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degradation in speed

Discussion in 'Microsoft Windows' started by aa, Oct 2, 2009.

  1. aa

    aa Guest

    system goes very slow thought Task Manager shows 99% idle time and half the
    memory unused.
    Besides Outlook2000 and IE6 ofter stop responding.
    Kasperky ison all the time, but no viruses are reported
    What might be a problem?
    PS. I have formated the HD and reinstalled the OS 2 months ago and from the
    very start the speed was not as good as it used to be. The logical disk
    these OS is installed has 3G free. It has beed defragmented but no
    improvement
     
  2. Daave

    Daave Guest

    aa wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > system goes very slow thought Task Manager shows 99% idle time and
    > half the memory unused.
    > Besides Outlook2000 and IE6 ofter stop responding.
    > Kasperky ison all the time, but no viruses are reported
    > What might be a problem?
    > PS. I have formated the HD and reinstalled the OS 2 months ago and
    > from the very start the speed was not as good as it used to be. The
    > logical disk these OS is installed has 3G free. It has beed
    > defragmented but no improvement<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    How does your system perform if you configure a Clean Boot state? See:



    3GB of free space? That's not much. How large is your hard drive? How
    large is the partition with Windows (probably C:) ?
     
  3. db

    db Guest

    there are a number of reasons why
    system performance has degraded.

    one of the easiest way to compare
    the performance of normal mode
    is to boot into safe mode,

    where only the system core files
    for windows get loaded.

    another may be that resources are
    causing a bottleneck

    for example if your ram memory is
    running short "or"

    the virtual memory is too small
    and can't resize automatically
    because there is insufficient
    memory to lend for the task.

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    "aa" <a@microsoft.ru> wrote in message
    news:es#YBJ4QKHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > system goes very slow thought Task Manager shows 99% idle time and half
    > the
    > memory unused.
    > Besides Outlook2000 and IE6 ofter stop responding.
    > Kasperky ison all the time, but no viruses are reported
    > What might be a problem?
    > PS. I have formated the HD and reinstalled the OS 2 months ago and from
    > the
    > very start the speed was not as good as it used to be. The logical disk
    > these OS is installed has 3G free. It has beed defragmented but no
    > improvement
    >
    > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
  4. Buffalo

    Buffalo Guest

    Daave wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > aa wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> system goes very slow thought Task Manager shows 99% idle time and
    >> half the memory unused.
    >> Besides Outlook2000 and IE6 ofter stop responding.
    >> Kasperky ison all the time, but no viruses are reported
    >> What might be a problem?
    >> PS. I have formated the HD and reinstalled the OS 2 months ago and
    >> from the very start the speed was not as good as it used to be. The
    >> logical disk these OS is installed has 3G free. It has beed
    >> defragmented but no improvement<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > How does your system perform if you configure a Clean Boot state? See:
    >
    >
    >
    > 3GB of free space? That's not much. How large is your hard drive? How
    > large is the partition with Windows (probably C:) ?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I can't find the OP's post so I am just responding here.
    Perhaps your cpu fan is dead and your cpu is overheating and going into
    survival mode.
    Buffalo
     
  5. BillW50

    BillW50 Guest

    In news:es%23YBJ4QKHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
    aa typed on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:10:26 +0400:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > system goes very slow thought Task Manager shows 99% idle time and
    > half the memory unused.
    > Besides Outlook2000 and IE6 ofter stop responding.
    > Kasperky ison all the time, but no viruses are reported
    > What might be a problem?
    > PS. I have formated the HD and reinstalled the OS 2 months ago and
    > from the very start the speed was not as good as it used to be. The
    > logical disk these OS is installed has 3G free. It has beed
    > defragmented but no improvement<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    What version of OS/2 did you install? As for example, OS/2 v3 replaces
    win.com (or is it win.exe?) with its own. Which causes Windows to run
    like crap by itself. The original win file should still be there.
    Renamed to win.bak or something.

    --
    Bill
    Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
    Windows XP SP2
     
  6. Bob I

    Bob I Guest

    BillW50 wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > In news:es%23YBJ4QKHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
    > aa typed on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:10:26 +0400:
    > <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >>system goes very slow thought Task Manager shows 99% idle time and
    >>half the memory unused.
    >>Besides Outlook2000 and IE6 ofter stop responding.
    >>Kasperky ison all the time, but no viruses are reported
    >>What might be a problem?
    >>PS. I have formated the HD and reinstalled the OS 2 months ago and
    >>from the very start the speed was not as good as it used to be. The
    >>logical disk these OS is installed has 3G free. It has beed
    >>defragmented but no improvement<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    >
    > What version of OS/2 did you install? As for example, OS/2 v3 replaces
    > win.com (or is it win.exe?) with its own. Which causes Windows to run
    > like crap by itself. The original win file should still be there.
    > Renamed to win.bak or something.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I really doubt he installed Warp. He re-installed the Windows OS TWO
    months ago.
     
