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ULguy

Hi Folks, I've run into a recent problem that I have no explanation for. It
started when I DL and installed Autodesk Revit Architecture Suite 2010. I DL
revit (30min) and installed (30min) and noticed that my machine ran slow. I
then Uninstalled (did not have own uninstaller), and deleted remant folders
(as many as I could find). Well now my computer is running slow, in a weird
way. When I boot up my machine, and all is booted, my machine runs fine. But
if I boot up and go make a cup of tea and read the paper, when I try to use
my machine (apx 30 min later) it takes an excessively long time to get on IE,
or run a program. In some cases my hourglass timer just runs and runs (not
responding). Trying to open outlook is even time comsuming. But if I reboot
and give it the normal booting time (a few minutes) I can access everything
just fine, runs normally.
I don't know if I accidentally deleted something that was not Revit related.
I did virtually all of the stuff other post mention (Scans, defrag, etc. I
even tried System restore, but received msg that it could not restore prior
to Revit). I'm not sure what else to do, so I came here for help. My machine
info is below. Any suggestions as to why it is slow only after it sits for a
while, but not when it first boots up? What did Revit, if anything, do to my
machine? I am open to all ideas.

Systemax Venture H356 Desktop, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Mini-Tower mATX Chassis, 500 Watt Power Supply,
ASUS P5GZ-MX 945GZ mATX Motherboard
CPO PD 940 3.2 4M 800 BXED W/HS (Intel Pentium D processor 940),
1GBx2 PC2 4200 CL4 240-pin DIMM Kit 533MHz DDR2 Memory (Kingston
KVR533D2N4K2/2G)
250GB 7200RPM 3G SATAII Hard Drive (Western Digital) = "C" Drive
750GB 7200RPM , SATA-300 Hard Drive (Western Digital) = "J" Drive
320GB 7200RPM “My Book†external HD (Western Digital) = "L" Drive
2 x (20X DVDRW Dual Layer Drive) Lite-on,
3.5" 1.44 MB Black Floppy Drive
9-in-1 USB Card Reader
56K V.92 PCI Data/Fax Modem
3-Port Firewire Card
Logitech Value 100 Keyboard PS/2
Logitech Black Optical Wheel Mouse PS/2
Logitech Z-2300 THX Speaker System
Lexmark Model X8350 All in One Printer

I regularly use these products for antivirus/antispyware protection. I also
keep up with windows updates.

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite
Spybot Search & Destory
Ad-Aware
CCleaner

Again, I appreciate any suggestions as to what may be behind this recent
slowness since installing and then uninstalling Revit. If I forgotten to
mention some vital info Please let me know. Thanks!
 
S

SC Tom

ULguy said:
Hi Folks, I've run into a recent problem that I have no explanation for.
It
started when I DL and installed Autodesk Revit Architecture Suite 2010. I
DL
revit (30min) and installed (30min) and noticed that my machine ran slow.
I
then Uninstalled (did not have own uninstaller), and deleted remant
folders
(as many as I could find). Well now my computer is running slow, in a
weird
way. When I boot up my machine, and all is booted, my machine runs fine.
But
if I boot up and go make a cup of tea and read the paper, when I try to
use
my machine (apx 30 min later) it takes an excessively long time to get on
IE,
or run a program. In some cases my hourglass timer just runs and runs (not
responding). Trying to open outlook is even time comsuming. But if I
reboot
and give it the normal booting time (a few minutes) I can access
everything
just fine, runs normally.
I don't know if I accidentally deleted something that was not Revit
related.
I did virtually all of the stuff other post mention (Scans, defrag, etc. I
even tried System restore, but received msg that it could not restore
prior
to Revit). I'm not sure what else to do, so I came here for help. My
machine
info is below. Any suggestions as to why it is slow only after it sits for
a
while, but not when it first boots up? What did Revit, if anything, do to
my
machine? I am open to all ideas.

Systemax Venture H356 Desktop, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Mini-Tower mATX Chassis, 500 Watt Power Supply,
ASUS P5GZ-MX 945GZ mATX Motherboard
CPO PD 940 3.2 4M 800 BXED W/HS (Intel Pentium D processor 940),
1GBx2 PC2 4200 CL4 240-pin DIMM Kit 533MHz DDR2 Memory (Kingston
KVR533D2N4K2/2G)
250GB 7200RPM 3G SATAII Hard Drive (Western Digital) = "C" Drive
750GB 7200RPM , SATA-300 Hard Drive (Western Digital) = "J" Drive
320GB 7200RPM “My Book†external HD (Western Digital) = "L" Drive
2 x (20X DVDRW Dual Layer Drive) Lite-on,
3.5" 1.44 MB Black Floppy Drive
9-in-1 USB Card Reader
56K V.92 PCI Data/Fax Modem
3-Port Firewire Card
Logitech Value 100 Keyboard PS/2
Logitech Black Optical Wheel Mouse PS/2
Logitech Z-2300 THX Speaker System
Lexmark Model X8350 All in One Printer

I regularly use these products for antivirus/antispyware protection. I
also
keep up with windows updates.

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite
Spybot Search & Destory
Ad-Aware
CCleaner

Again, I appreciate any suggestions as to what may be behind this recent
slowness since installing and then uninstalling Revit. If I forgotten to
mention some vital info Please let me know. Thanks!

Check the answer to your post from a half-hour ago.
 

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