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mrquackers · 11-17-2003, 06:59 PM

Hey TFPers,

Wondering if you can suggest what might be going on with Yoshi's PC. While it never was a speed demon, it did fine until a couple of days ago, when it began operating much, MUCH slower. Weirder still, programs which used to open up in smaller desktop windows (i.e. Bookworm, Bejeweled) now take over the screen and cannot be minimized.

I've run Norton and the machine's clean. I've run Spybot and taken off every suspicious file. The only thing I can figure that might have caused this is her installation of AOL 9.0 - which I've removed and reverted her back to 7.0. (Yeah, I know... but she's had the address for years.)

I'm stumped - and getting frustrated. Any ideas/suggestions?

wilbjammin · 11-17-2003, 07:00 PM

AOL is a demon, you can't uninstall of the changes it does to your computer even by going through all of the uninstall processes.

dragon2fire · 11-17-2003, 07:24 PM

watch for running programs

like real palyer and such

might sound like a dumb question but check the virtual memory

mrquackers · 11-17-2003, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dragon2fire
watch for running programs
like real palyer and such

might sound like a dumb question but check the virtual memory

Yep. I thought of that, but there doesn't seem to be anything running that shouldn't be. They didn't slip real player in there or anything... I boosted the virtual memory way the hell up and haven't seen any real improvement.

Quote:

Originally posted by wilbjammin
AOL is a demon, you can't uninstall of the changes it does to your computer even by going through all of the uninstall processes.

Yeah, but I don't want this thread to denegrate into an "AOL sucks, what were you thinking?" thread. She uses AOL for email. Always has. That's her choice and where friends and family know to reach her. If you've got ideas about what 9.0 might have installed and how I can remove those and re-optimize the system, I'm all ears.

BulletCatcher · 11-17-2003, 07:47 PM

Do a Defrag and scan your HD for errors as well. Then get a nice registry cleaner (plenty of free ones available) and clear out everything you don't need.

dragonhawk · 11-18-2003, 07:24 AM

Try another spyware searcher like AdAware too.
Try another brand of anti-virus to be safe too.

What OS are you running? Could have picked up a trojan like Code Red or something.

dragon2fire · 11-18-2003, 08:50 AM

dragon hawk briings up a good point spybot does not catch every thing

try ad aware

mrquackers · 11-18-2003, 10:45 AM

Yep, I ran Ad Aware as well. Should have mentioned that... The machine's running Windows XP

dragon2fire · 11-18-2003, 02:32 PM

try trendmicro.com

there free virus scan

that could help

charliex · 11-18-2003, 02:42 PM

first determine if its a disk problem or a cpu/memory problem.

sissoft sandra will benchmark your system looking for problems, if it doesnt find any, then start looking at using the performance monitor tools in windows to determines whos hogging the system, or chewing up the ram etc.

it might be file caches, or a rogue app.

kyme · 11-18-2003, 10:09 PM

i had similar problems. i got regseeker. free download.
easy to use for the most part. look in the startup items in this program and see what's loading. it may suprise you. mine ran faster after using it.
hope it helps

merkerguitars · 11-18-2003, 11:49 PM

go into msconfig and see whats all starting up with the computer...and uncheck everything that isn't necessary...

11-17-2003, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
mrquackers Exhausted Location: Northeastern US - please send help!	Once zippy... now pokey Hey TFPers, Wondering if you can suggest what might be going on with Yoshi's PC. While it never was a speed demon, it did fine until a couple of days ago, when it began operating much, MUCH slower. Weirder still, programs which used to open up in smaller desktop windows (i.e. Bookworm, Bejeweled) now take over the screen and cannot be minimized. I've run Norton and the machine's clean. I've run Spybot and taken off every suspicious file. The only thing I can figure that might have caused this is her installation of AOL 9.0 - which I've removed and reverted her back to 7.0. (Yeah, I know... but she's had the address for years.) I'm stumped - and getting frustrated. Any ideas/suggestions?

11-17-2003, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
wilbjammin * * *	AOL is a demon, you can't uninstall of the changes it does to your computer even by going through all of the uninstall processes. __________________ Innominate.

11-18-2003, 07:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
dragonhawk Psycho Location: In Games.	Try another spyware searcher like AdAware too. Try another brand of anti-virus to be safe too. What OS are you running? Could have picked up a trojan like Code Red or something. __________________ ---------------------------------------------- "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

11-18-2003, 10:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
mrquackers Exhausted Location: Northeastern US - please send help!	Yep, I ran Ad Aware as well. Should have mentioned that... The machine's running Windows XP __________________ "If you're walking on thin ice, you may as well go ahead and dance."

11-18-2003, 11:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	go into msconfig and see whats all starting up with the computer...and uncheck everything that isn't necessary... __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-17-2003, 07:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
dragon2fire Junkie	watch for running programs like real palyer and such might sound like a dumb question but check the virtual memory

11-17-2003, 07:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
BulletCatcher Crazy Location: America's Outback	Do a Defrag and scan your HD for errors as well. Then get a nice registry cleaner (plenty of free ones available) and clear out everything you don't need.

11-18-2003, 08:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
dragon2fire Junkie	dragon hawk briings up a good point spybot does not catch every thing try ad aware

11-18-2003, 02:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
dragon2fire Junkie	try trendmicro.com there free virus scan that could help

11-18-2003, 02:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
charliex Junkie Location: North Hollywood	first determine if its a disk problem or a cpu/memory problem. sissoft sandra will benchmark your system looking for problems, if it doesnt find any, then start looking at using the performance monitor tools in windows to determines whos hogging the system, or chewing up the ram etc. it might be file caches, or a rogue app.

11-18-2003, 10:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
kyme Seeker of Beautiful Women Location: north dakota	i had similar problems. i got regseeker. free download. easy to use for the most part. look in the startup items in this program and see what's loading. it may suprise you. mine ran faster after using it. hope it helps