VERY slow opening new appls

Posted: 07-31-2003, 09:29 AM

John Williams

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I have a 1.8GHz PC with 256K RAM running XP Home. It
frequently takes 2 or 3 MINS. to open new appls. I've
noticed in Task Manager an image called "System" with
user "SYSTEM" which occupies about 256K of memory and can
sit at 99% CPU for minutes at a time. Any suggestions
please?

VERY slow opening new appls

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Patty

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VERY slow opening new appls

Posted: 07-31-2003, 04:59 PM

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a 1.8GHz PC with 256K RAM running XP Home. It
>frequently takes 2 or 3 MINS. to open new appls. I've
>noticed in Task Manager an image called "System" with
>user "SYSTEM" which occupies about 256K of memory and can
>sit at 99% CPU for minutes at a time. Any suggestions
>please?
>.
>

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Re: VERY slow opening new appls

Posted: 07-31-2003, 09:20 PM

What was your response Patty?
"Patty" <pal@pvh.org> wrote in message
news:0e3401c35785$13d021e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have a 1.8GHz PC with 256K RAM running XP Home. It
> >frequently takes 2 or 3 MINS. to open new appls. I've
> >noticed in Task Manager an image called "System" with
> >user "SYSTEM" which occupies about 256K of memory and can
> >sit at 99% CPU for minutes at a time. Any suggestions
> >please?
> >.
> >

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