re: Many machines slowing down lately, why?
Friday, July 25, 2008 at 7:05 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Charlie
(97 messages posted)
Some others here have been recommending AVAST for an anti virus over AVG. The general
consensus is that the version 8 is a bit bloated and can cause some slow downs.
I've also noticed in the last few days, what seems to be a general slowing down of
internet activity, primarily the time it takes many web pages to load.
Since i'm limited to dial up, this also is very noticible and though i've not made
any recent software/hardware changes i cant pin down any reason specificly on my
pc, other than to suggest it could be an internet issue instead of any specific pc
issue.
i would suggest however, slowdown issues could be more attributed to a buildup of
files in temp foulders, cache, cookies etc. I do notice however a little speed difference
if i dont regularly do as mentioned, and i rely on ccleaner and i can sometimes see
a before and after difference particularly if i dont run it regularly.
On Friday, July 25, 2008 at 6:28 am, ApprenticeDave wrote:
>This has been bothering me for some time now. I work on about 15 computers a month,
>on average. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Most of the time, circumstances deem
>it necessary to where the client is better off with just starting off on a clean
>slate. Heres how I do that.
>
>First I back up all data thats important to the client. Then I use Driver Genius
>to back up all of their drivers. I run Belarc and SIW to obtain all system information,
>installed programs and their related product keys, and save that information. I
nuke
>the hard drive, as opposed to just reformatting because Im a paranoid freak. Then
>I reinstall the operating system (lets say XP Home as an example), reinstall the
>drivers, and run all of the Windows updates, which here recently include Service
>Pack 3. I install AVG 8.0 and Zone Alarm.
>
>Here lately in many incidences, (not all, but many) the people are telling me that
>their computers are running slower than before, particularly while on line. I know
>the proper way to figure this out would be to eliminate one thing at a time until
>the answer presents itself. Like perhaps reverting to IE 6, or eliminating the Phishing
>filter, or eliminating SP3, or eliminating Zone Alarm, and so forth and so on.
>
>But before I drove myself insane, I thought I would just ask if anyone else had
noticed
>this or tried to work on this problem.
>
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
>
>David
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