Re: Slow performance

CPU is Pentium 4 - 2.20 Ghz
Ram is 512 MB

Commit charge is:- Total 940,028 - Limit 1,263,628 - Peak 1,210,880

Here are the top 6 Memory using processes:
Peak VM size
iexplore.exe 167,184 49,308
Svchost.exe 164,568 25,914
pctsSvc.exe 164,108 178,220
MsMpEng.exe 153,692 91,694
IncMail.exe 64,612 35,692
iexplore.exe 59,472 48,528

Yes, I leave my computer on 24/7 due to having VOIP

Re: Windows Live One Care:- I have been using it for a number of years and
I love it. Never had these slow performance problems until recently. In
fact, although my computer is older and has a slower process, my computer
functions much faster than my friends computer, which is the same brand, but
she uses Norton. Also, Windows Live One Care does not include a registry
cleaner. However, they do have a registry cleaning function in the Windows
Live One Safety Scanner, so you may have the two confused.

I also have Spybot and Spyware Doctor programs, but I do not let them run
automatically. Only when I manually run a scan.

Here is my Defrag analyse report:-
Volume (C:)
Volume size = 55.84 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 46.78 GB
Free space = 9.06 GB
Percent free space = 16 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 4 %
File fragmentation = 7 %
Free space fragmentation = 1 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 168,177
Average file size = 436 KB
Total fragmented files = 1,982
Total excess fragments = 12,374
Average fragments per file = 1.07

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 755 MB
Total fragments = 4

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 18,081
Fragmented folders = 72
Excess folder fragments = 178

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 201 MB
MFT record count = 187,280
Percent MFT in use = 90 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

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Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
584 42 MB \Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\rt.jar
378 1.16 GB \Documents and Settings\Love Goddess\My
Documents\My Videos\Sony video clips\Cheeko\Cheeko 6.avi
364 43 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1339\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
280 43 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1336\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
273 17 MB \Documents and Settings\Love Goddess\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\65FJ70GT\scnAVavbase14500000[1].cab
182 736 KB \Documents and Settings\Love
Goddess\Application Data\Move Networks\BlackBox
177 11 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1344\A0174276.exe
177 11 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1339\A0174029.exe
177 11 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1339\A0174122.exe
177 11 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1338\A0173757.exe
157 10 MB
\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl\CollectedData_22947.xml
122 7 MB \Documents and Settings\Love Goddess\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\LNBTV4ME\scnAVasbase14500000[1].cab
119 476 KB
\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1132940392-1673125147-3913084170-1006\INFO2
114 99 MB \Documents and Settings\Love Goddess\Local
Settings\Application
Data\IM\Identities\{8FB9562A-FB63-4AE5-B51A-AB42C467ABCC}\Message
Store\Inbox.imm
108 1 MB \Documents and Settings\Love Goddess\Local
Settings\Application Data\HP\Digital Imaging\cache2\8.DB
105 24 KB \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE.LOG
91 6 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1343\A0174230.rbf
91 11 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application
Data\Walgreens\Styles\wg-leapbooks\shared\pagedesigns\blueyellow-1\background.jpg
76 145 MB \Documents and Settings\Love Goddess\Local
Settings\Application
Data\IM\Identities\{8FB9562A-FB63-4AE5-B51A-AB42C467ABCC}\Message
Store\Deleted Items.imm
70 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1339\A0173905.exe
64 348 KB
\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1132940392-1673125147-3913084170-1006\Dc32.db
63 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1344\A0174254.rbf
61 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1339\A0173889.dll
59 6 MB \Documents and Settings\Love Goddess\Local
Settings\Application
Data\IM\Identities\{8FB9562A-FB63-4AE5-B51A-AB42C467ABCC}\Message
Store\Attachments\56601-MrsHughes.wmv
58 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1335\A0173673.dll
58 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1345\A0174320.dll
58 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1344\A0174293.dll
58 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1337\A0173709.dll
58 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1341\A0174170.dll
58 4 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B37680B2-BA0A-4E5D-BF30-83E44C588624}\RP1336\A0173686.dll

I guess I covered all your questions. What do you think?



"Gerry" wrote:

What is the CPU speed?

How much RAM?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

Many do not rate Windows Live One Care very highly. It includes a
Registry Cleaner, which many here think provides negligible benefits and
potentially can seriously damage the system. It also takes a lot of
resources to run, which may go some way to explaining your disappointing
system performance. You can use Windows Defender, a component of Windows
Live One Care, as a standalone. Are you using any other anti-virus and
anti-spyware software?

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report . Open Disk
Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save
As and Save. Now find VolumeD.txt in your My Documents Folder and post a
copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more
informative.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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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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