I've got a P4 1.5 GHz system running XP. Boot up is just WAY too
slow, and loading programs takes forever [hourglass sits there]. I've
defragged and deleted .TMP files. I even think I called Dell at one
point, but the bottom line is, it's still doing it. Can someone tell
me how to fix this? |
Request for Question Clarification by
feilong-ga
on
20 Jul 2003 11:46 PDT
Hi 8675309,
Some questions:
"I've got a P4 1.5 GHz system running XP" -- Could you please tell us
how much RAM is installed on your system, what is the OS installed,
and other info regarding your system's hardware?
"Boot up is just WAY too slow, and loading programs takes forever
[hourglass sits there]" -- What do you mean by this? Does it take to
long to boot to Windows or doesn't it boot to Windows at all?
If ever you can go to Windows either in safe mode or normal, could you
please tell us the amount of RAM in the General tab of your System
Properties?
Please understand that we can't physically see/check your unit so it
could help us a lot ifyou can add more detail to your response. Thank
you.
-Feilong
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Clarification of Question by
8675309-ga
on
20 Jul 2003 12:35 PDT
Hi feilong -
Sorry, I neglected to say how much RAM ...384 MB. By "running XP," I
meant, it's running Windows XP.
The system runs fine, other than it being very slow. By "slow" I mean
it boots to the Windows desktop, but then the hourglass is up on the
screen for too long before it allows you to load any applications.
Then, when loading an application, instead of them coming right up
[like it does on normally running systems], the hourglass sits there
and it takes too long before it comes up.
Another thing... grab say the IE window, and move it to the right or
left, and the icons re-paint on the desktop...they shouldn't have to
repaint/refresh. They refresh with some default, plain graphic, and
then the real icon graphic comes on top of it. For all of this stuff,
it doesn't really seem like it's accessing the hard drive [too
much]...
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Request for Question Clarification by
feilong-ga
on
20 Jul 2003 12:55 PDT
It's possible that you have too many programs running in the
background. Press ctrl+alt+delete once to see how many applications
are running. What are the programs installed in your computer?
Some more questions:
"...384 MB" -- yes, but how much RAM is dispayed in your system
properties? It's possible that you may have 384MB of RAM installed in
your system but 256MB of it might not be functioning. So please check
your system properties to see if it clearly registers as 384MB.
Can you please tell us the antivirus and/or firewall installed?
Did you use a tweak program?
When did your system start to behave like this? What did you
install/remove, if any, prior to the problem?
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Clarification of Question by
8675309-ga
on
20 Jul 2003 14:58 PDT
>It's possible that you have too many programs running in the
>background. Press ctrl+alt+delete once to see how many applications
>are running. What are the programs installed in your computer?
There's nothing running in the background. There are some things on
the systray though.
>"...384 MB" -- yes, but how much RAM is dispayed in your system
>properties? It's possible that you may have 384MB of RAM installed in
>your system but 256MB of it might not be functioning. So please check
>your system properties to see if it clearly registers as 384MB.
Clearly registers. In fact, I just upgraded the system from 128 to
384 within the last week, hoping that more RAM would fix the problem.
It has done next to nothing.
>Can you please tell us the antivirus and/or firewall installed?
Norton antivirus.
>Did you use a tweak program?
Nope.
>When did your system start to behave like this? What did you
>install/remove, if any, prior to the problem?
It's been like this for as long as I can remember. I.e., I can't
pinpoint an exact thing that might have set this off. Had the system
for about a year.
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