was the third one Microsoft? If not try the beta. It's fre and I just saw a very very impressive demonstration of it.
Also, I have a link for free virus software from Computer Associates, will send tomorrow. Dana On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:08:59 -0800, DRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noted that sometimes spyware disables spybot and adware. You 've > mentioned you used 3 so this is likely not the issue but you may try > removing and reinstalling spybot just for fun. > > DRE > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:51:58 -0800, Ian Skinner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for checking when I get home in a few hours I'll check out all that > > has been suggested. > > > > I should note that performance has degraded over time. It was not always > > like this. When we bought the computer last fall it worked fine. It came > > installed with XP home, so it should have the necessary resources, since > > when we first used it all was fine. > > > > Our home network currently only consists of two computers. My wife's is > > the laptop and it connects wirelessly to the Linksys router, usually just > > across the living room on top of the bookcase. She does occasionally take > > the computer to the bedroom. The second computer is my desktop; it is > > connected to the router with a network cable. But does not have any of the > > troubles my wife's computer does. > > > > -------------- > > 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: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:45 PM > > ....To: CF-Community > > ....Subject: Re: slow Slow SLOW I Mean REALLY SLOW laptop. > > .... > > ....It's relevant. I'd check the RAM since it's XP. Theoretically a recent > > ....computer should have enough RAM for XP but you never know. Also check > > ....for chip speed, just for my information. Nothing recent should be > > ....taking ten minutes to open email. > > .... > > ....If you have used three spyware scanners that probably isn't the issue. > > ....For viruses try housecall.antivirus.com in case you have something new > > ....and nasty. > > .... > > ....If you are using it plugged in the battery is probably not the issue. > > ....My laptop stays plugged in as battery is short. > > .... > > ....If other elements of the network are not this slow the netowrk is not > > ....the issue. Just brainstorming here, sometimes older OSes used to > > ....install unneeded protocols like IPX/SPX and NETBEUI... it's worth > > ....looking in Control Panel ->Network to see if you perhaps don't have > > ....five copies of tcp/ip running or some such foolishness. > > .... > > ....Performance monitor looks ok? Are you getting a lot of disk thrashing > > ....maybe? Has someone played with the swap file? Something else that's > > ....worth checking. > > .... > > ....I'll ahem in the famous tech support term check some resources and get > > ....back to you. > > .... > > ....Dana > > .... > > .... > > ....On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:27:41 -0800, Ian Skinner > > ....<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ....> 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:5:152295 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
