So as a general update - my system seems to be better today. I still see wierd things. Ctrl-c on a graphic followed by a ctrl-v in another explorer window takes a few seconds - which seems silly for a 2k graphic. But I haven't seen "hangs" since I ran a big cleanup on my box. I've got Task Manager running in my second window and it if happens again, I'll glance over.
I guess I could bite the bullet and buy another gig of RAM... I just don't know if it is worth it since I'm planning on buying a new machine in a month or so. At that point, this box will _just_ be a server and shouldn't have any more issues. On 4/19/05, Earl, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raymond said: > > What is a good way to diagnose a slow Windows box? This is a 2.5 year > > old PC running Win2k Pro. 1 gig of ram. Drive is defragged. Over the > > last two or three months I've been noticing a slow gradual decline in > > performance. > > You can bring up your Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, click on the > CPU column header till it sorts CPU usage descending, then watch to see if > something keeps grabbing your CPU at 100% during the times it's really slow. > > This started happening with me about a month ago when I installed Webroot > Spy Sweeper and let it run resident, so now I run it manually instead. A few > days ago it started happening again and Task Manager shows that each time > savscan.exe (Norton Antivirus) grabs almost 100% of CPU for about 30 secs to > a minute depending on the task. > > Maybe you can find something similar happening on your PC . . . > > George > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:154532 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