  7. BillW50

    BillW50 Guest

    In news:uWZhte5RKHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
    Bob I typed on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:49 -0500:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > BillW50 wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> In news:es%23YBJ4QKHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
    >> aa typed on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:10:26 +0400:
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> system goes very slow thought Task Manager shows 99% idle time and
    >>> half the memory unused.
    >>> Besides Outlook2000 and IE6 ofter stop responding.
    >>> Kasperky ison all the time, but no viruses are reported
    >>> What might be a problem?
    >>> PS. I have formated the HD and reinstalled the OS 2 months ago and
    >>> from the very start the speed was not as good as it used to be. The
    >>> logical disk these OS is installed has 3G free. It has beed
    >>> defragmented but no improvement<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >>
    >> What version of OS/2 did you install? As for example, OS/2 v3
    >> replaces win.com (or is it win.exe?) with its own. Which causes
    >> Windows to run like crap by itself. The original win file should
    >> still be there. Renamed to win.bak or something.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > I really doubt he installed Warp. He re-installed the Windows OS TWO
    > months ago.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I got up to FixPak 30 something and I said this is nuts and called it
    quits with OS/2. So I don't know how later versions deal with Windows.
    And I can't reinstall Warp (original) someday since it will only install
    on a drive that is 512MB or smaller. lol

    --
    Bill
    Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
    Windows XP SP2
     
  8. aa

    aa Guest

    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > What version of OS/2 did you install? As for example, OS/2 v3 replaces
    > win.com (or is it win.exe?) with its own. Which causes Windows to run
    > like crap by itself. The original win file should still be there.
    > Renamed to win.bak or something.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    Sorry, I do not understand OS/2 v3.
    "My Computer" shows W2000
    5.00.2196
    SP2
    Also what are win.com (or is it win.exe) ? In WINNT/system32/ I have win.com
    (25kb) and no win.exe - how shall I know if this is a replaced file?
     
  9. Buffalo

    Buffalo Guest

    aa wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro--><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> What version of OS/2 did you install? As for example, OS/2 v3
    >> replaces win.com (or is it win.exe?) with its own. Which causes
    >> Windows to run like crap by itself. The original win file should
    >> still be there. Renamed to win.bak or something.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > Sorry, I do not understand OS/2 v3.
    > "My Computer" shows W2000
    > 5.00.2196
    > SP2
    > Also what are win.com (or is it win.exe) ? In WINNT/system32/ I have
    > win.com (25kb) and no win.exe - how shall I know if this is a
    > replaced file?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Don't worry about the OS?2 reference since you did not install it.
    I have Win2000Pro (5.00.2195) SP4 and my win.com is also 25kb and I am not
    infected. It is 24,848bytes and it is version 5.0.2134.1.
    Rt click on win.com and select Properties and see if it is a MS file.
    It most likely is.
    Why don't you do the MS updates and put in SP4?
    Did you check to see if your cpu is running at full speed?
    There is a free program called wcpuid ( or just Google
    for it) that will tell you the speed your cpu is running and also give some
    info on your memory.
    If the cpu fan quit or slowed way down or the cpu heatsink is clogged up and
    your cpu is a pentium, it will run slow to protect itself.
    Buffalo
     
  10. aa

    aa Guest

    Thanks, Buffalo
    Will check wcpuid.

    That info of yours about cpu protecting itself agains overheating -
    completely new for me. Indeed, I did not clean the ventllation holes for a
    while and they got clogged with dust. U do vaccuumclean them and probably I
    need to opent the unit to reach the heatsink.

    Once we started talking about heat management, perhaps u ill help me with
    another problem on my notebook.
    When I start it it boots OK, but in 10-15 min it throws that blue-white
    screen and reboots. The blue-white screen flashes for a fraction of a second
    and I canot read it, only can tell that it is just about 5 lines long.
    Then the same repeats but rebuts in, say, 5 min then in 1 min and then
    reboots before booting is complete. Finally it stops reacting on the main
    switch at all.
    If I unplug it and wait for an hour or so, the above will repeat so ther
    impression is as if the heat builds there and needs cool down. I cleaned the
    fun and the heat sink. no joy. The fun is turning, but the wind is very
    weak, felt with a wet hand only. I do not know how strong that wind should
    be on notebooks, but on my desktop it is much more stronger.


    "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
    news:hal6n1$kf6$1@news.eternal-september.org...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    >
    > aa wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro--><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    > >> What version of OS/2 did you install? As for example, OS/2 v3
    > >> replaces win.com (or is it win.exe?) with its own. Which causes
    > >> Windows to run like crap by itself. The original win file should
    > >> still be there. Renamed to win.bak or something.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    > > Sorry, I do not understand OS/2 v3.
    > > "My Computer" shows W2000
    > > 5.00.2196
    > > SP2
    > > Also what are win.com (or is it win.exe) ? In WINNT/system32/ I have
    > > win.com (25kb) and no win.exe - how shall I know if this is a
    > > replaced file?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > Don't worry about the OS?2 reference since you did not install it.
    > I have Win2000Pro (5.00.2195) SP4 and my win.com is also 25kb and I am not
    > infected. It is 24,848bytes and it is version 5.0.2134.1.
    > Rt click on win.com and select Properties and see if it is a MS file.
    > It most likely is.
    > Why don't you do the MS updates and put in SP4?
    > Did you check to see if your cpu is running at full speed?
    > There is a free program called wcpuid ( or just<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    Google<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > for it) that will tell you the speed your cpu is running and also give<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    some<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > info on your memory.
    > If the cpu fan quit or slowed way down or the cpu heatsink is clogged up<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    and<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > your cpu is a pentium, it will run slow to protect itself.
    > Buffalo
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    ><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     

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