I'll have to wait until I get home for all the details, but here is what I think I know off the top of my head.
Win XP Home Intel Celeron Gateway laptop. I've used three of the big spyware scanners, including the recent MS one. My anti-virus definitions are a couple of weeks out of date, but they are running. My subscription has expired, and I will have to wait a paycheck or two before I renew it. Car repairs come before laptop repairs unfortunately. Lap top is about 1 to 1 1/2 years old. We have noticed that the battery has little life left in it. It can only run about 45 to 60 minutes on battery. But most of the time, the laptop is used plugged in. 95%+ of the use of the laptop is e-mail, internet chat and ICQ/Yahoo messaging. It is connected by a Linksys wireless home network. Any of that relevant? -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:54 PM ....To: CF-Community ....Subject: Re: slow Slow SLOW I Mean REALLY SLOW laptop. .... ....oops I see you have checked for spyware. Using what? Are virus ....definitions up to date? What are you loading on startup? How much RAM? .... .... ....On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:52:59 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ....> What OS? Have you checked for spyware and unidentified running ....processes? ....> ....> Dana ....> ....> ....> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:48:13 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ....wrote: ....> > What can I check to see why a laptop seems to be extremely under ....> > performing. I just recently, re-formated the hard drive and ....> > re-installed. It is only expected to handle e-mail and internet ....> > browsing. I've run all my virus and spy ware tools and they find ....> > nothing of note. Whenever I check the performance monitor, memory ....and ....> > cpu performance seems to be fine. ....> > ....> > But it can take 10 minutes or more to start Outlook Express or a ....browser. ....> > ....> > Ian ....> > ....> > .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152204 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
