Computer Starting to Slowdown?!? The Pete <peter_neidhardt[ at ]rogers.com> 13.07.2007 09:30:16 My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net and switch inbetween programs. I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. Any thoughts?

Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown?!? "Maincat" <steve[ at ]nospam.org.uk> 13.07.2007 11:31:23 "The Pete" <peter_neidhardt[ at ]rogers.com> wrote in message news:1184319016.130706.54820[ at ]r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently > started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have > scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, > defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and > temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system > slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net > and switch inbetween programs. > > I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium > Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. > > Any thoughts? > The usual suspect - Norton Internet Security. I'm going to make the guess that if you un-installed NIS and replaced it with a (much) better product (there are many, but I use F-Secure), your issue would go away.

Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown?!? "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> 13.07.2007 13:04:20 Norton Internet Security willl not help system perfomance. You can get a similar service using freeware without such a resource hog. cCleaner is a useful tool if used with care. The main drawback with Disk CleanUp in XP is the need to run it in each User Profile -this is corrected in Vista. Also cCleaner does a more thorough job removing detritus. Disk Clean Up passes by e.g. the many zero byte files produced by Outlook Express. Have you checked Event Viewer for Error and Warning Reports? Have you checked for third party driver updates? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Pete" <peter_neidhardt[ at ]rogers.com> wrote in message news:1184319016.130706.54820[ at ]r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently > started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have > scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, > defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and > temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system > slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net > and switch inbetween programs. > > I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium > Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. > > Any thoughts? >

Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown?!? "Another Brian" <notbrian[ at ]somewhere.nocom> 13.07.2007 14:04:32 Have you looked at Task Manager, Performance tab to see what is using the CPU's? "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in message news:OF5Ud5UxHHA.3588[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Norton Internet Security willl not help system perfomance. You > can get a similar service using freeware without such a resource > hog. > > cCleaner is a useful tool if used with care. The main drawback with > Disk CleanUp in XP is the need to run it in each User Profile -this > is corrected in Vista. Also cCleaner does a more thorough job > removing detritus. Disk Clean Up passes by e.g. the many zero byte > files produced by Outlook Express. > > Have you checked Event Viewer for Error and Warning Reports? > > Have you checked for third party driver updates? > > > -- > > > > Hope this helps. > > Gerry > ~~~~ > FCA > Stourport, England > Enquire, plan and execute > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "The Pete" <peter_neidhardt[ at ]rogers.com> wrote in message > news:1184319016.130706.54820[ at ]r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... >> My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently >> started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have >> scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary >> programs, >> defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies >> and >> temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system >> slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net >> and switch inbetween programs. >> >> I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium >> Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. >> >> Any thoughts? >> > >

Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown?!? "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> 13.07.2007 18:17:09 Brian Better than Task Manager! Download Process Explorer. For further information about Process Explorer see here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the image producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties, Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what each service does. You will find further information on Services here: http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies tab allow it a little time to display the information. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Another Brian" <notbrian[ at ]somewhere.nocom> wrote in message news:uwbmWbVxHHA.312[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Have you looked at Task Manager, Performance tab to see what is using > the CPU's? > > "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in message > news:OF5Ud5UxHHA.3588[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Norton Internet Security willl not help system perfomance. You >> can get a similar service using freeware without such a resource hog. >> >> cCleaner is a useful tool if used with care. The main drawback with >> Disk CleanUp in XP is the need to run it in each User Profile -this >> is corrected in Vista. Also cCleaner does a more thorough job >> removing detritus. Disk Clean Up passes by e.g. the many zero byte >> files produced by Outlook Express. >> >> Have you checked Event Viewer for Error and Warning Reports? >> >> Have you checked for third party driver updates? >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~ >> FCA >> Stourport, England >> Enquire, plan and execute >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> "The Pete" <peter_neidhardt[ at ]rogers.com> wrote in message >> news:1184319016.130706.54820[ at ]r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... >>> My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently >>> started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have >>> scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary >>> programs, >>> defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and >>> temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system >>> slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net >>> and switch inbetween programs. >>> >>> I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium >>> Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >> >> > >

Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown?!? "Unknown" <unknown[ at ]unknown.kom> 13.07.2007 19:03:12 You didn't mention that you run disk clean. If disk clean hasn't been run in a long time your computer definitely will be slower. "The Pete" <peter_neidhardt[ at ]rogers.com> wrote in message news:1184319016.130706.54820[ at ]r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently > started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have > scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, > defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and > temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system > slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net > and switch inbetween programs. > > I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium > Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. > > Any thoughts? >