Service Pack 2 System Slow-Down

[Guest]

After installing service pack 2, my system seems to run a bit slower
especially with anything graphics-related such as Internet Exporer. I have
512 k of ram.

Thanks for any help!!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Utilize the following maintenance programs
to maintain the optimum performance of Windows XP:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| After installing service pack 2, my system seems to run a bit slower
| especially with anything graphics-related such as Internet Exporer. I have
| 512 k of ram.
|
| Thanks for any help!!

 

[MIke]

DO YOU MEAN 5K or 5MB

 

[R. McCarty]

Sp2 replaces 2700+ system modules. Your drive is very fragmented.
It also purges the Prefetch cache, so you've "Temporarily" lost the XP
Layout.Ini benefits of file placement on your drive. After 3-Days and
several reboots the data will be rebuilt and during an idle period the
system will recreate the Layout.ini and defrag your drive placing drivers
and commonly used applications in an optimized location.
An immediate defrag will help with performance, the other will happen
automatically.