Slow Windows

[DukeOfMarshall]

I've got a serious problem. I was having trouble downloading and
installing the new flash player so I went through Adobe's
troubleshooting guide. One thing that they recommended was that the
windows profile I was using didn't have sufficient rights to install
the program and suggested that this might be resolved by modifying the
permissions of the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT directory of the registry. I set
the "Users" permission to full control and rebooted. Now windows is
EXTREMELY slow after the welcome screen. Once a program is up and
running the program itself is fine, but windows explorer, the task
bar, and the start button are EXTREMELY slow when I attempt to use
them. It usually takes somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes to get
anything to happen. This is still resulting even after I undid the
changes I made to the registry. Can anyone help me resolve this issue?
An upgrade to XP Pro didn't even help. I'm really not wanting to clean
install if at all possible. Does anyone have a solution?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried restoring your computer to another time?start all programs and
accessories and then system tools.
Also what memory do you have installed and hard drive space do you have.
You could also try start run and then type msconfig, once in the dialog box
of system utility press the statup tab and have a look at ticked boxes next
to programs that are starting when you start the computer.
A lot of these programs are rubbish, but not all. Leave windows programs
have a look at suspesct names.

 

[DukeOfMarshall]

Chris,
Thanks for the reply. I've actually already cleared out about 17 Gigs
from my disk. I don't leave System Restore turned on because of the
the resource "hog" it is. I keep the msconfig cleared out of erroneous
items. I've also turned off any unneeded services, ran virus scans and
adware scans, and defragged the computer, but still to no avail. I'm
pretty sure it's going to be a registry issue, but I'm not that great
with the registry(obviously) or being able to fix it.

 

[Guest]

Are you the Administrator or do you use the User account?

 

[Unknown]

When did you last run disk cleanup?

Chris,
Thanks for the reply. I've actually already cleared out about 17 Gigs
from my disk. I don't leave System Restore turned on because of the
the resource "hog" it is. I keep the msconfig cleared out of erroneous
items. I've also turned off any unneeded services, ran virus scans and
adware scans, and defragged the computer, but still to no avail. I'm
pretty sure it's going to be a registry issue, but I'm not that great
with the registry(obviously) or being able to fix it.

 

[Gerry]

Do you shutdown your computer after use or leave it on 24/7?

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?

How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.

What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
this information.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

System Restore is a resource hog is new to me? If it had been running
you might have had a simple remedy for your present problems.

I do not understand why you tinkered with the registry to give yourself
administrator's rights. It's done by logging on as Administrator in Safe
Mode and making the changes through User Accounts in Control Panel.

Msconfig is a Diagnostic Utility and not intended to be used to turn off
unwanted start up programmes. You do this from within each programme or
using a programme like Autoruns. Leave msconfig alone and try Autoruns:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

Turning off Services could well have caused problems but let that pass
for now.

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports please. Indicate which also appear in a prvious
boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.




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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[DukeOfMarshall]

Gerry,
I usually leave the machine on for 24/7.

Commit Charge:
Total: 514420
Limit: 2522632
Peak: 518000

Hard Drive
Size:
Free:

CPU Speed: 3.2 P4
RAM: 1 GB

I can't get into Event Viewer for some reason. If I do then I'll post
those reports.

 

[Dee]

I've got a serious problem. I was having trouble downloading and
installing the new flash player so I went through Adobe's
troubleshooting guide. One thing that they recommended was that the
windows profile I was using didn't have sufficient rights to install
the program and suggested that this might be resolved by modifying the
permissions of the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT directory of the registry. I set
the "Users" permission to full control and rebooted. Now windows is
EXTREMELY slow after the welcome screen. Once a program is up and
running the program itself is fine, but windows explorer, the task
bar, and the start button are EXTREMELY slow when I attempt to use
them. It usually takes somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes to get
anything to happen. This is still resulting even after I undid the
changes I made to the registry. Can anyone help me resolve this issue?
An upgrade to XP Pro didn't even help. I'm really not wanting to clean
install if at all possible. Does anyone have a solution?

Hi...
I just ran into a similar problem just yesterday when I attempted to
install a printer and its software to my one Windows XP Pro SP2 system.
After I rebooted, everything was very slow - welcome screen hanging for
nearly 10 minutes, same with password, shutdown, explorer, etc...
First I rebooted, hit the ctrl key or F8 key and chose Last Known Good
Configuration.

(I could not use system restore as suddenly none of my restore points
prior to installing this software could not be restored).

When this didn't work I did the following as I could not get into safe mode:
How To Repair or Replace Boot.ini in Windows XP
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairbootini.htm

I believe it helped but still some hangs so I rebooted and entered the
BIOS (System Settings) and changed my boot sequence to boot from CD.
Put the Windows XP Pro disk in drive and rebooted, then performed a
repair right from the disk.
Here are some sites to guide you through this:
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxppro/installxpcdrepair/indexfullpage.htm

Seems drastic but the printer software I was installing did not work
anyway. It was just after loading this as the system froze during
setup, that my problems began with the slow starts and system hangs.
When I was able to get back into safe mode and before I attempted to go
to Last Known Good Configuration, I removed that particular printer's
software first and manually cleaned out the registry from all references
to this. If you are not familiar with manually cleaning the registry
entries, then do not open the registry editor. Just follow steps above
and from those pages to try to get back to normal.

Just some ideas but what you are experiencing sounds very close to what
occurred with my system after trying to load that software.

All is well again and after performing steps above, my system is back to
normal and I lost nothing with these fixes.

Take Care...
Dee

 

[Gerry]

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? You should be
able to access Event Viewer!


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~