Comments on: Slow PC maintenance http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/ GeekLimit.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: taoski http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-732 taoski Tue, 23 May 2006 09:13:22 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-732 <p>The customer had installed Norton Internet Security and that seemed to take a long time to appea, so i expect it was this that was causing the issue.</p> <p>They also only had 256MB of RAM which might have explained a few things too.</p> <p>I expect a rebuild in the near future... </p> The customer had installed Norton Internet Security and that seemed to take a long time to appea, so i expect it was this that was causing the issue.

They also only had 256MB of RAM which might have explained a few things too.

I expect a rebuild in the near future… 

]]> By: DD32 http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-731 DD32 Mon, 22 May 2006 23:07:35 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-731 To me the problem sounds like one of 2 things: 1. Too many applications loading on login, OR a program is reading an insane ammount of data when starting 2. Someones hiding a tonne of porn in the C:\documents and settings\username\ and windows is trying to load it all or something (I've seen this myself, but i've got over 5GB in there of random data and it doesnt affect me.. but i've seen it before) And a good troubleshooter in this case isss.. "BootVis.exe" A Microsoft tool, but no longer distributed by them, Get your grubby mits on it sometime and play around.. Its good for determing what takes so muhc time to load and whatnot.(I once found an application -- something to do with Norton AV -- was taking over 3 minutes to boot on this single machine.. Its also got an optimise function where it supposable optimises the system bootup(But it never seemed to make much of a differnece to me. DD32 To me the problem sounds like one of 2 things:
1. Too many applications loading on login, OR a program is reading an insane ammount of data when starting
2. Someones hiding a tonne of porn in the C:\documents and settings\username\ and windows is trying to load it all or something (I’ve seen this myself, but i’ve got over 5GB in there of random data and it doesnt affect me.. but i’ve seen it before)

And a good troubleshooter in this case isss.. “BootVis.exe” A Microsoft tool, but no longer distributed by them, Get your grubby mits on it sometime and play around..
Its good for determing what takes so muhc time to load and whatnot.(I once found an application — something to do with Norton AV — was taking over 3 minutes to boot on this single machine..
Its also got an optimise function where it supposable optimises the system bootup(But it never seemed to make much of a differnece to me.

DD32

]]> By: taoski http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-730 taoski Mon, 22 May 2006 20:03:08 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-730 The PC has gone back to the owner now - so i can't carry out the proper tests, but thanks for the feedback so far! The PC has gone back to the owner now – so i can't carry out the proper tests, but thanks for the feedback so far!

]]> By: iiq374 http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-729 iiq374 Mon, 22 May 2006 19:00:40 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-729 When using perfmon what are the disk statisitics you are seeing in the way of disk queue length etc. Using task manager which processes have the main amount of disk read/write activity occurring?  When using perfmon what are the disk statisitics you are seeing in the way of disk queue length etc. Using task manager which processes have the main amount of disk read/write activity occurring? 

]]> By: nitro2k01 http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-728 nitro2k01 Mon, 22 May 2006 18:37:30 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-728 You might need to turn on DMA transfers. Google for it, I don't have the energy to explain how right now. You might need to turn on DMA transfers. Google for it, I don't have the energy to explain how right now.

]]> By: Riley McArdle http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Riley McArdle Mon, 22 May 2006 18:36:39 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-727 Run a thorough check of the hard drive using the drive manufacturer's diagnostic tool.  If it says its fine, run it twice.  I suspect the drive is dying.  The drive is thrashing because it is retrying soft sectors, remapping bad sectors and accessing sectors that have already been remapped. Run a thorough check of the hard drive using the drive manufacturer's diagnostic tool.  If it says its fine, run it twice.  I suspect the drive is dying.  The drive is thrashing because it is retrying soft sectors, remapping bad sectors and accessing sectors that have already been remapped.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Jeremiah Mon, 22 May 2006 17:34:58 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-726 I've seen this happen before, with my parents PC, but they had spyware out the ying-yang. I would suggest just installing a Linux distro, but since you seem to know what you're doing and all, I would say, maybe check out the RAM speed. Even if they have enough RAM to satisfy running their usual apps, it could be slow and pull the PC to a halt. Or maybe, the drive speed is just slow? Programs leaking memory? I dunno, I'm not A+ Certified yet. I've seen this happen before, with my parents PC, but they had spyware out the ying-yang. I would suggest just installing a Linux distro, but since you seem to know what you're doing and all, I would say, maybe check out the RAM speed. Even if they have enough RAM to satisfy running their usual apps, it could be slow and pull the PC to a halt. Or maybe, the drive speed is just slow? Programs leaking memory? I dunno, I'm not A+ Certified yet.

]]> By: kip http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-725 kip Mon, 22 May 2006 16:36:45 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-725 dunno if the hd is performing up to snuff - you could try hdspeed from george breese to see if it is: <a href="http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/" rel="nofollow">http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/</a> you have to scroll down a bit to get to hdspeed dunno if the hd is performing up to snuff – you could try hdspeed from george breese to see if it is: http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/ you have to scroll down a bit to get to hdspeed

]]> By: byron http://blog.geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/comment-page-1/#comment-724 byron Mon, 22 May 2006 15:42:23 +0000 http://geeklimit.com/2006/05/22/slow-pc-maintenance/#comment-724 i've seen this before where a rogue process got stuck in a tight disk-thrashing loop on startup. grab sysinternal's filemon and monitor disk activity. i'd also check the cabling -- bad kinks in an ide cable can dramatically drop performance. i've seen this before where a rogue process got stuck in a tight disk-thrashing loop on startup. grab sysinternal's filemon and monitor disk activity. i'd also check the cabling — bad kinks in an ide cable can dramatically drop performance.

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