Another +1 for me. I've seen HP "suite" applications really hog a system - particularly via the svchost.exe. As with my previous post, I would start with an application inventory; w/memory comparison; etc.
-- ME2 On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Ames Matthew B <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, check for loads apps running down by the clock.... some scanner > drivers (in particular OCR stuff) I have seen in the past can be a right > memory hog and *really* slow down login times. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 30 March 2010 17:27 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS > > Any difference in RAM between the “slow” machines and the “fast” ones? > Any difference in software running on one vs another? Little things like > RealPlayer can make a difference in the apparent speed of machines. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Murray Freeman [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:19 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS > > > > From time to time, staff members complain that their workstations seem to > be running slower. Many times, something as simple as defragmentation > results in improvement, but not always. And of course I try to determine if > the slowness is accessing the internet, or just accessing files on our > servers. We're working on those issues. What concerns me is that as I move > around doing updates from time to time, is the fact that while all our > workstations are virtually identical configurations, they all do not seem to > move equally fast when I do an upgrade locally. This is a small shop, so I > am able to remember that it seems that it's usually the same machines that > seem to move slower than others, and some even much faster than others when > running local updates. Does anyone know of some software that might help me > to determine what if any "issues" are slowing down certain machines? If > anyone has suggestions as to possible causes and fixes, I'd sure like to > have them. > > > > *Murray* > > > > > > > > > > > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor > email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of > security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England & Wales: Company Number: > 3796233) Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD > <http://www.QinetiQ.com>http://www.qinetiq.com <http://www.QinetiQ.com> > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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