Windows 2000 Pro boggs down

[Herman]

Hi.

About a year ago I had to torch a relative's computer,
fdisk a 30 gig into 2 partitions, format both, reinstall
windows 2000 pro, office suite, drivers for minitor,
keyboard, mouse, etc etc, other apps they wanted.

After getting all that installed perfectly w/ no mistakes
I imaged it to CD w/ powerquest's drive image.

Every 6 months or so I have to torch them back to "factory
new" with the CD's I made described above.

After torching back to "factory new" it runs like a rocket
for the first month or so but it does slow down gradually
over time to the point it is close to unusable.

Is there any software that can analyse what the computer
looks like after a brand new torch "back to factory new"
and continue to analyse it over time (or whatever) to
determine what they are doing that makes it bog down to a
speed that is "slower than mud oozing down a hill"? If
this can be done then I can say to them stop doing this,
this this and this because those activities are what is
making your PC run like a tired old dog.

Thanks for any help.

Herman
herman01~(at(~mail~(dot(~c~o~m~

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

sysdiff from the Win2000 Resource Kit will do it.

I would also install a good virus scanner, e.g. Trend
Internet Security.

 

[Mistoffolees]

Hi.

About a year ago I had to torch a relative's computer,
fdisk a 30 gig into 2 partitions, format both, reinstall
windows 2000 pro, office suite, drivers for minitor,
keyboard, mouse, etc etc, other apps they wanted.

After getting all that installed perfectly w/ no mistakes
I imaged it to CD w/ powerquest's drive image.

Every 6 months or so I have to torch them back to "factory
new" with the CD's I made described above.

After torching back to "factory new" it runs like a rocket
for the first month or so but it does slow down gradually
over time to the point it is close to unusable.

Is there any software that can analyse what the computer
looks like after a brand new torch "back to factory new"
and continue to analyse it over time (or whatever) to
determine what they are doing that makes it bog down to a
speed that is "slower than mud oozing down a hill"? If
this can be done then I can say to them stop doing this,
this this and this because those activities are what is
making your PC run like a tired old dog.

Thanks for any help.

Herman
herman01~(at(~mail~(dot(~c~o~m~

Considered defragging the hard drive?

 

[Herman]

Thanks for the reply.

Defragging is not the answer.

Did that. Many times over the course of many months &
many torches back to factory new.

The only thing that makes a difference is torching back to
factory new.

The user's behavior / surfing habits etc need to change.

I never have this problem w/ my notebook.

There has got to be a way to determine what is getting
messed up.

There has got to be some software that can tell me (after
a torch) here is what you've done right and here is where
you can improve.

The same software should be able to look at the same
computer 6 months later and say "wow what a mess. here is
what you need to make this machine better because right
now it is totally messed up."

I have formatted many PCs and Fdisked the drives,
installed OS's drivers office suites imaged them,
installed internal hdwr etc etc etc. 11+ years in IT.
Some novell network administration experience as well.

I will take suggestions from anyone.

Please do not be offended if i shoot ideas down.

Sorry for the matter of factness of this reply - pressed
for time at this writing.

Herman
herman01~(at(~mail~(dot(~c~o~m~

 

[Herman]

Defrag is not the answer.
Is there some software that will tell me where the bottle
necks are?

my notebook runs like a rocket.

Excel, Word etc load in 2.5 seconds or less

The PC in question takes about 30 seconds to load those
two as an example. That's AFTER a defrag. Defrag is not
the answer.

There has got to be some performance software that can
tell one what is going wrong.

 

[Bob I]

When you say Excel and Word are you opening JUST Excel or Word or are
you really double-clicking a doc or xls file? If that is the case do you
have Norton A-V software? and if so then I suspect you have the Norton
Office plugin enabled and you should disable it.