Does W2K gets slower as it get older?

[Josef Stalin]

Someone at work remarked that W2K is a crappy OS because it gets slower as
it gets older. Remarkably enough, I kept my opinions to myself.

My observation about W2K over the years is that if you don't prune the temp
subdir's, remove spy software or don't defrag and you keep adding additional
software, then yes, the OS does get slower.

Simple question: Does W2K really get slower over time, or is it because of
all the crap people add to the system that causes it to run slower and/or
the lack of maintenance that causes to run slower or the registry paradigm
just blows?

Father Joe

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Someone at work remarked that W2K is a crappy OS because it gets slower as
it gets older. Remarkably enough, I kept my opinions to myself.

My observation about W2K over the years is that if you don't prune the temp
subdir's, remove spy software or don't defrag and you keep adding additional
software, then yes, the OS does get slower.

Simple question: Does W2K really get slower over time, or is it because of
all the crap people add to the system that causes it to run slower and/or
the lack of maintenance that causes to run slower or the registry paradigm
just blows?

Father Joe

Windows does not get slower by itself but it gets slowed down by
the additional stuff that it must run: Virus scanners, firewalls, all
sorts of resident programs. Disk fragmentation also plays a role.

 

[Josef Stalin]

Windows does not get slower by itself but it gets slowed down by
the additional stuff that it must run: Virus scanners, firewalls, all
sorts of resident programs. Disk fragmentation also plays a role.

That's what I thought. Thanks.

Father Joe,

 

[Steve Nielsen]

All versions of Windows get bogged down with time if not properly
maintained, not just Win2K.

Steve