The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.

I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
reformating.

System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow again.

Memtest showed no errors.
I am out of ideas !

Sydney wrote:
> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>
> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
> reformating.
>
> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow again.
Looks pretty conclusive to me. Don't install the update that makes it slow.
>
> Memtest showed no errors.
> I am out of ideas !

"Sydney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>
> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
> reformating.
>
> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow again.
>
> Memtest showed no errors.
> I am out of ideas !

Take a look in task manager .. maybe some process is hogging the CPU or
loading up the Memory.

"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
hhurcf$qnu$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sydney wrote:
>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>
>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>> reformating.
>>
>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>> again.
> Looks pretty conclusive to me. Don't install the update that makes it
> slow.
>>
>> Memtest showed no errors.
>> I am out of ideas !

This is a whole bunch of updates Microsoft has issued from 2003 to 2010 !

Sydney wrote:
> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion
> : hhurcf$qnu$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sydney wrote:
>>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>>
>>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>>> reformating.
>>>
>>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>>> again.
>> Looks pretty conclusive to me. Don't install the update that makes it
>> slow.
>>>
>>> Memtest showed no errors.
>>> I am out of ideas !
>
> This is a whole bunch of updates Microsoft has issued from 2003 to 2010 !

Nobody said using microsoft OS was easy.
There's no substitute for determining the cause of the problem.
You can also turn off groups of background processes to see if that
helps you narrow the search.
Virus scanners and firewalls are resource hogs.

IMHO, you will never be happy with XP at 256MB if you expect a FAST
system. If you have a slow disk, memory size is critically important.
I can only assume it's XP.

What I do is
Install 512MB of ram if I'm not running many OR big programs...1GB if I am.
2GB if I expect to run virtual machines.
Install the original OS.
Install SP3.
Turn off ALL updates.

"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sydney wrote:
>> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
>> hhurcf$qnu$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Sydney wrote:
>>>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>>>
>>>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>>>> reformating.
>>>>
>>>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>>>> again.
>>> Looks pretty conclusive to me. Don't install the update that makes it
>>> slow.
>>>>
>>>> Memtest showed no errors.
>>>> I am out of ideas !
>>
>> This is a whole bunch of updates Microsoft has issued from 2003 to 2010 !
>
> Nobody said using microsoft OS was easy.
> There's no substitute for determining the cause of the problem.
> You can also turn off groups of background processes to see if that helps
> you narrow the search.
> Virus scanners and firewalls are resource hogs.
>
> IMHO, you will never be happy with XP at 256MB if you expect a FAST
> system. If you have a slow disk, memory size is critically important.
> I can only assume it's XP.
>
> What I do is
> Install 512MB of ram if I'm not running many OR big programs...1GB if I
> am.
> 2GB if I expect to run virtual machines.
> Install the original OS.
> Install SP3.
> Turn off ALL updates.

Increase RAM is a very good idea
Turning off automatic updates is a very bad idea .. for security

"who?" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de
groupe de discussion : hhvdms$1ve$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Sydney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4b42ebb3$0$24780$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>
>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>> reformating.
>>
>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>> again.
>>
>> Memtest showed no errors.
>> I am out of ideas !
>
> Take a look in task manager .. maybe some process is hogging the CPU or
> loading up the Memory.
No process in task manager is consuming apreciable memory...
I read there there are 249 Mo used memory out of 478 Mo total;

Physical memory is 191 Mo. at rest (only the desktop) the highest memory
cummer is ashServ.exe (Avast) for
16.6 Mo.
What do you think ?

"Sydney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4b42ebb3$0$24780$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>
> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
> reformating.
>
> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow again.
>
> Memtest showed no errors.
> I am out of ideas !

What Virus software are you running? McAfee by any chance?

"Sydney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "who?" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message
> de groupe de discussion : hhvdms$1ve$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "Sydney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:4b42ebb3$0$24780$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>>
>>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>>> reformating.
>>>
>>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>>> again.
>>>
>>> Memtest showed no errors.
>>> I am out of ideas !
>>
>> Take a look in task manager .. maybe some process is hogging the CPU or
>> loading up the Memory.
> No process in task manager is consuming apreciable memory...
> I read there there are 249 Mo used memory out of 478 Mo total;
>
> Physical memory is 191 Mo. at rest (only the desktop) the highest memory
> cummer is ashServ.exe (Avast) for
> 16.6 Mo.
> What do you think ?

I had a Dell laptop to look at which was slow, a clean install fixed the
problem to a large extent (it had very tough virus), but I also found a
little program running, reinstalled with the OS that slowed down text
appearing on screen. This gave the impression that the laptop was slow.

What you can do to find a problematic process is stop a process in task
manager, then see how the computer responds. Just work through them one at a
time. It may help to uninstall your AV to start with. Just don't go crazy
trawling the internet without AV running.

who? wrote:
> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:hhvhg5$kit$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sydney wrote:
>>> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
>>> hhurcf$qnu$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Sydney wrote:
>>>>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>>>>
>>>>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>>>>> reformating.
>>>>>
>>>>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>>>>> again.
>>>> Looks pretty conclusive to me. Don't install the update that makes it
>>>> slow.
>>>>> Memtest showed no errors.
>>>>> I am out of ideas !
>>> This is a whole bunch of updates Microsoft has issued from 2003 to 2010 !
>> Nobody said using microsoft OS was easy.
>> There's no substitute for determining the cause of the problem.
>> You can also turn off groups of background processes to see if that helps
>> you narrow the search.
>> Virus scanners and firewalls are resource hogs.
>>
>> IMHO, you will never be happy with XP at 256MB if you expect a FAST
>> system. If you have a slow disk, memory size is critically important.
>> I can only assume it's XP.
>>
>> What I do is
>> Install 512MB of ram if I'm not running many OR big programs...1GB if I
>> am.
>> 2GB if I expect to run virtual machines.
>> Install the original OS.
>> Install SP3.
>> Turn off ALL updates.
>
> Increase RAM is a very good idea
> Turning off automatic updates is a very bad idea .. for security
>
>
Since I turned off automatic updates on ALL programs, I've never had my
system
crash or behave badly because of some unknown automatic update.
One should always know what got updated and when...so you can know what to
fix when something breaks. Last thing you want is 100 programs modifying
your system any time they want. I only update when it gets me some new
capability that I can't do without...although I did install the
confiker worm patches.

Security is blown all out of proportion.
If you care about your computer getting invaded, back it up.
If you care about your personal information, don't put it unencrypted on
your computer.
Run antivirus and a firewall with outgoing protection.
Stay out of the porn sites and you'll be fine.