- Jun 17, 2014
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Dell PC with dual core pentium @ 2.2GHz, 4 Gig RAM, WinXP Pro32. The machine was provided with both XP & Vista; at boot there is a selection of which OS I want to run that times out for 30 seconds (I've NEVER started with Vista, and it has since disappeared from the list).
About 3-4 months ago, I noticed the 30-second timer was running SLOOOWW. Checking it with a stopwatch, each 'second" it clicked off was actually between 7 and 8 seconds. This is apparently affecting EVERYTHING that references the system clock; as almost every function is now taking longer than ever before to complete. EX: Overall, a restart takes about 15 to 20 minutes; saving an Excel spreadsheet can take 30 seconds, and displays the "elapsed time" bar graph (I haven't seen THAT since Win3.1); and opening most applications allows time to go get a snack. A very interesting one is the Weather Channel Desktop-when viewing the 10-day forecast, the days slowly "creep" across the screen, rather than "jog".
I have just recently replaced the CMOS battery, and the Desktop clock & calender appears to be keeping proper time. THis all appears to have begun BEFORE the end of support.
About 3-4 months ago, I noticed the 30-second timer was running SLOOOWW. Checking it with a stopwatch, each 'second" it clicked off was actually between 7 and 8 seconds. This is apparently affecting EVERYTHING that references the system clock; as almost every function is now taking longer than ever before to complete. EX: Overall, a restart takes about 15 to 20 minutes; saving an Excel spreadsheet can take 30 seconds, and displays the "elapsed time" bar graph (I haven't seen THAT since Win3.1); and opening most applications allows time to go get a snack. A very interesting one is the Weather Channel Desktop-when viewing the 10-day forecast, the days slowly "creep" across the screen, rather than "jog".
I have just recently replaced the CMOS battery, and the Desktop clock & calender appears to be keeping proper time. THis all appears to have begun BEFORE the end of support.
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