A Windows-XP Slow Down Question

[Frog]

I am a new user of Windows-XP, as I stated in an earlier message on this
group. Today, I received Windows-XP related request from a friend as
follows:


Quote:

While you are talking to folks on the Internet could you find out how
one determine what executions are taking place at any given time on my
computer (XP operating system)? It seems it is getting slower all the
time and I hear the disk whirring and, at times the Ethernet LAN & WAN
lights blinking when there is no valid reason. I am using Norton
anti-virus, Windows Defender & SPYBOT Search and none of them tell me
anything is wrong. When I double click on a program (MS Word or Excel,
etc.) it seems to take forever to come up and then even longer to bring
up the requested file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Unquote


I know for sure that I don't have an answer for his problem. Could
anybody help me with this? I would gladly ask him for additional
details if that is necessary.

Thanks for any help sent my way of this request.

Frog

 

[chicagofan]

I am a new user of Windows-XP, as I stated in an earlier message on this
group. Today, I received Windows-XP related request from a friend as
follows:


Quote:

While you are talking to folks on the Internet could you find out how
one determine what executions are taking place at any given time on my
computer (XP operating system)? It seems it is getting slower all the
time and I hear the disk whirring and, at times the Ethernet LAN & WAN
lights blinking when there is no valid reason. I am using Norton
anti-virus, Windows Defender & SPYBOT Search and none of them tell me
anything is wrong. When I double click on a program (MS Word or Excel,
etc.) it seems to take forever to come up and then even longer to bring
up the requested file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Unquote


I know for sure that I don't have an answer for his problem. Could
anybody help me with this? I would gladly ask him for additional
details if that is necessary.

Thanks for any help sent my way of this request.

Frog

Tell him to right click on his Windows task bar, then click on Task
Manager in the popup. That will show the programs running at that time.

If he doesn't recognize some of them or has questions, ask for a list to
inquire about, and someone here will help you.
bj

 

[Frog]

Tell him to right click on his Windows task bar, then click on Task
Manager in the popup. That will show the programs running at that time.

If he doesn't recognize some of them or has questions, ask for a list to
inquire about, and someone here will help you.
bj

It appears that Spybot - TeaTimer.exe is using 90 +/- percent of the CPU
assets for sometime after startup. Is there a way to turn this
automatic run capability off? I would prefer to manually run Spybot as
a part of my weekly maintenance process.

I will continue to monitor my system to determine what other programs
are running.

 

[chicagofan]

It appears that Spybot - TeaTimer.exe is using 90 +/- percent of the CPU
assets for sometime after startup. Is there a way to turn this
automatic run capability off? I would prefer to manually run Spybot as
a part of my weekly maintenance process.

I will continue to monitor my system to determine what other programs
are running.

Go to Start, click Run, type msconfig.exe, select the "StartUp" tab...
and look for the Spybot entries that you want to handle manually.
Uncheck them, click Apply and then re-boot your system. That should do it.

Second thought,I don't have Spybot, so you may have to check that
program's settings or options, and change them also.
bj

 

[Ron Hardin]

Longshot, if it's an Inspiron 6400 and temperature-wise cold, upgrade
the BIOS to v12. Thermistors report a temperature of 255C when cold
and the CPU runs on super slow, giving the impression that perfectly
normal things are hogging the machine.