Re: OT - periodic PC slowage

["Steve D" <steve@xxxxxxx>]

Well, you are running windows,,, what can you expect ;)

Has it been running two years without a reinstall?

I reinstall win98 every 4 months at least, so i can keep all the crap out
of
it, and keep it running fast, becuase no matter hwat i do, it always
goes
slow....


Try backing up, and a reinstall, if you really can';t stand it.

Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Howell" <grizelli@xxxxxxx>
To: "ukha" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:07 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] OT - periodic PC slowage


> Sorry for the OT post, long term lurker at his wits end.  My 2
year old
> Dell with W98SE has developed the habit of periodically running
> unbelievably slow - mouse pointer moves at normal speed, but the
machine
> takes around 5 seconds to respond to a mouse click or key press. 
System
> monitor shows processor usage at 100% at these times (but then it
does
> that at other times as well when the machine is working fine). 
Seems to
> be triggered by anything that uses the modem - Explorer, Netscape
and
> Kazaa - and can only be fixed with the Big Red Button.
>
> Its getting worse, and neither Dell nor that nice Mr Gates have
any
> useful ideas.  I've done all the defrag/scandisc/dump all the
.tmp
> files/clear out all the advertising search robots/etc. and my gast
is
> completely flabbered.  Any clues from the brains out there??
>
> Thanks
> Martin
>
>
>
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