P5GPL slow opening apps XP sp2

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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:51:42 -0400, "SimonLW" <anon@anon.com> wrote:

>I just built this system. It has 2 Gig RAM P4 3.2 GHz. XP is low opening
>apps and dialog boxes. It will sit for 5 sec. Processor shows no than 4%
>activity during this time. Once in the app, it is very fast as a 3.2 GHz
>machine should be. Apps are local on the machine. Even windows apps, such as
>explorer open slow. Not sure what to check. Please help!
>
>Thanks for any ideas. -S

Network up and running properly?

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"SimonLW" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
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> I just built this system. It has 2 Gig RAM P4 3.2 GHz. XP is low opening
> apps and dialog boxes. It will sit for 5 sec. Processor shows no than 4%
> activity during this time. Once in the app, it is very fast as a 3.2 GHz
> machine should be. Apps are local on the machine. Even windows apps, such
as
> explorer open slow. Not sure what to check. Please help!
>
> Thanks for any ideas. -S
>
>
I found the source of the trouble. It turns out to be AVG virus scanner. It
was not scanning at the time, but it was slowing the system down. I
uninstalled it for now and the system is fast. This is unusual as I never
had problems with AVG and never suspected it.

Anyone have an opinion of the Marvel Yukon NIC on this board? Seems okay so
far (machine only used 1/2 a day so far). I've used 3COM and Realtek in the
past.
Thanks. -S