Can you please provide me with your complete hardware configuration? Also, please indicate the Manufactuer (and model is possible) of the mainboard? Age as well would be helpful.
Also, Do you have Norton Internet Security installed? Beyond this, you may want to take a look at the Event Viewer for possible messages regarding the disk. (possible bad blocks) Let me know and we can dive a bit deeper. --- In [email protected], "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Drive recently defragged (Diskeeper Lite), 20GB drive, Used 7.51GB > Free 11.6GB, 7200rpm Maxtor 6L020J1. Every spyware, adware program I > know of run several times. > > The point is the system did run very well until a few weeks back. > > Rick > > "N. Thomas" wrote: > > > > Well from the way you describe it, it sounds like your have enough RAM. > > > > This sounds more like a disk access issue... > > 1) Run a full defragment, make sure your drive is not running low on > > space. > > 2) Check that your antivirus is working properly, or try disabling it. > > 3) Check that your hard drive is at least 7200 RPM and not 5400 RPM. > > (Windows XP performance is greatly degraded by this) > > 4) Check for spyware running on your system. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
