Re: [WinMac] W2K OS Decay?

From: Curtis Wilcox (cwcx[at]mail.rochester.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 13 2000 - 06:00:47 PST

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    At 04:23 PM 12/12/2000 -0600, Mark Schaefer wrote:
    >I've installed Windows 2000 Pro on a Dell Desktop in early September, and
    >added SR-1.
    >
    >Lately the entire system is slowing down too much to be acceptable.
    >
    >Office 2000, QuickBooks Pro, IE 5.5, 56K modem access to Internet, that kind
    >of stuff is on machine.
    >
    >I've defragged, and scan disked etc. But no change.
    >
    >(Opening a folder from My Computer can take 6 or 7 seconds to open it up,
    >even tho the hard drive light starts the moment you click the folder.)
    >
    >Any advice? Other than reinstalling the OS...

    Use performance monitoring to log various things including CPU use and
    pagefile use.

    You haven't described the machine. What's the processor, the RAM, etc.? Was
    Win2k clean installed or was it an upgrade (if an upgrade, from what)?

    --
    Curtis Wilcox          cwcx@ats.rochester.edu
    ATS Desktop Systems Consultant   716/274-1160
    Eastman School of Music       Pager: x12-3290
    

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