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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080715/52b53642/attachment-0001.html>
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. -- "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente servidas" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080715/0e8ef6c9/attachment-0001.html>
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. > > > -- > "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." > > "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o > mediocremente servidas" > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ >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 -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff
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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080716/a586e414/attachment-0001.sig>
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.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:11 AM To: CentOS mailing list 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
> > > 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. > > AnneAnne 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