Slow computer after upgrading to xp Pro.

I didn't "PERFORM the procedure", because there isn't anything to perform. All of the settings were correct, according to the procedures noted in that article.

The computer seems to be functioning better, but I still see much slower startup times. Although this is probably more of a nuisance than a big problem, I would like to fix it nonetheless.

Is there any way for me to simply revert back to XP Home? Or would I need to completely uninstall Windows XP and then reinstall it using my XP Home CD?

Paul

As such, you have decided you don't want help?

Best of luck and I hope you find your answers.

Bob

Bob, as I said before, there is NO procedure to perform. Perhaps you have forgotten what the article actually says. The article states:

"In the Current Transfer Mode drop-down box, select DMA if Available if the current setting is "PIO Only."
If the drop-down box already shows "DMA if Available" but the current transfer mode is PIO, then the user must toggle the settings."

This does not apply to me because:
1. The current setting is NOT "PIO Only".
2. The drop-down box already shows "DMA if Available", but the current transfer mode is NOT PIO.

As such, I do not believe that there is anything to perform.

Bob, I'm not exactly sure why you automatically assume that I decided I don't want any help just because there was nothing to preform. I guess I'm not following your logic.

I've solved this too many times by setting it to PIO, OK'ing my way out and then going back in to set it to DMA if available.

Since you didn't do this, it leaves it on the table as a possible cause.

Everyonce in awhile I do run into people who won't perform these little procedures to rule out the simple items. I find it best to wish them well and wait for them to come back and share what eventually fixed it for them.

It's like this. If you won't do this, why would you do any other procedure that the forum would ask?

I wish you the best of luck in finding your bottleneck item.

Bob

Bob,

It didn't say anywhere in the procedure that I should select PIO and then OK and then go back and change it back to DMA.

I have done what you suggested, and I'm hoping that it will solve my problem. Thank you for the suggestion.

doesn't always work Paul but as Bob indicated it works often enough that it is strongly recommended to do it whether it "makes sense" or not.

many of the other fixes noted within the knowledgebase require the same "change it and then change it back again" for some arcane reason.

If the other fixes don't work to help you, you should be aware that XP Pro does check for a few additional things during boot that the Home version does not and if you have them but do not use them ...

Take a look at the differences between versions at the Microsoft XP site http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/default.asp

The online Resource Kit for XP might prove helpful for you too http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/Default.asp

Still no luck ? Maybe Lady luck has come by, but you did not reconize her. Have you indeed read the article Bob provided ? I believe part of the solution to your problem lies right at the end of that article.

sevenupdude23, thanks for the suggestions. I have already went through and disabled the programs that I don't need.

My internet explorer settings were set up to like 124mb. I set it down to 35mb; 124 seemed a bit high .

I hope that will help to improve my performance. Once again, thanks for the help dude.

Paul

I'm glad I was a help- I forgot to mention one thing though:

go to www.pcpitstop.com and perform a scan. This scans your whole computer and tells you of any problems in your system.

I was also just curious: If you go to MSconfig and go to the Startup tab, you can see all the programs that were on the startup-I was just wondering how many you had running unneccessarily?