Poor performance after installing SP2

[dan]

After installing SP2 there is a significant drop in performance, starting
with booting which takes twice the time it used to take before.

Is there a way to detect the cause and improve performance?

Thanks, Dan

 

[Guest]

After installing SP2 there is a significant drop in performance, starting
with booting which takes twice the time it used to take before.

Is there a way to detect the cause and improve performance?

Thanks, Dan

Hi Dan!
I knoe that it had been very troublesome for us and microsoft team to
overcome the problem on Windows Xp especially sp1a. The only suggestion from
me to u is that make sure theres no other app. that is stealing CPU
usage/focus from windows process like 'system idle process' at Task Manager;
and also make sure that ur CPU & RAM is higher than Windows XP Recommended
Requirements and NOT at Minimal Requirements or LOWER. Well, if u use a
geniune non-OEM original Windows Xp cd it should be juz fine! I hope it
helps. Byezz!!!~!!

 

[dan]

Many thanks. My computer is a Dell Dimension 8300, Pentium 4, 3GHz, 1 GB
of RAM.
It was very performant before installing SP2.
The boot time has more than doubled. Windows Explorer also takes incredibly
long to display a folder or to delete files.
I am looking for a tool that could diagnose the cause.
Thanks again,
Dan

 

[Alex Nichol]

After installing SP2 there is a significant drop in performance, starting
with booting which takes twice the time it used to take before.

Is there a way to detect the cause and improve performance?

Installing SP2 leaves files scattered around and undoes all the
optimisations that have gone on - it accordingly deletes the PreFetch
folder, and that has to be rebuilt. Defrag the system, and then reboot
two or three times during the next week, so that data on boot
accumulates in PreFetch along with that on programs you load, and the
every-three day optimisation will start to improves things pretty soon

 

[Rock]

After installing SP2 there is a significant drop in performance, starting
with booting which takes twice the time it used to take before.

Is there a way to detect the cause and improve performance?

Thanks, Dan

How long has it been? It can take several days and 3 or 4 reboots for
it to speed up. First defrag. The boot prefetch will kick in after the
3 rd reboot. It takes several days for the prefetch folder to be
rebuilt. And the in built optimization kicks in every 3 days. After
that defrag again. If the system is still slow after some days try some
clean boot troubleshooting to see what may be hanging up on startup. A
program may need to be uninstalled / reinstalled:

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353