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 > ....> ....> > > ....> ....> > > ....> .... > ....> .... > ....> > ....> > .... > .... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152282 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
