CMD dos command slow:

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"Subject pretty much explains it, I type in most any dos command "and where
it use to be very fast"........ it lags for 20-30 seconds but will alwas
work, it's just slow.

Any ideas??
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| "Subject pretty much explains it, I type in most any dos command "and
where
| it use to be very fast"........ it lags for 20-30 seconds but will alwas
| work, it's just slow.
|
| Any ideas??
| --
|
 
W2k, dualie zeon 2giger, 1gig ram, lot of space on 3 HD's. Cleanup all the
time with all the popular spywares and AVG 7 upto dat.

EX: run my (once fast) ip dump,
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit

and it takes 30 sec or so to decide to run but the bat file doesn't matter,
it's alwas the same.

Any ideas??
 
Possibly a DNS issue.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| W2k, dualie zeon 2giger, 1gig ram, lot of space on 3 HD's. Cleanup all the
| time with all the popular spywares and AVG 7 upto dat.
|
| EX: run my (once fast) ip dump,
| ipconfig /flushdns
| ipconfig /release
| ipconfig /renew
| exit
|
| and it takes 30 sec or so to decide to run but the bat file doesn't
matter,
| it's alwas the same.
|
| Any ideas??
 
Thx Dave for the quick responces but it doesn't matter what DOS command I
run, it has a long delay that shouldn't be.
 
Before blaming the Command Processor, you should do
some basic measurements, e.g. like so:

@echo off
echo Start of batch file
dir c:\
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

This will tell you immediately if the Command Processor
is slow or if you have a problem with ipconfig, as suggested
by Dave Patrick.

And by the way, DOS is an operating system. There is
no DOS under Windows, only a Command Prompt
(which you could call a DOS emulator but not DOS).


Ziggie said:
W2k, dualie zeon 2giger, 1gig ram, lot of space on 3 HD's. Cleanup all the
time with all the popular spywares and AVG 7 upto dat.

EX: run my (once fast) ip dump,
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit

and it takes 30 sec or so to decide to run but the bat file doesn't matter,
it's alwas the same.

Any ideas??


Dave Patrick said:
You'll need to give us some details.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| "Subject pretty much explains it, I type in most any dos command "and
where
| it use to be very fast"........ it lags for 20-30 seconds but will alwas
| work, it's just slow.
|
| Any ideas??
| --
|
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I type in most any dos command "and where
it use to be very fast"........ it lags for 20-30 seconds but will alwas
work, it's just slow.
Click to expand...

What does your PATH look like?

Maybe the PATH points to a location that is unavailable, so it must
timeout?

Is the problem the same if you CD to the same directory as the program
before you run the program.
 
Check your PATH variable in your environment. Maybe DOS is rumbling
down a long list of directories looking for the programs to run. Of
course, can short circuit this by putting all the programs in a single,
new directory and changing PATH to point to this alone.

Thx Dave for the quick responces but it doesn't matter what DOS command I
run, it has a long delay that shouldn't be.



Dave Patrick said:
Possibly a DNS issue.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| W2k, dualie zeon 2giger, 1gig ram, lot of space on 3 HD's. Cleanup all the
| time with all the popular spywares and AVG 7 upto dat.
|
| EX: run my (once fast) ip dump,
| ipconfig /flushdns
| ipconfig /release
| ipconfig /renew
| exit
|
| and it takes 30 sec or so to decide to run but the bat file doesn't
matter,
| it's alwas the same.
|
| Any ideas??
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What OS?
How long ago was it pretty fast, and what changed in the meantime?
What does 'most any dos command' mean? All? Some?
Any other slowness in the system? Only the command prompt?
It takes a long time to start a program?
The started program runs slowly but used to run fast?
Did this change happen suddenly?
Around the time of some software change or hardware change?
Do any system logs like event viewer show anything?
"Subject pretty much explains it, I type in most any dos command "and where
it use to be very fast"........ it lags for 20-30 seconds but will alwas
work, it's just slow.

Any ideas??
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