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Yet another slow XP problem

Mar 4, 2004 12:14PM PST

And yes, I've seen the link with all the progs to clean up your machine- great idea to put them in one place. Ran all of them, still no dice.

Here's the problem. Everything is running slow- games, IE, etc.- and when I check task manager I range from 10% to 20+% CPU usage (not sure if that's normal or not) when nothing but the essentials are running.

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
System Model: n/a
BIOS: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
Processor: AMD Athlon(TM) XP2100+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.3GHz
Memory: 1536MB RAM
Page File: 105MB used, 2820MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: /PackageInstall
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0902 32bit Unicode

Sound Card: USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0060 (English)

GFX: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4523 (English)


What other info do you guys need? You've helped me a few times before, and it's usually something bone-headed I've done, but I'm also bull-headed and that's the only way I seem to learn.

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Re:Yet another slow XP problem
Mar 4, 2004 12:43PM PST

Are the problems new, i.e. just noticed recently ? If so, what changes have you made and what programs installed ? Also try taking out some of that RAM-start with 512 MB and see how it goes. Although there is no limit for XP, some users find the system slowing down.

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Re:Re:Yet another slow XP problem
Mar 4, 2004 10:17PM PST

Yes, they started just recently. The system had run fine after the Sound Card was installed, then a day or so later, it started to bog down. I had uninstalled and re-installed Battlefield 1942, which had stopped working. I also defrag'd last night to no avail.

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Re:Re:Yet another slow XP problem
Mar 4, 2004 10:40PM PST

OK, I went down to 512MB and it runs fine. What does this mean?