slow windows XP

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I have been using Windows XP for about 18 months and have had to format the
C drive several times and reload the system and all of the programs on the
drive to regain operational speed. It seems that after about a month or so
of using the Windows system it begins to slow down and it seems take forever
for programs to load. Opening a folder is extremely long and it takes
several minutes to restart the computer. I presently have 256meg of ram and
am contemplating adding 512meg more in a hope that it will speed up the
system. Is this a reasonable scheme or is there a better way to keep the
system from slowing down so much.

Decrementing the system doesn't seem to help. I am using Norton Works 2004
to maintain good system integrity.

Thanks
 
An extra 256 mb RAM would help.

Have you allowed Windows to manage your memory without the introduction of any memory managers. Memory managers can lead to poor system performance!

How large is your hard disk and how much free space? In Windows Explorer right click on your C drive and select Properties.

Download Adaware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and use it to remove parasites.

How good is your housekeeping?

1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder.

2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst OFFLINE.

3. Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
Cleanup.

4. Run Disk Defragmenter.

You should investigate whether you have unnecessary programmes loading at start up / running in background. This a big topic. Start by telling us about the Norton products you are using. There are a number of potential areas of conflict.

Are you using Microsoft Office? If yes, which version?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Luckeyo12 said:
I have been using Windows XP for about 18 months and have had to
format the C drive several times and reload the system and all of the
programs on the drive to regain operational speed. It seems that
after about a month or so of using the Windows system it begins to
slow down and it seems take forever for programs to load. Opening a
folder is extremely long and it takes several minutes to restart the
computer. I presently have 256meg of ram and am contemplating adding
512meg more in a hope that it will speed up the system. Is this a
reasonable scheme or is there a better way to keep the system from
slowing down so much.
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If the computer starts running at acceptable speed, but gets
slower over time, your problem has nothing to do with how much
RAM you have. Neither installing more RAM nor reinstalling
Windows is the solution.

Something is wrong with your housekeeping. Defragging may help,
but my guess is that it's more than that. You may be accumlating
various pices of spyware that are slowing you down. Try running
Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy regularly.
 
I have put on Adware 6.0 and that helped

Thanks
Ken Blake said:
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If the computer starts running at acceptable speed, but gets
slower over time, your problem has nothing to do with how much
RAM you have. Neither installing more RAM nor reinstalling
Windows is the solution.

Something is wrong with your housekeeping. Defragging may help,
but my guess is that it's more than that. You may be accumlating
various pices of spyware that are slowing you down. Try running
Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy regularly.
Click to expand...
 
Thanks for all the help Gerry I finally got the beast to work a little
faster

Thanks
An extra 256 mb RAM would help.

Have you allowed Windows to manage your memory without the introduction of
any memory managers. Memory managers can lead to poor system performance!

How large is your hard disk and how much free space? In Windows Explorer
right click on your C drive and select Properties.

Download Adaware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and use
it to remove parasites.

How good is your housekeeping?

1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder.

2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst OFFLINE.

3. Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
Cleanup.

4. Run Disk Defragmenter.

You should investigate whether you have unnecessary programmes loading at
start up / running in background. This a big topic. Start by telling us
about the Norton products you are using. There are a number of potential
areas of conflict.

Are you using Microsoft Office? If yes, which version?


~~~~~~


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA
(e-mail address removed)
Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please tell the newsgroup how any
suggested solution worked for you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Are you running the firewall, scanning regularly for evil
stuff and clearing temp files too.

I update and scan at least once a week with SpyBot and
AdAware, also McAfee anti-virus. I run Zone Alarm.

My system seems pretty fast to me.


| Thanks for all the help Gerry I finally got the beast to
work a little
| faster
|
| Thanks
| | An extra 256 mb RAM would help.
|
| Have you allowed Windows to manage your memory without the
introduction of
| any memory managers. Memory managers can lead to poor
system performance!
|
| How large is your hard disk and how much free space? In
Windows Explorer
| right click on your C drive and select Properties.
|
| Download Adaware from
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and use
| it to remove parasites.
|
| How good is your housekeeping?
|
| 1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder.
|
| 2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst
OFFLINE.
|
| 3. Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System
Tools, Disk
| Cleanup.
|
| 4. Run Disk Defragmenter.
|
| You should investigate whether you have unnecessary
programmes loading at
| start up / running in background. This a big topic. Start
by telling us
| about the Norton products you are using. There are a
number of potential
| areas of conflict.
|
| Are you using Microsoft Office? If yes, which version?
|
|
| ~~~~~~
|
|
| Hope this helps.
|
| Gerry
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| FCA
| (e-mail address removed)
| Stourport, Worcs, England
| Enquire, plan and execute.
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Please tell the newsgroup how any
| suggested solution worked for you.
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
| | > I have been using Windows XP for about 18 months and
have had to format
| the
| > C drive several times and reload the system and all of
the programs on the
| > drive to regain operational speed. It seems that after
about a month or so
| > of using the Windows system it begins to slow down and
it seems take
| forever
| > for programs to load. Opening a folder is extremely long
and it takes
| > several minutes to restart the computer. I presently
have 256meg of ram
| and
| > am contemplating adding 512meg more in a hope that it
will speed up the
| > system. Is this a reasonable scheme or is there a better
way to keep the
| > system from slowing down so much.
| >
| > Decrementing the system doesn't seem to help. I am using
Norton Works 2004
| > to maintain good system integrity.
| >
| > Thanks
| >
| > --
| > Larry
| > Jesus Saves
| >
| >
|
|
 
Got rid of Norton.
System performance improved *tremendously*
~Kimberlee


: I have been using Windows XP for about 18 months and have had to format
the
: C drive several times and reload the system and all of the programs on the
: drive to regain operational speed. It seems that after about a month or so
: of using the Windows system it begins to slow down and it seems take
forever
: for programs to load. Opening a folder is extremely long and it takes
: several minutes to restart the computer. I presently have 256meg of ram
and
: am contemplating adding 512meg more in a hope that it will speed up the
: system. Is this a reasonable scheme or is there a better way to keep the
: system from slowing down so much.
:
: Decrementing the system doesn't seem to help. I am using Norton Works 2004
: to maintain good system integrity.
:
: Thanks
:
: --
: Larry
: Jesus Saves
:
:
 
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