Slow/Jerky

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Alan wrote:

> Hi all,
> Using an HP machine, 2.1 processor, 768 Ram, 40Gig Hard Drive, 3 Meg
> Broadband Internet, about three years old and well used.
> Broadband works very well, really fast.
> Ordinary use keeps 'stalling' on all programs, that is to say a program or
> function will be running, then stop for a moment , then run again. If I use
> Real Player or Windows Media Player, same thing, it stops momentarily and
> restarts, the picture stays there, it doesn't close down, but it 'stalls'.
> Even using something like Spider Solitaire from the basic Windows Menu it
> will do it, ie the cards start dealing, stop and then restart.
> Tried all manner of McCafee Virus Check, Spysweeper, Registry Mechanic and
> others, all to no avail.
> Beginning to think its a hardware problem, any one got any ideas?
> Regards,
> Alan.

Have you opened task manager and watched the process list to see what is
eating cup time when these momentary slowdowns occur?

See this link for some tips on a slow computer:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

Also do some clean boot troubleshooting:

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434



--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Thanks a lot Rock,
I'll try those and let you know,
Regards,
Alan.
"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Alan wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Using an HP machine, 2.1 processor, 768 Ram, 40Gig Hard Drive, 3 Meg
>> Broadband Internet, about three years old and well used.
>> Broadband works very well, really fast.
>> Ordinary use keeps 'stalling' on all programs, that is to say a program
>> or function will be running, then stop for a moment , then run again. If
>> I use Real Player or Windows Media Player, same thing, it stops
>> momentarily and restarts, the picture stays there, it doesn't close down,
>> but it 'stalls'. Even using something like Spider Solitaire from the
>> basic Windows Menu it will do it, ie the cards start dealing, stop and
>> then restart.
>> Tried all manner of McCafee Virus Check, Spysweeper, Registry Mechanic
>> and others, all to no avail.
>> Beginning to think its a hardware problem, any one got any ideas?
>> Regards,
>> Alan.
>
> Have you opened task manager and watched the process list to see what is
> eating cup time when these momentary slowdowns occur?
>
> See this link for some tips on a slow computer:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
>
> Also do some clean boot troubleshooting:
>
> How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
>
> How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
>
>
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Alan wrote:

> Thanks a lot Rock,
> I'll try those and let you know,
> Regards,
> Alan.

You're welcome.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User