SP3 install damages

[dawall33]

I have a pc with 15gb free, 1gb of memory and sp3 has driven it to a crawl
(minutes per action, save loading things from task manager,) It worked fine
under sp1. I can't access the taskbar through keyboard or mouse without
1minute delay. My computer takes several minutes per click. Drive passes
check disk. I have no indexing running, no stuck print jobs, no networks
trying to connect to, no found malware (malware bytes and spybot), passes
virus scan with AVG and Avast. What setting has sp3 changed?

 

[Rich Barry]

Try uninstalling SP3. You mentioned SP1, was SP2 installed? If not do
that first.

 

[Bert Hyman]

In "Rich Barry"

Try uninstalling SP3. You mentioned SP1, was SP2 installed? If
not do that first.

SP3 doesn't require SP2, only that SP1a be installed.

 

[Daave]

I have a pc with 15gb free, 1gb of memory and sp3 has driven it to a
crawl (minutes per action, save loading things from task manager,)
It worked fine under sp1. I can't access the taskbar through
keyboard or mouse without 1minute delay. My computer takes several
minutes per click. Drive passes check disk. I have no indexing
running, no stuck print jobs, no networks trying to connect to, no
found malware (malware bytes and spybot), passes virus scan with AVG
and Avast. What setting has sp3 changed?

I doubt SP3 is the reason. I'm sure it is coincidence.

Of course, you can always uninstall it and see what the effect is.

When did you upgrade to SP3? Did you upgrade directly from SP1 to SP3?

Did you check to see if your hard drive's transfer mode switched from
DMA to PIO?

What is the performance like in Safe Mode?

Have you tried using a live Linux CD like Knoppix or Ubuntu?

How large is your hard drive and each partition on it? How much free
space do you have on each partition?

Is the inside of your PC dust-free? Have you checked to see if all the
fans spin?

 

[dawall33]

The case has been cleaned, was not caked on or piled anywhere.

I went from sp1 to 3 and it started right after that.

In safe mode the performance is fine.

The transfer mode has always been DMA. There is 1 partition of 80gb with 15
free.

When I uninstalled sp3 the problem went away. I am now getting errors when
I try to install SP2.

It looks like a format reinstall.

 

[Daave]

Did you use Automatic Updates to install SP3? If so, that's probably the
problem. For best results, use either installation file
WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en

or create your own SP3 installation CD from the .iso here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&displaylang=en

When you are ready to install SP3, it's important to make sure you don't
have any programs that can interfere with the installation! Configuring
a Clean Boot (which should be undone once SP3 is installed) will allow
you to do this:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&displaylang=en

(Some people have reported success by installing SP3 in Safe Mode, which
is similar to using a Clean Boot environment.)

I still don't think SP3 is the problem. It was probably a program that
was running that interfered with the process.

So, don't "format [and] reinstall" just yet.