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After MANY tests on multiple machines, I have come to the realization that we
are missing SOMETHING that affects performance.
I took a test box, loaded it up with software, let it run for a few weeks
until it slowed down. I then uninstalled ALL programs that were on that pc,
then cleaned up the regisrty of all old values and invalid values. I cleaned
out the left over directories, I did diskcleanups, and defraged using both MS
defrag and diskeeper. The machine never touched the net as it was stand-alone
so no viruses or spyware to worry about.
The machine has NO swap file (2 gig ram).
Yet after ALL that the machine was still MUCH slower than a default load,
and even MUCH slower than it was before I started it through its grind run
but after all the applications were installed.
In essesnce, it slowed down, and I removed everything that was on there, and
it is still slow.
A total reload of the OS, and it was back to BLAZING flast again (A good
150-200% faster).
So, there is SOMETHING, SOMEWHERE in windows that is retaining old data,
filling up, slowing down, causing machines performance to degrade without us
being able to regain the speed. WHAT can it be?
A tad more info on my test box, NO new drivers, programs, ANYTHING was
loaded once my defualt setup was completed. It never touched the network (nor
did it even have a nic) and no external data was loaded or saved. It was just
a machine, with some programs and a game or two that I used until it slowed
down.
The machine itself was a home built box running XP pro sp2.
1.3ghz, 2gig ram, Ati x800, 80 gig sata, with a sb audigy2. All latest
drivers and updates were loaded before I started the testing, including ms
updates. Firewall was turned off, swap file set to no swap (not 0).
Programs loaded: Office 2003 pro, Adobe Photoshop CS2, American Mcgee's
Alice, diskeeper 10 pro, Sim2, and quicken 2005.
I have tried a few other machines kinda in this way before, and always came
to the same conclusion... SOMETHING is being missed by EVERYONE. I scoured
the net trying to find my solutions, all webpages, "experts", and techies all
said the same stuff... "clean registry, unload programs, clean files, disk
cleanup, swap file fragmentation, spyware/virus clean" I even have tries a
few silly ntfs hacks like turning off the dos mode, turning off dep, etcetc.
The BEST I can come up with by doing all the above cleans and all on a
regular basis is keeping my pc DECENTLY fast, but no where even close to as
fast as reloading the machine and reinstalling all the programs and importing
the data back on.
Hell, I have MY machine (watercooled 3.2ghz 1meg cache, 2 gig pc4200, 10krpm
sata, ati x800 256, sb audigy2, linksys wireless card) running for 1 1/2
years now (fully patches and drivers up to date and cleaned and defraged as
described above QUITE often)that a freshly loaded 1.5ghz, 512meg, 100gig 7200
rpm ide, ati 9600, linksys wirelss, loaded with the SAME programs and data
ran FASTER.
HELP A Systems Engineer of 20 years now figure out WTF we are MISSING.
are missing SOMETHING that affects performance.
I took a test box, loaded it up with software, let it run for a few weeks
until it slowed down. I then uninstalled ALL programs that were on that pc,
then cleaned up the regisrty of all old values and invalid values. I cleaned
out the left over directories, I did diskcleanups, and defraged using both MS
defrag and diskeeper. The machine never touched the net as it was stand-alone
so no viruses or spyware to worry about.
The machine has NO swap file (2 gig ram).
Yet after ALL that the machine was still MUCH slower than a default load,
and even MUCH slower than it was before I started it through its grind run
but after all the applications were installed.
In essesnce, it slowed down, and I removed everything that was on there, and
it is still slow.
A total reload of the OS, and it was back to BLAZING flast again (A good
150-200% faster).
So, there is SOMETHING, SOMEWHERE in windows that is retaining old data,
filling up, slowing down, causing machines performance to degrade without us
being able to regain the speed. WHAT can it be?
A tad more info on my test box, NO new drivers, programs, ANYTHING was
loaded once my defualt setup was completed. It never touched the network (nor
did it even have a nic) and no external data was loaded or saved. It was just
a machine, with some programs and a game or two that I used until it slowed
down.
The machine itself was a home built box running XP pro sp2.
1.3ghz, 2gig ram, Ati x800, 80 gig sata, with a sb audigy2. All latest
drivers and updates were loaded before I started the testing, including ms
updates. Firewall was turned off, swap file set to no swap (not 0).
Programs loaded: Office 2003 pro, Adobe Photoshop CS2, American Mcgee's
Alice, diskeeper 10 pro, Sim2, and quicken 2005.
I have tried a few other machines kinda in this way before, and always came
to the same conclusion... SOMETHING is being missed by EVERYONE. I scoured
the net trying to find my solutions, all webpages, "experts", and techies all
said the same stuff... "clean registry, unload programs, clean files, disk
cleanup, swap file fragmentation, spyware/virus clean" I even have tries a
few silly ntfs hacks like turning off the dos mode, turning off dep, etcetc.
The BEST I can come up with by doing all the above cleans and all on a
regular basis is keeping my pc DECENTLY fast, but no where even close to as
fast as reloading the machine and reinstalling all the programs and importing
the data back on.
Hell, I have MY machine (watercooled 3.2ghz 1meg cache, 2 gig pc4200, 10krpm
sata, ati x800 256, sb audigy2, linksys wireless card) running for 1 1/2
years now (fully patches and drivers up to date and cleaned and defraged as
described above QUITE often)that a freshly loaded 1.5ghz, 512meg, 100gig 7200
rpm ide, ati 9600, linksys wirelss, loaded with the SAME programs and data
ran FASTER.
HELP A Systems Engineer of 20 years now figure out WTF we are MISSING.