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| Thread ID: 86844 | 2008-01-30 08:30:00 | Slow computer without an explanation | george12 (7) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 635507 | 2008-01-30 10:23:00 | I bet the DMA has downgraded, I would be checking that once it finally boots up. Once thats fixed reset. Then boot it up and Nuke Nortons. | apsattv (7406) | ||
| 635508 | 2008-01-30 10:26:00 | I run more then one network one has Nortons - the slowest but not bad Mcfee - good protection, light foot print but the fastest of the lot is Avast , cheapest to All work fine all stuff up, reload what ever BUT get more RAM! |
TGD (13317) | ||
| 635509 | 2008-01-30 10:29:00 | i agree avast is quite good i run it at home maybe you should try a diffrent virus shield/scanner/protecter or maybe your system isnt compatible with norton? | IllegalCharacter (1949) | ||
| 635510 | 2008-01-30 10:36:00 | to put it in a simple awnser its probably the hard drive and the ram Ie is taking 57 mb's itself! norton doesnt load when your booting try buying more ram getting a new Hd or Maybe even updating windows though Norton may be a problem when actually running | IllegalCharacter (1949) | ||
| 635511 | 2008-01-30 10:40:00 | It's a client's PC. I can't switch AVs without asking first, and I'd rather not go there yet. The hard drive tested fine. Nothing is loading that isn't related to NIS, so I'm going to disable that and see what happens. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 635512 | 2008-01-30 10:40:00 | Nortons integrates itself through the entire file structure, adds a bunch of services into the windows shell and another bunch of crap into the startup. Shes definitely loading itself when Windows is booting. And the hard drive is about the least likely suspect. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 635513 | 2008-01-30 10:46:00 | I bet the DMA has downgraded, I would be checking that once it finally boots up. Once thats fixed reset. Then boot it up and Nuke Nortons. I was going to suggest that, but if it has NIS on it it's very likely it's Norton rather than a DMA problem |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 635514 | 2008-01-30 10:46:00 | More RAM won't help - it's got 90MB physically free once everything is loaded. I'm not sure about the hard drive - it seems to have no physical faults. | george12 (7) | ||
| 635515 | 2008-01-30 10:53:00 | Test the HDD as much as you like, have you tried disabling norton yet? (and make sure you do it properly with msconfig so nothing norton loads) | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 635516 | 2008-01-30 11:03:00 | Will do so in the morning. It's time to get some sleep. Goodnight PF1 - thanks for your help everyone. |
george12 (7) | ||
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