SP3 has made my WindowsXP *much* slower

[ANONYMOUS]

Perhaps Diskeeper is best but, the average home user doesn't need it. Why
would I, for example, buy it when Microsoft's
defragger does the job?

There is simply no need to have any other defrag program simply because it is
absolutely not necessary to defrag the system more than once every three months or
so. In fact, I see no visible improvement in system performace even if you defrag
with "state of the art defrag program".

 

[Unknown]

I totally agree.

There is simply no need to have any other defrag program simply because it
is
absolutely not necessary to defrag the system more than once every three
months or
so. In fact, I see no visible improvement in system performace even if
you defrag
with "state of the art defrag program".

 

[Unknown]

If you want evidence, don't defrag or do a disk cleanup for six months. Then
do them and you will notice a huge difference.

 

[Rich]

The Hive Cleanup solved the shutdown problem. I wasnt aware of UHPClean
until your post. The read me notes were very interesting.

Thank you very much.

 

[Kayman]

The Hive Cleanup solved the shutdown problem. I wasnt aware of UHPClean
until your post. The read me notes were very interesting.

Thank you very much.

YW, I am glad it workes

 

[Rich]

1. Have you read the Read Me notes for UPHClean? If not you should. They
are very interesting regarding the problem I had.

For example in the 2nd paragraph under WHY DO PROFILES NOT UNLOAD:

"This problem in code can be caused by improper coding either in Microsoft
software or 3rd party software (e.g. printer drivers, virus scanner service,
etc)."

XP can cause the problems.

Running UPHClean solved the slow shutdown problem with SP3! End of
story!

I doubt if your computer experience goes far enough back but if you know the
history of XP and it's predecessor NT the original development of NT was
done by some of the crew who did VMS at DEC. VMS had well known problems
with memory leaks. I used VMS on Vaxstations from 1993 until 2006. One of
the problems was memory leaks that required you to reboot the system every
once and a while to free up memory.

2. If defrag weren't unimportant then M$ wouldn't have included it. However,
I am using only 20% of a 250GB WD drive so defrag isn't that important.

As a matter of history, VMS didn't have a native defragmentation utility.
This was a problem when VMS systems came with 300 MByte SCSI hard drives
that originally cost $1500-$2000 back then. VMS and the scientific data
acquisition/processing software we were using took up almost 100 MB of the
disk. We had a 3rd party defragmentation utility that worked great. That
utility is now what is Diskeeper.


3. I have several back-up bootable copies of the system. I even have the
original "Virgin" Dell-supplied system drive that came with the system that
you can do Cntl +F11 on. The first thing I did when I got the system in
December 2006 was to make a bootable image on a new WD 250GB. I always keep
two backups besides the original drive as well as the current C: drive. I
make one before any major system change.

4. I wouldn't use Norton Ghost if you gave it to me free. It is too buggy.
Look at all the Blogs and other Web discussions of the problems with
Ghost.If I needed something that sophisticated I would use Acronis. use the
free WD Data Lifeguard Tools to make back up images.

 

[Rich]

That is why I was reluctant to install SP3. I have learned from over 45
years of using computers that every time there is a new "Improved" something
or another it takes a service pack or hotfix to fix the fixes. And then more
fixes to fix the fixes.

 

[Unknown]

I don't have ANY problems with my system. I had a minor problem after
installing SP3 and solved it by uninstalling it
and reinstalling SP3. I do not need any other defrag program.
You'd be surprised how far back my computer experience goes. Hint: the first
memory I worked on was Electrostatic
Storage.

 

[Rich]

My first computer was an IBM 1620 with WATFOR compiler.

 

[Unknown]

Remember the IBM 602, 602A, 650, and 702?

My first computer was an IBM 1620 with WATFOR compiler.

 

[Unknown]

In reality it isn't SP3 that made your system much slower, it is some other
garbage on your system. Think about that.

 

[Citizen Jimserac]

WindowsXP Pro (on Network using roaming profiles)

Hi

I just installed SP3 for WindowsXP Professional.

My PC is now running MUCH slower.

- Anyone else had the same problems?

I havent timed it but certain interface actions (like clicking on
"Browse" buttons) see to take twice or three times longer to on up. So
much so that I thought might have a virus!

I am now regretting installing SP3. But am not sure how easy/safe it
is to uninstal SP3.

- Any thoughts?

Ship
Shiperton Henethe

P.S. Software used
- msOutlook2003
- Photoshop 6
- Macromedia Dreamweaver MX4
- Xara Xtreme Professional
- TextPad
etc, but EVERYTHING seems to be *substantially* slower!

You might want to try registry mechanics
and get that cleaned out, it helps sometimes.

I got fed up with Mucrosoft nonsense about
a year ago and made the leap to Linux so I have
only one old computer which rarely gets turned
on using XP.

P.S. I saw your 2006 posts abour Homeopathy.
Good stuff, I'm encountering the same hysterical opposition right now
(and from some of the same people)
over on misc.health.alternative.

Thanks
Citizen Jimserac