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SP1 Makes programs very slow, How do i alter this?

Posted: 07-22-2003, 09:46 PM
Ben
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afetr installing sp1 i find ceratin programs take forever
to load and then run very slowly. Is there a way to stop
this??

Thanks in advance

Ben
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SP1 Makes programs very slow, How do i alter this?
Posted: 07-22-2003, 09:56 PM
Ben, I seem to be having similar experience, as I posted
in another thread. If you check your Windows Task
Manager, you may find, as I did, that IE is taking up
huge amounts of CPU. Mine is 95-98%, even after I've
exited the browser. The only way I can make it stop at
this point is to select iexplore.exe in the Processes tab
and end the process. That's not a fix, but it frees up
CPU for other things until I can find an answer to the
problem.

>-----Original Message-----
>afetr installing sp1 i find ceratin programs take
forever
>to load and then run very slowly. Is there a way to
stop
>this??
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Ben
>.
>
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Re: SP1 Makes programs very slow, How do i alter this?
Posted: 07-22-2003, 11:28 PM
Also, be aware that running the Service Pack 1 install removes
all of the "Prefetch" layout data. Before SP1, your system was
defragmented by placing certain files in a contiguous location to
speed up booting and program start time. After 3-days of use,
Windows will again re-arrange these files and you will see some
performance return. Service Pack-1 overwrites approximately
2000+ system modules, so your drive is currently fragmented.
Anytime you run a Service Pack install - Defrag the drive, after
the next reboot.


"brian" <pummeled_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:03e201c350a7$d32da3d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Call microsoft support, 1-800-936-5700, and request the
> 815411 hotfix.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >afetr installing sp1 i find ceratin programs take
> forever
> >to load and then run very slowly. Is there a way to
> stop
> >this??
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >Ben
> >.
> >

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Maurice N
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Re: SP1 Makes programs very slow, How do i alter this?
Posted: 07-23-2003, 01:12 AM
Ben wrote:
> afetr installing sp1 i find ceratin programs take forever
> to load and then run very slowly. Is there a way to stop
> this??
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Ben
You need to run Disk Defragmenter (first closing AV program & all your programs). Logout/ restart XP.
Then let your system run idle for a couple of hours perhaps ---that way XP has a good chance to rebuild the "prefetch cache".
You must have patience the first few sessions after the SP install.
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