have a somewhat older computer with 3 hard drives. windows 98se, xp pro, and a storage drive. windows 98 is fast and no issues. the xp pro is a brand new install and slower than death. not sure what information is needed so will just ramble a bit.
View 14 Repliesi have a dell dimension e310. 2.9 ghz. 4 gigs of ram. windows xp... umm so just recently we took it into the shop and they re-installed the operating system. because we thought it was infected with virus' or w/e.ever since, its been running slow. it boots up ok...and for the first few minutes its running...not fast. but not too slow. and then it kinda just freezes. i can move the mouse but if im running windows explorer(havent been able to re-install firefox) it kinda just sticks there. i installed norton 360 and it says the pc i running fine. i dont know what to do about it. i have to wait an hour just so windows explorer can close..very frustrating...
View 6 Replies View Relatedmy computer is running a little too slow for my likeing, I have installed and run hijack-this and here is my log.
I have windows xp and for the last couple of weeks has been running very slow.Is there a program I can install to find out whats going on?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have an old computer that is hooked up directly to the cable modem. The pc runs Windows 2000. When I start up the pc, I can't get on the internet, I have to goto the command prompt and type in "ipconfig /renew" and it renews the ip address, which lets me get on to the net. I have to do this everytime I start the pc and it's a big pain. It sometimes takes up to 2 minutes to get an ip address. The ip address is set to 0.0.0.0 before I do the renew. My question is how do I get the computer to get an ip when the pc is started. I have a Motorola surboard sb4100 cable modem if that helps. The pc is running windows 2000 and I have Zonealarm, and Spysweeper running (and no Av programs). If I hook up my laptop (running XP Pro SP2), it works fine, I can get on the net without renewing.
View 13 Replies View RelatedAccidentally removed my Direct X from my machine Win XP SP2 32bit. Now when i do dxdiag, in the system tab it shows directX version: not found. Is there anyway to restore this directX without having to re-install windowx again?
View 13 Replies View Relatedmy system over the last few days has been opertating very slow with everything from internet to regular programs like Word here is my hijack this log hope u guys can have a look at it and see if theres a problem thnx in advance :
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have a problem with my Dell Latitude D800 laptop. I reformatted the HDD yesterday, and re-installed Windows XP. Now the responce time is even worse than before I did the HDD wipe. I have AVG, Ad-aware and Zonealarm installed on this machineWindows XP Prof version 2002 SPIntel Pentium M 1600 MHz, but running at 221MHz1.0 gig of ram
View 10 Replies View RelatedI noticed lately that my computer has been running very slow and decided to snoop around in the services tab in the System Configuration Utility and MAN!! I have about 50 different programs running. I want to know what I can and cannot uncheck so my computer won't stop running altogether. I'm running XP Pro and a wireless network to 2 other computers in the house
View 4 Replies View Relatedwhat do you do if you run say: kaspersky internet security pro 2009 and it doesnt find spyware or a virus...but the machine is still running slow.its got 1GB ram,dual core is this right?1 run a defrag 2 run a windows repair
View 7 Replies View RelatedOn both my drives in the same computer also very slow closing down XP. Checked all for virus spyware.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIt seems no matter what I do or program I start that it takes forever. From boot up to just playing solitare. Is it a registry problem or something more serious?
View 14 Replies View RelatedMy system used to run games like UT3 and Oblivion real slick and fast. But for the past few months now it runs them real slow. I have no viruses and I have defraged a million times. I just can't seem to find out what the problem is. I have freed up a tona space on my rig, too. i have used tons of tricks to speed the computer back up, like using msconfig and disabling certain services.This is what worrys me though, I never used 2 get these: So like wtf is going down.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop w/Windows XP Pro SP2.Lately it has been responding slow when I open up MS Office applications and Internet Explorer.My Dell has a 40gb hard drive with only about 7.7gb available. I've tried deleting some old files, pics and music, but system is still running slow.I've disabled a few start up items and run CCleaner a few times, too.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI just corrected my problem by reinstalling the operating system from a CD for windows XP... The problem now is there is NO audio device, I cannot download some of programs from the CD's--it can't find the installation program.I have no sound and cannot donwload some of the programs that came with this computer.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have 2 windows on my pc. Now i want to install some programs without restarting to the other win sys. how can i trick current win to think that i'm now actually at my c:windows & not e:windows (something to do worth system variables?).
