Slugish windows xp

[Guest]

Hi, after upgrading windows xp pro sp2 over my windows xp home sp2 my
computer became very slugish although the ram & cpu usage is low. I've tried
repare install but its still the same...

 

[Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk]

Hi, after upgrading windows xp pro sp2 over my windows xp home sp2 my
computer became very slugish although the ram & cpu usage is low. I've tried
repare install but its still the same...

Maybe see this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242
and http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#Cannot_install_Service_Pack_2

 

[Doug Kanter]

Hi, after upgrading windows xp pro sp2 over my windows xp home sp2 my
computer became very slugish although the ram & cpu usage is low. I've tried
repare install but its still the same...

How much RAM does your machine have? What programs are starting with the
machine? Typical things would be antivirus software, firewall, and sometimes
crap that doesn't need to start, like RealPlayer, MS Messenger, etc.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Start here:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

 

[Rock]

Hi, after upgrading windows xp pro sp2 over my windows xp home sp2 my
computer became very slugish although the ram & cpu usage is low. I've tried
repare install but its still the same...

It can take several days and 3 or 4 reboots for it to speed up. First
defrag. The boot prefetch will kick in after the 3 rd reboot. It takes
several days for the prefetch folder to be rebuilt. And the in built
optimization kicks in every 3 days. After that defrag again. If the
system is still slow after some days try some clean boot troubleshooting
to see what may be causing problems.

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353