while you are turning off indexing, make sure you do it in services under
administrative tools as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Hayman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: XP Slow Down
I'd also check to see if indexing is enabled on your hard drive. Right
click the C (and other drives) drive after opening My Computer; choose
properties and see if "Allow indexing service...." has a check in the
check box. If so, deselect it and then make that the option for all
folders on the drive when asked. It'll stumble on some active items, you
can then choose "ignore all" to lett it finish un-indexing. In theory the
indexing is supposed to make finding files faster. In reality, your drive
gets bogged down with keeping track of various items, over and over.
Also, check out:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/
you may find some useful advice there for performance issues in XP.
Lastly, some of the items mentioned at:
http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.htm
...although aimed at tuning XP for music/recording, may show you SOME
items that if disabled, would improve performance as well.
Doug Hayman
Technology Specialist
DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)
Box 355670
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 221-4165
http://www.washington.edu/doit
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, James Gerrond wrote:
> Hello Listers
>
> I am using a Pentium IV with Windows XP (home edition). I have 512 ram.
>
> Lately, my machine in taking longer to boot, and some program are slow
loading. I don't think it's my
> page file because it stays within a certain range. My free space size is
shrinking by hundreds of mbs.
>
> I have tried editing the "msconfig / startup", but when I re-boot, I
receive a message indicating that my
> machine is in "selective mode". I am not sure what this does, and restore
to "normal startup".
>
> Has anyone experience similar slow downs with XP? How is this remedied to
increase speed?
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
> Jim
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