Server running very slowly

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I am trying to solve a problem on a Win 2K SP 3 Server. It seems to have
been slowing down to where now I can hardly do anything with it- IE won't
load web pages, Control Panel freezes before it shows any icons, some
programs freeze before they open, can't run a virus scan, can't install new
programs.

Do you think there's anything I can do at this point short of reloading
Windows? Could I get away with just installing Windows on top of the current
config or do you think I need to reformat?

Unfortunately, this server is running the main app we use to run a hotel
business, so there really isn't anytime when we can afford much downtime at
all. It is currently doing OK at running our main app (Oracle DB).

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
James
 
Hi James,

My thoughts are (in order):
1) if the hard disk is fragmented defrag it while running,
2) increase the virtual memory if there is excessive swapping,
3) download and run (when you can) Lavasof's free Ad-Aware to clean up the
spyware (this is what I guess is your main problem),
4) run and AntiVirus, e.g., Pandasoft's Activescan from the PandsSoft website,
5) increase the real memory by adding a chip

good luck
 
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