RE: Slow performance

Check the columns in the Processes tab of Task Manager when the slowdown
happens. Ensure that you're viewing the processes from all users also. That
should give you an image name that's taking more than it's fair share of
resources.

I'd suspect that this is a malfunctioning/corrupted program - but it can
also be a corruption of your pagefile. To clear that, follow these steps:
a ) Go to Start...Run...and type in "sysdm.cpl" (without the quotes) and
press Enter.
-Then click on the Advanced tab,
-then on the Performance Settings Button,
-then on the next Advanced tab,
-then on the Virtual Memory Change button.
b ) In this window, note down the current settings for your pagefile (so you
can restore them later on).
-Then click on the "No paging file" radio button, and
- then on the "Set" button. Be sure, if you have multiple hard drives, that
you ensure that the paging file is set to 0 on all of them.
-Click OK to exit the dialogs.
c ) Reboot (this will remove the pagefile from your system)
d ) Then go back in following the directions in step a ) and re-enter the
settings that you wrote down in step b ). Follow the steps all the way
through (and including) the reboot.
e ) Once you've rebooted this second time, go back in and check to make sure
that the settings are as they're supposed to be.

- John

"Magsmom" wrote:

In the past, my computer would occasionally experience a slow down in
performance which would be easily corrected by doing a clean up/tune up. I
use several methods to do this. I am running XP, sp3 with Windows Live One
Care which includes regular tune ups. Somoetimes, if I have been doing a lot
of web surfing, I just do a manual cleanup using my IE tools, and
occasionally I use Speed Up My PC, which does a great job of optimizing.

But recently I started having problems that don't respond to these methods.
I have run several virus/spyware scans and can't find anything. I notice
that I frequently get the message that "Virtual Memory Is low". I started
watching my Task Manager Performance and see that my Page File History never
drops below 800 MB, even when I have no programs open. at the same time, it
shows my Physical Memory at 522,736 with 158,960 going to System Cache with
only 181,508 available.
How can I find out what is using up all my physical memory and why my Page
File History is so high all the time? BTW- What is Page File History anyway.
I can't find anything in the help files about it?
.

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