-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