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have a dell latitude CPI laptop. Has windows 98. I would like to have a new operating system XP (like what I have on my PC at home)I tried to do a clean install on the latptop with format c: s/ (to save the system files) and to wipe the harddrive clean. I then installed MS XP Home edition. When it boots up, it shows I have the two operating systems on the harddrive. Maybe that isn't a problem, but I would think it would take up harddrive space.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedFor some reason windows xp is not loading and it says windows did not start succesfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. When i try to start it on safe mode it says a problem has been detected and windows has shut down to prevent damage to the computer.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI've tried to install Windows Xp Pro on my raid 0 array (2 x 320Gb Seagate drives), but I can't get Xp to recognize it. The raid option is enabled in the bios and when the setup ask for it, I load the SATA/RAID drivers from Gygabyte but it only allow me to see the other 2 non-raid sata drives. I've setup the array with the Intel tool in my bios (Gygabyte 965P-DQ6, F3 bios) and it suposed to be up and running. In fact, I can see it when I boot into the Windows Xp installed on my other drive.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have a laptop that is about 3.5 years old - out of warranty of course. I messed something up, badly. I would like to re-install Windows XP and start fresh however. I can't find the CD that supposedly came with the system. So i have Windows XP Home on the computer already, and it works for the most part. But i need to start fresh. But without the CD, i'm stuck. (no hidden partitions, no restore on the harddrive). It's a Dell 700m. I can run to Staples and buy a WinXP Upgrade CD for $99. Will this work on my system? I don't want to spend any more time trying to fix my system - i've tried just about everythng and quite frankly, my time is worth more than the cost of the program. So what do you think? Will a store bought WinXP Home UPGRADE disc do the trick?
View 9 Replies View Relatedmy friend has a gateway with operating system 2000..he is a complete novice and messed up his system..No virus protection.Basicly about all he can do is email and send cards..99% of the sites that he wants he's unable to get...My question is : Is it possible to get rid of his system and install a newer one and start from fresh? Thank you very much.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI would like to install a new operating system (Windows XP) but I don't know how to get rid of the old one.
View 6 Replies View RelatedHow can i delete my operating system ( windows xp) for install a new one with out loose any data
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy computer was locked down by microsoft due to not activating and for some reason i couldnt activate it over the phone. So i decided to , reformat my computer with the Windows XP Professional SP3 on this site and the XP Gamer's edition if the first one didnt work. So i installed the first one and it seemed to have worked perfectly, but when it restarted my computer, it went through the whole first step AGAIN. i thought that it might be normal so i kept going through it. Then it went through it AGAIN, now i knew something was up
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI made xp pro install on a usb sd card, it install fine but go to boot it gives me the blue screen of death with stop:0x0000007B (0XF7A0A524, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) it will go in safe mode fine, I made xp pro like xp enbedid, I would like to know what this means, I know 0x0000007B is a drive eror and could xp be changing the propertis of while it boots
View 7 Replies View RelatedSome old BASIC programs to run that's why I decided to install Win98 on the other partition of my hard disk.Is it possible to install 98 if I already have XP?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI recently bought a new computer and had windows XP installed as well as having Norton AntiVirus program installed (came with a package). Now, when I try installing a HP printer the installation CD does not work but when I try it on my laptop it does work. Could it be the norton blocking the CD installation? What would I have to do in order to fix this problem.
View 14 Replies View RelatedGoal: To install windows on an IDE drive, located on Primary IDE Master.
Problem: When booting from the windows cd, it will do the initial install just fine (when it's in the CMD looking bootup). Then when it finishes and restarts the computer, it will boot into the exact same 'installing windows' setup screen. It will never get 'into' windows and 'continue' the setup via the GUI like usual (in which case it would give an approx time left for install).Troubleshooting Tried: If I take the windows cd out on that reboot (right after the first install), it will just display an error regarding "No System Disk" (forgot the exact error). The only thing it wants to do is boot off the windows cd and reinstall all over again. This is on a new computer build.
decided to remove the battery from my motherboard hoping to reset some bios settings
but on doing this I pulled out some wires, that where just under the battery by mistake theres five speghetti looking wires, no idea where they go. there is two places i can put them under the battery or beside it ,but no sure how, looks like this :::.: and there is a identical one beside it. one connection with two holes has Reset SW written on it, another two hole one has HDD LEED, and M/B SW, then two with one hole each green and white wire, help hate spaghetti. I was going to remove the battery for a few hours, then try to do a clean install, instead i let all hell loose.