OT - Windows slowdown?
 

I know this isn't the right forum for this (do I ever!), but you-all know so much about everything I thought I'd ask.

About two months ago I resurrected my daughter's Compaq laptop (cracked screen - replaced it) and ran an update on it.* It's running Windows XP, SP1 (I think), but since the update it has run about 1/3 as fast as it used to.


Does anyone know if there was a WXP update that killed performance on laptops?* None of my other XP installs, SP1 or SP2, suffers from this.

(Actually, I should say "their other" 'cuz I don't use Windows unless I can't avoid it, and then I try to do it on my WXP VM where it's still relatively safe.)


Thanks.

mhr


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My old IBM T21 suffered almost the same issues, tried to roll back the updates and even tried to install XP SP3 without any good performance change.
I had to reinstall Windows XP...

I believe it's a waste of time trying to troubleshoot performance stuff under a multipatched old install windows if you just can reinstall and get a fresh registry.

saludos.


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Victor Padro wrote:
My old IBM T21 suffered almost the same issues, tried to roll back the
updates and even tried to install XP SP3 without any good performance
change.

I had to reinstall Windows XP...

I believe it's a waste of time trying to troubleshoot performance
stuff under a multipatched old install windows if you just can
reinstall and get a fresh registry.


saludos.


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This isn't the right place, but a bit of help is always welcome :)

Windows XP, as with most other Windows' has the irritating habit of
pilling up junk in the registry, and other places. My first check is
always to check for viruses - update the virus definitions, and scan the
PC thoroughly, do a scan disk & defrag, and then try a registry repair
tool. Other than that, a re installation is your best bet.


Good luck

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Rudi Ahlers schrieb:

This isn't the right place, but a bit of help is always welcome :)

Windows XP, as with most other Windows' has the irritating habit of
pilling up junk in the registry, and other places. My first check is
always to check for viruses - update the virus definitions, and scan
the PC thoroughly, do a scan disk & defrag, and then try a registry
repair tool. Other than that, a re installation is your best bet.





Anything that takes longer than 30 minutes is better solved with a
re-install (with Windows).
Too bad that you have to re-install all the shiny applications, too
(which takes ages, usually).
But then, CentOS throws most of its stuff in /usr/bin and /bin, too, so
you can't differentiate between "OS" and applications, either.


I'd rather have a "base" install and a separate directory with "all the
rest". And of course, two different RPM-dbs, too.




cu,
Rainer


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On Wednesday 16 July 2008 02:03:26 MHR wrote:
> I know this isn't the right forum for this (do I ever!), but you-all know
> so much about everything I thought I'd ask.
>
> About two months ago I resurrected my daughter's Compaq laptop (cracked
> screen - replaced it) and ran an update on it. It's running Windows XP,
> SP1 (I think), but since the update it has run about 1/3 as fast as it used
> to.
>
> Does anyone know if there was a WXP update that killed performance on
> laptops? None of my other XP installs, SP1 or SP2, suffers from this.
>
> (Actually, I should say "their other" 'cuz I don't use Windows unless I
> can't avoid it, and then I try to do it on my WXP VM where it's still
> relatively safe.)
>
Applying SP3 to my daughter's laptop has killed performance to the point of
being almost unusable. Restore Points seem to be lost, so I can't go back to
before it.

Anne

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Anne Wilson wrote:
Applying SP3 to my daughter's laptop has killed performance to the point of
being almost unusable. Restore Points seem to be lost, so I can't go back to
before it.



I've installed SP3 on dozens of systems and seen no slowdowns.


this is WAY off topic for this list.
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From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf
Of Anne Wilson
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT - Windows slowdown?

On Wednesday 16 July 2008 02:03:26 MHR wrote:
> I know this isn't the right forum for this (do I ever!), but you-all
> know so much about everything I thought I'd ask.
>
> About two months ago I resurrected my daughter's Compaq laptop
> (cracked screen - replaced it) and ran an update on it. It's running
> Windows XP,
> SP1 (I think), but since the update it has run about 1/3 as fast as it
> used to.
>
> Does anyone know if there was a WXP update that killed performance on
> laptops? None of my other XP installs, SP1 or SP2, suffers from this.
>
> (Actually, I should say "their other" 'cuz I don't use Windows unless
> I can't avoid it, and then I try to do it on my WXP VM where it's
> still relatively safe.)
>
Applying SP3 to my daughter's laptop has killed performance to the point of
being almost unusable. Restore Points seem to be lost, so I can't go back
to before it.

Anne
--------
Depending on how SP3 was installed you can Uninstall it. From Add Remove
Programs.

JohnStanley

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> >
> Applying SP3 to my daughter's laptop has killed performance to the point
> of
> being almost unusable. Restore Points seem to be lost, so I can't go back
> to
> before it.
>
> Anne

Anne

Sp3 doesn't kill performance if applied to a fresh install before any
"other" updates or apps are applied / installed

Installing sp3 on top of sp2 "just because" is realistically not a good
thing...

- rh

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I've installed it on a half dozen machines here as part of a test. No issues
that I can see.
All are XP Pro with SP2 and some IE6, some IE7. All upgraded to IE7 after,
if they were IE6.
I DID take images (Clonezilla!) of those machines before I installed........
Just a habit I got into years ago. (Taking images before major changes, not
Clonezilla. I used to use Imagecast...)

Dennis


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> [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert - elists
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:59 AM
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> Subject: RE: [CentOS] OT - Windows slowdown?
>
>
> > >
> > Applying SP3 to my daughter's laptop has killed performance to the
> > point of being almost unusable. Restore Points seem to be
> lost, so I
> > can't go back to before it.
> >
> > Anne
>
> Anne
>
> Sp3 doesn't kill performance if applied to a fresh install
> before any "other" updates or apps are applied / installed
>
> Installing sp3 on top of sp2 "just because" is realistically
> not a good thing...
>
> - rh
>
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Rainer Duffner wrote:
| But then, CentOS throws most of its stuff in /usr/bin and /bin,
too, so
| you can't differentiate between "OS" and applications, either.
|
| I'd rather have a "base" install and a separate directory with
"all the
| rest". And of course, two different RPM-dbs, too.
|

That's what rpm is for.

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