SP2 and slow computer

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Hi everyone

Has anyone found a solution or have any new information on the SP2 slowing
down computers and sucking up all the resources? Or are the MVPs still
insisting there is no problem with SP2?

Thanks
 
You said nothing about what you tried.
You said nothing surrounding the circumstances of SP-2 installation.
You said nothing of the specifics of your computer.

Since the problem is not on all computers, it must be something
specific with the individual computers.

What happens if you perform a Clean Installation of Windows XP on a
spare hard drive.
Install all the latest Windows XP drivers.
Then install SP-2 before anything else.
If you still have a problem, you know it is your hardware or drivers.
If not, install applications as before until problem starts, then you
know the cause.
 
MSS said:
Hi everyone

Has anyone found a solution or have any new information on the SP2 slowing
down computers and sucking up all the resources? Or are the MVPs still
insisting there is no problem with SP2?

Thanks
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I can't tell you what's slowing you down, but I can tell you what worked for
me after trying lots of other stuff that didn't work. First go Start | Run |
<type in> msconfig and OK. Make a note of everything you have checked under
the last two tabs, Services and Start-up

Then go to the first tab (General) and check diagnostic. Reboot. You will
just be loading essential stuff, but if your computer is then back to
normal, you'll know it was something you were loading, and you can put back
the stuff under Services and Start-up one at a time until you find what was
slowing you down. Not sure this will help you, but it solved my problems.

Ma No <==== definitely not an MVP
 
I have something very similar and this is what I found.

we have 2 users on our dell computer (4400) with win xp, upgraded to sp2.
we have 2 user profiles beyond the guest profile.
since 10/22, we must have dowloaded a virus (despite using an updated norton
antivirus and doing a full scan every 2 days).

what happens is that on one of the accounts, a background process runs.
e.g., nut.exe, iisjava.exe,...we've had multiple names. all files are 799k
large, emerge in random subdirectories under c:\windows\.... They also leave
a signature in the c:\windows\prefetch folder.

iyou can identofy the file(s) by launching the windows task manager
(ctrl-alt-del and select processes) and rank the processes by cpu time. it
should be #2 or 3 on the list and consume high amounts of memory. if you're
not sure if the file is legit or not, do a search on the support and search
portal that comes with your computer or check some websites that have
descriptions for each exe-file.

f you cancel the process with the windows task manager, the file will
reappear nearly immediately. The only way to stop these (temporarily) is to
go to the other user profile, search for recent exe files of size 799k and to
remove these. I also clear my entire prefetch folder.

despite all this and playing around with msconfig (amnd only starting with
what I think is a minimum set of legitimate files the problem persists and
..exe files keep on returining slowing my pc desperately down.

Any advise??
 
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