slow start up and pc in general

B

bassett

has a recent microsoft update made start ups a lot slower, pc ok about 2-3
week ago but recently start up has been a chore taking in excess of 15mins or
longer.

programs and applications same also to take forever to load in.

regularly clean, defrag, virus check, malware etc and have done so recently,
but no joy.

some system details which may shed some light

TPM = 256.00MB
APM = 47.19 MB
TVM = 2.00MB
AVM = 1.96 MB
PAGE FILE = 736.29 MB

thanks for any advice
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

bassett said:
has a recent microsoft update made start ups a lot slower, pc ok about 2-3
week ago but recently start up has been a chore taking in excess of 15mins
or
longer.

programs and applications same also to take forever to load in.

regularly clean, defrag, virus check, malware etc and have done so
recently,
but no joy.

some system details which may shed some light

TPM = 256.00MB
APM = 47.19 MB
TVM = 2.00MB
AVM = 1.96 MB
PAGE FILE = 736.29 MB

thanks for any advice
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Start the machine in Safe Mode. If it is still slow then you may have a
hardware problem. If it is fast then it's being slowed down by your various
startup tasks.
 
J

JS

It could be a sub-process or application that's running in the background
and taking all the CPU resources.

To find and display what could be the problem try Process Explorer:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check:
'Show Process Tree' and the 'Show Lower Pane' options.
Move your mouse cursor over any column in the right hand pane and
right click and check the following boxes:
'Command Line' and 'Version'.
Then expand the process named 'Explorer' (click on the + sign)
In the column on the left named 'CPU', look for any high CPU usage.
Next click on the CPU column to sort the processes by %CPU usage
(Highest to Lowest).

Move the mouse cursor over any process,
you should see a popup with some detailed info.
Then mouse over the process that's using most or all the CPU %.
Then click on that process to highlight it,
Now that it's highlighted, right click and from the options listed select:
'Search Online'.
This should display what out there on the web about that process.
You can also double click on any process to open up a more detailed
'Properties' window.
Note: some entries like Explorer, System/Services, and Svchost
may need to be expanded to show the detail (sub processes),
in this case click on the + located to the left of the entry.

An alternate method when using Process Explorer
is to double click on the Graph just below the Menu bar.
This will open the 'System Information' window, which has a larger display
of all three graphs. Move your mouse over any spike in the
CPU Usage graph to see what process/application or service is the cause
of the spike.
 
G

Gerry

bassett

What CPU speed? Right click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and
select Properties to get this
information.

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?

What anti-virus software is installed?

I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report . Open Disk
Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save
As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents Folder and post a
copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more
informative.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
D

Daave

bassett said:
has a recent microsoft update made start ups a lot slower, pc ok
about 2-3 week ago but recently start up has been a chore taking in
excess of 15mins or longer.

programs and applications same also to take forever to load in.

regularly clean, defrag, virus check, malware etc and have done so
recently, but no joy.

some system details which may shed some light

TPM = 256.00MB
APM = 47.19 MB
TVM = 2.00MB
AVM = 1.96 MB
PAGE FILE = 736.29 MB

thanks for any advice
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Are you able to identify the update? That would be the first step.
 
G

Gerry

Randem

A lot of software will with only 256 RAM installed!


--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
B

bassett

thanks for input and info gents, will have a look at various suggestions over
weekend.

defrag, not sure if a new report will be of use as have recently done a
defrag, do all reports get saved automatically, if so may be able to retrieve
last one.

regards
 
G

Gerry

Randem

Put quite simply 256 mb RAM is insufficient for most users to run
Windows XP and be satisfied with system performance. It could be Windows
Search 4.0. or any number of programs causing the slow boot. Did you
have a good reason to suggest Windows Search 4.0?

If Bassett posts a Disk Defragmenter Report the chances are you will
get an idea of some of the programmes Bassett is using. Then at at least
you be offering advice based on facts not guesswork!

--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
G

Gerry

Bassett

Just post the latest report from Disk Defragmenter and answer my other
questions. Anything is better to work on than no information

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

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