A PC came my way, takes ages to start up. Like you do the
control-alt-del and it takes 25 seconds for the logon
window to appear. Then slow slow slow. If I try to start
task manager, that takes about 20 sec to appear, and it shows
only a few percent CPU being used. Weird: what is it
waiting for? Godot? Then to shut down takes about 6 minutes.
Now this PC is P4 2.8 GHz with 1536 MB of DDR and 7200
RPM disk. I once installed XP on a PC with 500 MHz CPU and
384 MB of SDRAM, and that was faster.
This tortoise was an office PC, has only an accounting
package and anti-virus scanner, not tons of crap like I
often see.
I booted a live linux CD, and then it runs quite briskly.
I tried various diagnostics, anti-spyware scan,
defrag the disk and so on.
Is there some obscure bug which chokes XP thus?

Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this
non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real
reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an
di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system
Per maggiori informazioni |For more info
https://www.mixmaster.it

 

On 8/23/2010 4:50 AM, George Orwell wrote:
> A PC came my way, takes ages to start up. Like you do the
> control-alt-del and it takes 25 seconds for the logon
> window to appear. Then slow slow slow. If I try to start
> task manager, that takes about 20 sec to appear, and it shows
> only a few percent CPU being used. Weird: what is it
> waiting for? Godot? Then to shut down takes about 6 minutes.
> Now this PC is P4 2.8 GHz with 1536 MB of DDR and 7200
> RPM disk. I once installed XP on a PC with 500 MHz CPU and
> 384 MB of SDRAM, and that was faster.
> This tortoise was an office PC, has only an accounting
> package and anti-virus scanner, not tons of crap like I
> often see.
> I booted a live linux CD, and then it runs quite briskly.
> I tried various diagnostics, anti-spyware scan,
> defrag the disk and so on.
> Is there some obscure bug which chokes XP thus?
>
> Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this
> non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real
> reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an
> di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system
> Per maggiori informazioni |For more info
> https://www.mixmaster.it
>

Have you checked to see if the hard drive is set to PIO?

--
Peter Taylor

 

See...

Help! My computer is slow!
http://miekiemoes.blogspot.com/2008/02/help-my-computer-is-slow.html

Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic44694.html

What to do if your Computer is running slowly
http://www.malwareremoval.com/tutorials/runningslowly.php
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


George Orwell wrote:
> A PC came my way, takes ages to start up. Like you do the
> control-alt-del and it takes 25 seconds for the logon
> window to appear. Then slow slow slow. If I try to start
> task manager, that takes about 20 sec to appear, and it shows
> only a few percent CPU being used. Weird: what is it
> waiting for? Godot? Then to shut down takes about 6 minutes.
> Now this PC is P4 2.8 GHz with 1536 MB of DDR and 7200
> RPM disk. I once installed XP on a PC with 500 MHz CPU and
> 384 MB of SDRAM, and that was faster.
> This tortoise was an office PC, has only an accounting
> package and anti-virus scanner, not tons of crap like I
> often see.
> I booted a live linux CD, and then it runs quite briskly.
> I tried various diagnostics, anti-spyware scan,
> defrag the disk and so on.
> Is there some obscure bug which chokes XP thus?

 

Has the system been opted into Microsoft Update ?
If so, suggest you opt out and switch to Windows Update for now.

How To Disable Microsoft Update and Use Windows Update
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...able-microsoft-update-and-use-windows-update/

Sources for Microsoft Update issue in Windows XP SP3 -

wuaudt.exe <sic> is really bogging down my computer
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/ef18ff87-db7f-4705-8105-33dcf9a9a03b

Automatic Updates memory hog on XP SP3. Updates not working
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/c41d2ef2-b755-41ec-8924-8ce618f3e939



MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked



George Orwell wrote:
> A PC came my way, takes ages to start up. Like you do the
> control-alt-del and it takes 25 seconds for the logon
> window to appear. Then slow slow slow. If I try to start
> task manager, that takes about 20 sec to appear, and it shows
> only a few percent CPU being used. Weird: what is it
> waiting for? Godot? Then to shut down takes about 6 minutes.
> Now this PC is P4 2.8 GHz with 1536 MB of DDR and 7200
> RPM disk. I once installed XP on a PC with 500 MHz CPU and
> 384 MB of SDRAM, and that was faster.
> This tortoise was an office PC, has only an accounting
> package and anti-virus scanner, not tons of crap like I
> often see.
> I booted a live linux CD, and then it runs quite briskly.
> I tried various diagnostics, anti-spyware scan,
> defrag the disk and so on.
> Is there some obscure bug which chokes XP thus?
>
> Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this
> non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real
> reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an
> di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system
> Per maggiori informazioni |For more info
> https://www.mixmaster.it
>

 

