Cannot figure out WHAT is bogging this system down...

[jtpryan]

Would somebody be kind enough to look at this BIG file and give me
suggestions as to why this system is so ungodly slow. The CPU is
constantly pegged. But it becomes unusable when playing any kind of
music audio file. I mean, it is no screamer, but it shouldn't be this
bad. I should be able to edit a file or surf the web and listen to
music. Does not matter which player I use, I've tried WMP, Jet Audio,
XampD.

Here is the WinAudit output...

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.pdf

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.txt

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.html


PDF, Text, or HTML, what ever is easiest.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[philo]

Would somebody be kind enough to look at this BIG file and give me
suggestions as to why this system is so ungodly slow. The CPU is
constantly pegged. But it becomes unusable when playing any kind of
music audio file. I mean, it is no screamer, but it shouldn't be this
bad. I should be able to edit a file or surf the web and listen to
music. Does not matter which player I use, I've tried WMP, Jet Audio,
XampD.

Here is the WinAudit output...

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.pdf

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.txt

<snip>

Well you certainly gave a lot of info...
too much infact to read all.

Here is one thing you could try for starters:

Disconnect the machine from the internet...then run msconfig and take *all*
applications out of startup...

reboot and see how your machine runs.

If it runs ok now...you should add your virus checker and firewall ...then
reboot

If your system is running OK I'd leave it at that...

 

[Paul]

Would somebody be kind enough to look at this BIG file and give me
suggestions as to why this system is so ungodly slow. The CPU is
constantly pegged. But it becomes unusable when playing any kind of
music audio file. I mean, it is no screamer, but it shouldn't be this
bad. I should be able to edit a file or surf the web and listen to
music. Does not matter which player I use, I've tried WMP, Jet Audio,
XampD.

Here is the WinAudit output...

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.pdf

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.txt

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.html


PDF, Text, or HTML, what ever is easiest.

Thanks,
Jim

I'd probably start by looking at Task Manager (ctrl-alt-delete).
See if there are any processes loading things down.

A second area to research, is the chipset of your motherboard.
Did it have any issues with PCI latency settings, PCI bus
thruput ? Is Delayed Transaction enabled ? Is PCI Latency set
to 32 or so ? Sometimes audio starvation is caused by bus
performance. Some of the older chipsets use the PCI bus to
connect the Northbridge to the Southbridge, and to all the
PCI cards.

Judging by the size of your "MD" files, that is a lot of
cruft to be dragging around. Just creating a list of all of
it, would probably load the CPU to 100%

Paul

 

[Conor]

Would somebody be kind enough to look at this BIG file and give me
suggestions as to why this system is so ungodly slow. The CPU is
constantly pegged. But it becomes unusable when playing any kind of
music audio file. I mean, it is no screamer, but it shouldn't be this
bad. I should be able to edit a file or surf the web and listen to
music. Does not matter which player I use, I've tried WMP, Jet Audio,
XampD.

Here is the WinAudit output...

You'd do far better with a Hijack THis log...

 

[Mark Pryor]

You'd do far better with a Hijack THis log...

Good suggestion since iexplore.exe is running in the background -- a sure
sign of spyware.

 

[talldude88]

Would somebody be kind enough to look at this BIG file and give me
suggestions as to why this system is so ungodly slow. The CPU is
constantly pegged. But it becomes unusable when playing any kind of
music audio file. I mean, it is no screamer, but it shouldn't be this
bad. I should be able to edit a file or surf the web and listen to
music. Does not matter which player I use, I've tried WMP, Jet Audio,
XampD.

Here is the WinAudit output...

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.pdf

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.txt

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.html

PDF, Text, or HTML, what ever is easiest.

Thanks,
Jim

I noticed that you have alot of crapware (non-important applications
that may give off spyware) on your system. Get rid of those, do a
spyware scan (online or through a program), and free up some hard
drive space with CCleaner (www.ccleaner.com).

 

[jtpryan]

I noticed that you have alot of crapware (non-important applications
that may give off spyware) on your system. Get rid of those, do a
spyware scan (online or through a program), and free up some hard
drive space with CCleaner (www.ccleaner.com).

That was my original thought. I've run CCleaner, no change. I've run
Adaware, Spybot, and AVG anti-spyware, deleting everything they
found. No change. I'm leaning in the direction of BIOS settings.

-Jim

 

[Daave]

Would somebody be kind enough to look at this BIG file and give me
suggestions as to why this system is so ungodly slow. The CPU is
constantly pegged. But it becomes unusable when playing any kind of
music audio file. I mean, it is no screamer, but it shouldn't be this
bad. I should be able to edit a file or surf the web and listen to
music. Does not matter which player I use, I've tried WMP, Jet Audio,
XampD.

Here is the WinAudit output...

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.pdf

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.txt

or

http://jtpryan.googlepages.com/MD.html

Yup, lots of crap there.

For starters, get rid of Viewpoint Media Player.

Also jettison Yazzle, AltnetDM, Error Guard, midADdle,
ScreensaversInstaller, and Seekno toolbar.

Oh, and ZipCodec implies a Zlob infection.

 

[jtpryan]

Yup, lots of crap there.

For starters, get rid of Viewpoint Media Player.

Also jettison Yazzle, AltnetDM, Error Guard, midADdle,
ScreensaversInstaller, and Seekno toolbar.

Oh, and ZipCodec implies a Zlob infection.- Hide quoted text -

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I think that WinAudit pulls up old info. Those things are not on the
system as far as I can tell.

 

[Daave]

I think that WinAudit pulls up old info. Those things are not on the
system as far as I can tell.

Maybe not the stuff in my first paragraph, but I'm sure you have a Zlob
infection. Note the startup command:

RUNDLL32 IEDKCS32.DLL,BrandCleanInstallStubs

{5CC8E4D9-873D-4BFE-9548-4C6126DE9096

Googling "brandclearstubs and IEDKCS32.DLL" indicates this is a common
problem. Here's a good hit:

http://forums.techguy.org/security/542583-how-can-i-remove-troj_zlob.html

Running SmitfraudFix should do the trick.