest. I
think a lot of the problem is that there are too many
features that are designed to anticipate my next move. As
I discover more of these I can continue to turn them off.
Thanks again for taking the time to reply.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>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:
>
>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_Se
rvice
>
>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
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>FCA
>
>Stourport, Worcs, England
>Enquire, plan and execute.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>"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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