I have a Dell Windows XP computer that if not used for several days, loads
programs like Word and Excel very slowly. I'm talking minutes. Even to shut
it down takes a while to bring up the Turn-Off Computer screen. I've run
antivirus and antispyware programs and it seems clean. I've taken it off of
the Sleep and/or Hibernate option because it was waking up so slowly. I also
defraged and disabled the screen saver. If I restart it works fine. It seems
like there is a memory hog there somewhere. How can I determine what's
causing this slow-down?
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Mahlen

Can you run TaskManager (RightClick next to the clock) when this is
happening. Which program is using high cpu?

Frank

"MPetry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a Dell Windows XP computer that if not used for several days, loads
>programs like Word and Excel very slowly. I'm talking minutes. Even to shut
>it down takes a while to bring up the Turn-Off Computer screen. I've run
>antivirus and antispyware programs and it seems clean. I've taken it off of
>the Sleep and/or Hibernate option because it was waking up so slowly. I
>also defraged and disabled the screen saver. If I restart it works fine. It
>seems like there is a memory hog there somewhere. How can I determine
>what's causing this slow-down?
> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Mahlen
>

I think I can, but I'll check (I have to wait until tomorrow). Thanks,
Mahlen

"FrankV" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can you run TaskManager (RightClick next to the clock) when this is
> happening. Which program is using high cpu?
>
> Frank
>
> "MPetry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>I have a Dell Windows XP computer that if not used for several days, loads
>>programs like Word and Excel very slowly. I'm talking minutes. Even to
>>shut it down takes a while to bring up the Turn-Off Computer screen. I've
>>run antivirus and antispyware programs and it seems clean. I've taken it
>>off of the Sleep and/or Hibernate option because it was waking up so
>>slowly. I also defraged and disabled the screen saver. If I restart it
>>works fine. It seems like there is a memory hog there somewhere. How can I
>>determine what's causing this slow-down?
>> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Mahlen
>>
>
>

Thanks for the Task Manager tip Frank. The printer spooling program
(spoolsv.exe) had nearly 100M of memory usage. I searched for that program
on Google and found many many people have had similar problems with this
program. To solve mine I had to delete 2 programs in the System 32 Spooling
Printer folder. That seems to have done the trick.
Thanks again,
Mahlen

"FrankV" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can you run TaskManager (RightClick next to the clock) when this is
> happening. Which program is using high cpu?
>
> Frank
>
> "MPetry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Oyfv$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have a Dell Windows XP computer that if not used for several days, loads
>>programs like Word and Excel very slowly. I'm talking minutes. Even to
>>shut it down takes a while to bring up the Turn-Off Computer screen. I've
>>run antivirus and antispyware programs and it seems clean. I've taken it
>>off of the Sleep and/or Hibernate option because it was waking up so
>>slowly. I also defraged and disabled the screen saver. If I restart it
>>works fine. It seems like there is a memory hog there somewhere. How can I
>>determine what's causing this slow-down?
>> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Mahlen
>>
>
>

OK. I get a similar problem but just occasionally. Next time it happens
I'll look into the spoolsv.exe.

Frank

"MPetry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the Task Manager tip Frank. The printer spooling program
> (spoolsv.exe) had nearly 100M of memory usage. I searched for that program
> on Google and found many many people have had similar problems with this
> program. To solve mine I had to delete 2 programs in the System 32
> Spooling Printer folder. That seems to have done the trick.
> Thanks again,
> Mahlen
>
> "FrankV" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Can you run TaskManager (RightClick next to the clock) when this is
>> happening. Which program is using high cpu?
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> "MPetry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:Oyfv$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have a Dell Windows XP computer that if not used for several days,
>>>loads programs like Word and Excel very slowly. I'm talking minutes. Even
>>>to shut it down takes a while to bring up the Turn-Off Computer screen.
>>>I've run antivirus and antispyware programs and it seems clean. I've
>>>taken it off of the Sleep and/or Hibernate option because it was waking
>>>up so slowly. I also defraged and disabled the screen saver. If I restart
>>>it works fine. It seems like there is a memory hog there somewhere. How
>>>can I determine what's causing this slow-down?
>>> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mahlen
>>>
>>
>>
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