Very slow XP performance

[kgkphd]

Question: I go to take out those files and get a message that removing them
may affect other programs. is it worth the risk or is this just a scare
tactic?

Thanks

Ken

 

[JS]

If you uninstall an update the uninstall
process replaces the newer version of
a file (typically a .dll file) with the version
that file which was being used prior to the
date the May updates where installed.

So your PC will be back (if you uninstall all the May updates)
to the way it was in April or prior to "Patch Tuesday"
(second Tuesday of each month).

 

[Gerry]

Ken

Having more than one Internet Explorer tab open at any one time can slow
performance where it pushes the system to use the pagefile rather than
ram. Thus having two tabs open is the equivalant of having two copies of
Internet Explorer running. Each copy of Internet Explorer, without much
in the way of Add Ons, uses about 50-60 mb so two tabs equal 100-120 mb
of memory.

Do you have an IE shortcut in the Quick Launch Tray? If not drag an IE
shortcut from your Desktop to the Quick Launch tray.

The next paragraph explains how to observe various way of using Internet
Explorer and how it can impact on memory usage.

With Internet Explorer closed do a Ctrl+Alt+Del to load Task Manager and
select the Performance tab. Towards the bottom left of the Window in
Task Manager are three figures under Commit Charge. Total, Limit and
Peak. Make a note of the Total figure. Click on the IE icon in the Quick
Launch Tray and then recheck the Total figure in Task Manager. The
increase is the memory being used by Internet Explorer. Now open the
Internet Explorer window and select from the menu Tools, Manage Add-Ons.
You can Enable and Disable Add-Ons under Toolbars and Extensions and
compare the effect on the Total figure. The figures are just the basic
extra memory increased by the Add-Ons used when you load Internet
Explorer. If you load a second Internet Explorer tab then you will see a
noticeable increase in the Total figure. It is broadly the equivalent of
opening Internet Explorer twice.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Rudy]

I look at Task Manager Processes, but unless it's obvious, I don't lnow

what
most of these things are. One may be something small causing it

www.answersthatwork.com Task List

Look thru the alphabetically arranged list and READ what each one is, what
it does and IF you can/should delete or disable it

 

[Daave]

Don't do it! Upgrades only should be performed if everything is 100%
fine!


What about in No Add-ons mode?


Okay, so can we now rule out IE as a problem?


Configure a clean boot:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Now, how is your performance?

If it's still bad, I would suspect a malware infestation.

And if there's no malware, I think JS is correct: a problematic Windows
update.