L
Lynn
Does installing SP2 slows down your system?
M
Malke
Lynn said:
No, it shouldn't. But since I don't know anything about your system that's
as specific as I can get. Most problems with SP2 occur on machines that are
not properly prepared and virus/malware-free first. Here are links to help
you prepare for SP2. Naturally, you should also have all your data backed
up before performing a major operating system upgrade.
Are You Ready for WinXP SP2? -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2
Download full SP2 - http://tinyurl.com/5bobl
Order SP2 on CD from MS - http://tinyurl.com/6g675
Follow the Service Pack Installation Checklist -
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
SP2 links to OEMs - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/oemlinks.mspx
http://aumha.net - See SP2 forums
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#sp2 - Windows SP2 Information,
Guidelines and Troubleshooting
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#General
Malke
K
Ken Blake, MVP
Lynn said:
No.
C
cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)
I haven't noticed this, but there might be a temporary slowdown if the
OS is on "one big C:" if the following is true...
While in use, Windows tracks what code is frequently used and/or used
when the OS and apps start up. This dates from Win98+, though the
storage of this info is now Prefetch .PF files rather than AppLog.
When the file system is next defragged, these "priority" pieces of
code are placed for faster access, even if this fragments the files
that contain them.
Before you install SP2 (or do a "repair" re-install of Windows, for
that matter), the most-often-used code will have been well-placed by
this process. When you install Windows or an SP, you replace many of
these files with new ones that may be located at arbitrary places on
the disk, and thus be slower to load.
If you immediately do a defrag, there may not yet be any "priority"
tagging info in Prefetch to guide the placement of this new code, so
you may not yet get the expected benefit.
If you defrag again, after using the OS for a while (say, a week?)
then there should be Prefetch info to properly optimize the new code.
So only at this stage, would I judge whether SP2 has had a detrimental
effect on system performance
These effects are quite slight if C: is already constrained to a small
head-travel span on the HD (i.e. by setting its size to a small part
of the disk, e.g. the first 8G of a 200G drive) because no matter how
fragged C: gets, it's still within the first 8G. If OTOH you have the
whole 200G as "one big C:" and there's only 20G free, then the head
travel required to span the "hot" code could go up from within the
first 5% of the HD to up to 90% of the HD's head travel span. Yuk!
That's why etc.
On a bad day I'm tired and irritable.
On a good day I'm just tired.
Sorry if this is a bad day