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windows XP so slow

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by ironhorse, 2003/08/15.

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  1. 2003/08/15
    ironhorse

    ironhorse Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a pentium 4 cpu and a VIA motherboard and its so slow even when I use any windows program. When I go online I cant go anywhere because I get time out It takes so long to load pages I use DSL.
    I'm useing XP home. I was thonking about reformating and loading windows 98se. How do I do this I can restert in Dos mode like you can in other window programs? I'm lost in XP.
    Thanks
     
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    I doubt it is XP that is causing your computer to run slowly. Have you checked it with Spybot and AdAware recently? Have you run a defrag lately? Made any hardware or software changes right before the problems started? What are your computer's specs?Sounds to me like something else may be going on. I use XP on a cable connection, and my pages load as fast as I can click.
     
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    ironhorse

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    The pc was like this the day I got it. Never realy had the chance to use it. What system specs would you like let me know and I'll post them
    Thanks again
     
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    Ironhorse,

    How long have you had this PC? There was a critical update Q811493 issued by M$ 16 April which slowed down many PC's to a crawl. The update was re-issued 29 May and is OK.

    Do these dates coincide with your acquisition of the PC?

    Do you regularly visit Windows Update for the critical updates? If you don't I am thinking that your PC may have the old version of the patch installed and this may be the source of the problem.

    Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and scroll down to Windows XP (SP2) Hotfixes - do you see Q811493?

    Remove it and see if this solves the problem - then visit Windows Update and install the latest version.

    A long shot, but it may help.
     
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    ironhorse

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    Pete The only hot fix I have is ( sp2 ) Q329170
    Thanks
     
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    I got the pc in feb. I didnt go online much because it was to hard to do. I did go to VIA web site for new drivers no help. Its real bad if a web page has to down load, it will time out
    Thanks Pete
     
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    I would return it to the supplier before the warranty runs out - it is clearly not right.

    I agree with what you say about VIA - the web site is fine, but the download servers can be very temperamental. However I strongly suggest that you install the latest Hyperion 4 in 1 drivers, download from :

    http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300

    Even though the computer has been like this since you got it I suggest that you give it a good clean - follow Mike's post in this thread for 'Clean up good!' -
    http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18359

    Let us know how you get on.
     
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    What amount of RAM came installed on the PC? If it's less than 256Mb (say 128) then yes this on it's own will cause the PC to appear very sluggish. 256 is really the minimum, and above this up to 512 will usually improve general system speed from arguably 5-10% loosely speaking!
     
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    ironhorse

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    Thanks Paul I have 256Mb of ram. I'll try the cleaning but if I have to go on line it will take some time
     
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