Caveats & FAQ:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com...9a9a03b/#44e80262-9a91-4ddb-9770-63810962cb8c

MowGreen wrote:
> Has the system been opted into Microsoft Update ?
> If so, suggest you opt out and switch to Windows Update for now.
>
> How To Disable Microsoft Update and Use Windows Update
> http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...able-microsoft-update-and-use-windows-update/
>
> Sources for Microsoft Update issue in Windows XP SP3 -
>
> wuaudt.exe <sic> is really bogging down my computer
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/ef18ff87-db7f-4705-8105-33dcf9a9a03b
>
> Automatic Updates memory hog on XP SP3. Updates not working
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/c41d2ef2-b755-41ec-8924-8ce618f3e939
>
>
>
> MowGreen
> ================
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ================
>
> "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
>
>
>
> George Orwell wrote:
>> A PC came my way, takes ages to start up. Like you do the
>> control-alt-del and it takes 25 seconds for the logon
>> window to appear. Then slow slow slow. If I try to start
>> task manager, that takes about 20 sec to appear, and it shows
>> only a few percent CPU being used. Weird: what is it
>> waiting for? Godot? Then to shut down takes about 6 minutes.
>> Now this PC is P4 2.8 GHz with 1536 MB of DDR and 7200
>> RPM disk. I once installed XP on a PC with 500 MHz CPU and
>> 384 MB of SDRAM, and that was faster.
>> This tortoise was an office PC, has only an accounting
>> package and anti-virus scanner, not tons of crap like I
>> often see.
>> I booted a live linux CD, and then it runs quite briskly.
>> I tried various diagnostics, anti-spyware scan,
>> defrag the disk and so on.
>> Is there some obscure bug which chokes XP thus?
>>
>> Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this
>> non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real
>> reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an
>> di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system
>> Per maggiori informazioni |For more info
>> https://www.mixmaster.it

 

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> Caveats & FAQ:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com...9a9a03b/#44e80262-9a91-4ddb-9770-63810962cb8c
>

Sorry, I'm on a low FAQ diet.


MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

 

In article <eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

> See...
>
> Help! My computer is slow!
Get a Mac.
>
> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
Get a Mac.
>
> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
Get a Mac!!

Fixed!

 

Justin wrote:
> In article<eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]"<PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> See...
>>
>> Help! My computer is slow!
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
> Get a Mac!!
>
> Fixed!


For you the slogan is " Get a brain ... FIXED ! "
PLONK !



MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

 

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 1791 -0400, Justin
<justin@nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote:

>In article <eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> See...
>>
>> Help! My computer is slow!
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
> Get a Mac!!
>
>Fixed!

Yeah, slow is normal then.

 

Get a life.

Justin wrote:
> In article <eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> See...
>>
>> Help! My computer is slow!
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
> Get a Mac!!
>
> Fixed!

 

Why do you insist on making an ass of yourself? No self respect?????
"Justin" <justin@nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote in message
news:justin-FEB444.17392624082010@news.eternal-september.org...
> In article <eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> See...
>>
>> Help! My computer is slow!
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
> Get a Mac.
>>
>> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
> Get a Mac!!
>
> Fixed!

 

FLASH! Pot calls kettle beige. Film at 11:00.

Unknown wrote:
> Why do you insist on making an ass of yourself? No self respect?????
> "Justin" <justin@nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote in message
> news:justin-FEB444.17392624082010@news.eternal-september.org...
>> In article <eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> See...
>>>
>>> Help! My computer is slow!
>> Get a Mac.
>>>
>>> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
>> Get a Mac.
>>>
>>> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
>> Get a Mac!!
>>
>> Fixed!

 

You also???????
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23h$QUnKRLHA.6004@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> FLASH! Pot calls kettle beige. Film at 11:00.
>
> Unknown wrote:
>> Why do you insist on making an ass of yourself? No self respect?????
>> "Justin" <justin@nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote in message
>> news:justin-FEB444.17392624082010@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> In article <eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> See...
>>>>
>>>> Help! My computer is slow!
>>> Get a Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
>>> Get a Mac.
>>>>
>>>> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
>>> Get a Mac!!
>>>
>>> Fixed!

 

am or pm?
inquiring minds want to know.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23h$QUnKRLHA.6004@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> FLASH! Pot calls kettle beige. Film at 11:00.
>
> Unknown wrote:
>> Why do you insist on making an ass of yourself? No self respect?????
>> "Justin" <justin@nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote in message
>> news:justin-FEB444.17392624082010@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> In article <eYvUAgtQLHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> See...
>>>>
>>>> Help! My computer is slow!
>>> Get a Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Troubleshooting checklist for a slow computer
>>> Get a Mac.
>>>>
>>>> What to do if your Computer is running slowly
>>> Get a Mac!!
>>>
>>> Fixed!