slow running windows xp service pak 2

[Guest]

we have windows xp service pak 2 running very slow , we have a windowsw xp
service pak 1 that runs great how can we bring the service pak 2 up to par

 

[Shenan Stanley]

we have windows xp service pak 2 running very slow , we have a
windowsw xp service pak 1 that runs great how can we bring the
service pak 2 up to par

Well - are these machines identical?
All the software, all the hardware exactly the same - all the drivers up to
date on both?

 

[Gerry]

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.

How much RAM memory?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[Guest]

the ram memory i dont know , but the rest is (hard drive 4.20 gb used and
110 gb free space ,commit charge is 131300,limit 295108, peak 135468

 

[Gerry]

Right click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select
Properties. You will see details of the RAM there.

When was this computer new? What is the processor speed?

What anti-virus programme is installed?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Guest]

120 mb ram , processor is 400mhzthis is a used , i have spy bot ,avg

 

[Gerry]

The computer may have satisfied the original system requirements for
Windows XP but realistically you are never going to get it to run as you
might want it to? Light duties only.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Guest]

well i it loads very good, but then it crawls online , pauses and takes
forever to do somethings

 

[Shenan Stanley]

we have windows xp service pak 2 running very slow , we have a
windowsw xp service pak 1 that runs great how can we bring the
service pak 2 up to par

120 mb ram , processor is 400mhzthis is a used , i have spy bot

well i it loads very good, but then it crawls online , pauses and
takes forever to do somethings

Yes.
Slow processor, hardly any memory (in terms of Windows XP realistic
minimums)...
Yes - it will be slow, it will pause as it swaps with virtual memory.
In fact reviewing the thread - if you have a 120+GB hard disk drive in this
system - that sounds like a waste of resources. ;-)

 

[Guest]

so what would i need to do or place in it

 

[Gerry]

The processor at 400 mhz is the killer because that cannot be changed
without changing the motherboard. That could mean changing the power
supply and new memory as the existing would be unlikely to be reusable.
You might as well buy a new computer. The hard disk would be worth
adding to the new computer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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so what would i need to do or place in it

 

[David Starr]

so what would i need to do or place in it

Sounds like you have an older machine. If you strip XP down (get rid of
all the frills) and maybe add some memory, the machine ought to be OK,
not a gamers fireball you understand, but good enough for CAD,
programming, video capture, web surfing, memo writing and spreadsheeting.
Things you can chuck.
1. Themes and screen savers. Select the windows classic desktop, the
plain one without the rounded three-D windowframes.
2. Support for handicapped, IIS, foreign language support, indexing
service, MSN explorer, message queueing, outlook express, other network
file and print services, and windows messenger. Kill these in
"Settings->control panel-> add&remove programers windows component button.
3. While you are in add&remove programs, remove anything you don't use,
games, and craplets. If you don't recognize the name and you want to
know what it is, google for it. Don't remove things like your video
drivers. You only need ONE version of Java, the latest; remove older ones.
4. Run your antivirus, adaware, spybot search & destroy, and the
microsoft malicious software removal tool. Put up a third party
firewall like zonealarm (freeby version is good) and turn off the
microsoft one.
5. Weed out as many services as you can.
Settings->controlpanel->Administrative tools ->Services. Services are
"run-behind-your-back" bits of software. Some are mandatory (windows
won't boot without them) many just eat ram and CPU time, some are entry
points for malware. Services have three startup modes, automatic (loads
at boot time whether you need it or not), manual (loads when a program
asks for it and not before) and disabled (never loads no matter what).
You can change the start mode from auto to manual without doing anything
bad. If you check back after you been running awhile and the manual
services still are not running, then you have saved cpu time and ram.
One big gotcha. Service "Remote Job Entry" is mandatory. Windows won't
boot without it. Leave it "auto". Service Telnet and service
"Messager" are a malware entry ports. Google will find you some very
complete sites listing all the services in the Microsoft world.
5. Run a third party browser and email application. Mozilla has been
good to me. Internet Explorer is slow and vulnerable. Same goes for
Outlook and Exchange mail clients.

David Starr