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| Thread ID: 35580 | 2003-07-16 07:52:00 | computer slower than it should be? | Craig (448) | Press F1 |
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| 160267 | 2003-07-16 07:52:00 | i read here some time ago that a windows xp update my cause some computers to run slower (i was unable to relocate this post). i suspect my fairly new pc company p4 2.4ghz 256mb ram may be one of these computers (the harddrive is only half full - 20gb/40gb). could someone please shed some light on this problem, and if it is likely to be causing a decrease in the speed of my pc, give me the location of the update that fixes this. thanks. |
Craig (448) | ||
| 160268 | 2003-07-16 08:07:00 | Hi Craig That Microsoft update has since be re-released (patched) so if you currently have all you critical updates installed, that should no longer be an issue for you. You can read more about it here (support.microsoft.com) and here (support.microsoft.com) What sort of symptoms are you getting with your PC? Slow to bootup, programs open slowly etc? Do you do regular maintenance like disk cleanup, scandisk and defragging? |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 160269 | 2003-07-16 08:54:00 | thanks for your reply. i regulary preform disk cleanups, defragmenting, etc. some symptoms are; the icons in control panel come in one by one. after i've closed a game, it takes quite awhile before my desktop becomes functional again (icons & clock take awhile to come in), and opening small programs such as windows messenger can often take several seconds. it's not running extremely slow it's just I've definately seen a substantual decrease in speed. |
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| 160270 | 2003-07-16 10:00:00 | try applying the above paths & see if that helps | stu140103 (137) | ||
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