System is dying

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

I have a xp home, 160 gig hd - half full; i gig ram. I run two spyware and
utilize Zone Alarm security suite for anti-virus. For the last four days,
the system has been slowing down to a where it is barely working. it started
with left clicks having no effect, i.e., I would have IE open and would left
click the - key and there was no response. I finally got the system working
by right cliking the tool bar IE to minimize and it would minimize and now IE
would be responsive to left or right clicks. Outlook take 5 minutes to open
if it does at all

Any comments please
 
Hello,

Check which process is hogging the CPU in Task Manager - Processes tab.

Right-click on the blue area of your task bar and click Task Manager to
access Task Manager. Click on the processes tab. Click two times on the CPU
column to sort by CPU usage. Now you can identify the process which is
consuming the most CPU - they will be at the top.

--
Singapore Website Design
http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
Singapore Web Hosting
http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
Windows XP FAQ
 
I have a xp home, 160 gig hd - half full; i gig ram. I run two spyware and
utilize Zone Alarm security suite for anti-virus. For the last four
days,
the system has been slowing down to a where it is barely working. it
started
with left clicks having no effect, i.e., I would have IE open and would
left
click the - key and there was no response. I finally got the system
working
by right cliking the tool bar IE to minimize and it would minimize and now
IE
would be responsive to left or right clicks. Outlook take 5 minutes to
open
if it does at all
Click to expand...

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
 
No. It has slowed down for everything. Also, I have looked at Task Manager
and the CPU usage is low
 
No. It has slowed down for everything. Also, I have looked at Task Manager
and the CPU usage is low
Click to expand...

In device manager check the hard drive to see if it's running in PIO or DMA
mode. If PIO that means there were errors and to compensate the system
dropped it to PIO. Unfortunately it doesn't return it to DMA. See this
link.

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm
 
Back
Top