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I use Win XP Home Edition SP2, Pentium M 1.2ghz, installed 1.2 gb memory,
My PC went dead so the factory had re-installed Win XP. I installed the same
applications as what I had before(MS Office 2003, Outlook, Skype, Kaspersky
Antivirus).
Ever since my pc came back from the factory, when I am typing something (for
example, composing a letter either in Notepad or in Word), I notice there
is about 2 seconds lag of what I type is displayed on PC screen.
If any of you have trouble-shooting advice, I would appreicate.
sn from zushi
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Thak you. Let me try this.
sn
"Patrick Keenan" <test[ at ]dev.null> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > "snomazushi" <snospam[ at ]kamakura.net> wrote in message > news:OLxoPC6QJHA.1160[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>I use Win XP Home Edition SP2, Pentium M 1.2ghz, installed 1.2 gb memory, >> >> My PC went dead so the factory had re-installed Win XP. I installed the >> same >> applications as what I had before(MS Office 2003, Outlook, Skype, >> Kaspersky >> Antivirus). >> >> Ever since my pc came back from the factory, when I am typing something >> (for >> example, composing a letter either in Notepad or in Word), I notice >> there >> is about 2 seconds lag of what I type is displayed on PC screen. >> >> If any of you have trouble-shooting advice, I would appreicate. >> >> sn from zushi > > Download and run Process Explorer, and learn about what it does. It > should show you what's running and taking so many CPU cycles and slowing > the system down. > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx> > > HTH > -pk > >
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"snomazushi" <snospam[ at ]kamakura.net> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] >I use Win XP Home Edition SP2, Pentium M 1.2ghz, installed 1.2 gb memory,
>
> My PC went dead so the factory had re-installed Win XP. I installed the
> same
> applications as what I had before(MS Office 2003, Outlook, Skype,
> Kaspersky
> Antivirus).
>
> Ever since my pc came back from the factory, when I am typing something
> (for
> example, composing a letter either in Notepad or in Word), I notice there
> is about 2 seconds lag of what I type is displayed on PC screen.
>
> If any of you have trouble-shooting advice, I would appreicate.
>
> sn from zushi
Download and run Process Explorer, and learn about what it does. It should
show you what's running and taking so many CPU cycles and slowing the system
down.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
HTH
-pk
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Does Process Explorer work on Win XP? It seems like it's for Windows 2000
machine.
sn
"Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OlKnnLDRJHA.2228[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Patrick Keenan wrote: >> Download and run Process Explorer, and learn about what it does. It >> should show you what's running and taking so many CPU cycles and slowing >> the system down. > > I second this suggestion. However, things don't have to use a lot of CPU > to slow things down. I had similar symptoms when my system was only ~10% > busy, but that 10% was in explore.exe > > In the end, I found that closing one particular application stopped the > continuous CPU usage in explore.exe and my system came back to life. > > The application hasn't changed recently, and had been running OK for > months, so I presume this is some reaction between an old application and > some new fix applied by Microsoft Update. Probably both parties are > innocent, they just don't get on together. > > -- > Steve Swift > http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html> http://www.ringers.org.uk>
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Patrick Keenan wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Download and run Process Explorer, and learn about what it does. It should
> show you what's running and taking so many CPU cycles and slowing the system
> down.
I second this suggestion. However, things don't have to use a lot of CPU
to slow things down. I had similar symptoms when my system was only ~10%
busy, but that 10% was in explore.exe
In the end, I found that closing one particular application stopped the
continuous CPU usage in explore.exe and my system came back to life.
The application hasn't changed recently, and had been running OK for
months, so I presume this is some reaction between an old application
and some new fix applied by Microsoft Update. Probably both parties are
innocent, they just don't get on together.
