Slow Computer after idling awhile

[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 have forgotten
some vital info that is needed please let me know. Thanks!

 

[SC Tom]

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 have forgotten
some vital info that is needed please let me know. Thanks!

After the PC boots up and has stabilized, check the event logs for any
errors or warnings that may be there at that time. Don't worry too much
about the day before unless there are errors that occurred at the time of
the last shut down.
If you have Spybot's Tea Timer running, that will sometimes slow things way
down, especially with ZASS. I ended up uninstalling Spybot for that reason.
If you run the registry cleaner part of CCleaner, you might try restoring
those keys that were deleted about the time you uninstalled Revit. You kept
the backups, I hope?
You might try booting into safe mode and trying to run a System Restore from
there. If that fails, try Safe Mode with Command Prompt, and when it's up,
type in
C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
and press enter. Give it a bit and the GUI will come up for restoring. I've
had success that way when other methods failed for whatever reason.

SC Tom

 

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