If we get a "my machine was slow yesterday", there's nothing more we can check other than what you mentioned.
If someone says "my computer just slowed to a hault", then we can go check the TaskMangler to see what is hogging CPU and then hogging memory. In our case, the causes are usually: rogue MSIExec process Lotus Sametime Mozilla Firefox (can start a memory leak, especially if the user rarely closes apps and logs off) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. "Garcia-Moran, Carlos" <[email protected]> wrote on 09/07/2010 09:09:15 AM: > Hey All; > > So we all have them, but I am curious to see what everyone else does > and what tools are used when the users chief complaint is my PC is > ?slow? . Most times, I take a look at the Four major?s CPU, Mem, HD, > Network, I look at their event viewer, OS and Application patch > levels, and what they?re doing at the time of the complaint > > A lot of the times though I think most of these complaints are > subjective to what a user perceives as slow, there never is a magic > number you can refer to and say hey you?re at 11 and that?s slow let > me bring you down to a 5 and speed you up. > > Suggestions? > > Thx! > > Carlos Garcia-Moran > Server / Storage Engineer > Sprague Energy > www.spragueenergy.com > P: 603-430-5355 > C: 857-234-0343 > F: 603-430-7219 > > _________________________________________________________ > This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is > confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. > This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information > intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not > an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, > dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including > attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete > the original message and any attachments from your system. > _________________________________________________________ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
