Slowed after Service Pack 2 & New Grisoft loaded

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After I loaded up Service Pack 2 about two weeks ago, I noticed some serious
slowing of my computer. Then, I upgraded to the new free AVG Ant-Virus, and
my laptop has gotten significantly slower. There is constant background
noise... like my laptop is thinking. And almost all of the time, the hard
drive light is on.

What is going on? I'm about to restore back to before I had service pack 2.

Thanks!
Jen
 
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GRAND_POOBAH

I may be mistaken, but SP2 contained the new Windows Firewall and, when
it installs, it's default is set to ON. This could very well be your
initial slowing down. AVG, I think, will scan in the background as it's
default. This may stop once a full scan is made by AGV.

On the other hand, I could be all wet.

GP

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Gerry Cornell

Jen

How much RAM memory?

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?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer for when the problem
occurs. No Information Reports please.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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MAP

Jen said:
After I loaded up Service Pack 2 about two weeks ago, I noticed some
serious slowing of my computer. Then, I upgraded to the new free AVG
Ant-Virus, and my laptop has gotten significantly slower. There is
constant background noise... like my laptop is thinking. And almost
all of the time, the hard drive light is on.

What is going on? I'm about to restore back to before I had service
pack 2.

Thanks!
Jen

Their is some cleaning up to be done after the sp2 install, also defrag.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.php
 

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