--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk
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"snomazushi" <snospam[ at ]kamakura.net> wrote in message
news:e4g$reIRJHA.3932[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Does Process Explorer work on Win XP? It seems like it's for Windows 2000 > machine. > > sn > "Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > news:OlKnnLDRJHA.2228[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Patrick Keenan wrote: >>> Download and run Process Explorer, and learn about what it does. It >>> should show you what's running and taking so many CPU cycles and slowing >>> the system down. >> >> I second this suggestion. However, things don't have to use a lot of CPU >> to slow things down. I had similar symptoms when my system was only ~10% >> busy, but that 10% was in explore.exe >> >> In the end, I found that closing one particular application stopped the >> continuous CPU usage in explore.exe and my system came back to life. >> >> The application hasn't changed recently, and had been running OK for >> months, so I presume this is some reaction between an old application and >> some new fix applied by Microsoft Update. Probably both parties are >> innocent, they just don't get on together. >> >> -- >> Steve Swift >> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html>> http://www.ringers.org.uk>> >
Yes, fine for XP.
Went to www.microsoft.com. typed "process explorer" in the search field,
went to the first result
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
where it states:
"Process Explorer works on Windows 2000 SP4 Rollup 1 or above."
XP counts as "above".
(Their text is perhaps slightly ambiguous: the meaning is
[Windows 2000 SP4 Rollup 1] or above
not
Windows 2000 [SP4 Rollup 1 or above]).
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On Nov 11, 5:29 pm, "snomazushi" <snos...[ at ]kamakura.net> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Does Process Explorer work on Win XP? It seems like it's for Windows 2000 > machine. > > sn"Swifty" <Steve.J.Sw...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:OlKnnLDRJHA.2228[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > > > Patrick Keenan wrote: > >> Download and run Process Explorer, and learn about what it does. It > >> should show you what's running and taking so many CPU cycles and slowing > >> the system down. > > > I second this suggestion. However, things don't have to use a lot of CPU > > to slow things down. I had similar symptoms when my system was only ~10% > > busy, but that 10% was in explore.exe > > > In the end, I found that closing one particular application stopped the > > continuous CPU usage in explore.exe and my system came back to life. > > > The application hasn't changed recently, and had been running OK for > > months, so I presume this is some reaction between an old application and > > some new fix applied by Microsoft Update. Probably both parties are > > innocent, they just don't get on together. > > > -- > > Steve Swift > > http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html> > http://www.ringers.org.uk
Also check in whether your harddrives have slipped back to PIO. --
Right click on My Computer, then on to > properties .> Hardware >
Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller > [your harddrive devices].
Doubleclick on each of the devices and look at Advanced Settings. It
should show ultra DMA is being used. If it shows PIO, that would
explain the slow response.
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witan wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Also check in whether your harddrives have slipped back to PIO.
Also check that your CPU hasn't been put into a "low power" mode. I'm
not sure if this applies to systems other than laptops. You can use
SpeedSwitch from www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/index.html to check. It's
unlikely to cause a 2-second delay, though.
--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk
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"snomazushi" <snospam[ at ]kamakura.net> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Does Process Explorer work on Win XP? It seems like it's for Windows 2000
> machine.
Sure does. Vista, too.
-pk
>
> sn
> "Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OlKnnLDRJHA.2228[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Patrick Keenan wrote:
>>> Download and run Process Explorer, and learn about what it does. It
>>> should show you what's running and taking so many CPU cycles and slowing
>>> the system down.
>>
>> I second this suggestion. However, things don't have to use a lot of CPU
>> to slow things down. I had similar symptoms when my system was only ~10%
>> busy, but that 10% was in explore.exe
>>
>> In the end, I found that closing one particular application stopped the
>> continuous CPU usage in explore.exe and my system came back to life.
>>
>> The application hasn't changed recently, and had been running OK for
>> months, so I presume this is some reaction between an old application and
>> some new fix applied by Microsoft Update. Probably both parties are
>> innocent, they just don't get on together.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Swift
>> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
>> http://www.ringers.org.uk
>>
>
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