windows is running slow

my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by no means
a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done everything i can
think of to try to speed things up and nothing is doing the job. i did notice
somewhere in my system information it says my physical memory is 512 mb and
it says my actual physical memory is 157.something. could all that memory
being taken up the reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is
there anything i can do to clean it....thanks

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative.

Any memory optimisers installed?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ttaylor3033 wrote:
> my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by
> no means a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done
> everything i can think of to try to speed things up and nothing is
> doing the job. i did notice somewhere in my system information it
> says my physical memory is 512 mb and it says my actual physical
> memory is 157.something. could all that memory being taken up the
> reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is there anything
> i can do to clean it....thanks

You may use one of RamBooster or RamOptimizer softwares to enhance Ram
performance.
Good luck!




"ttaylor3033" wrote:

> my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by no means
> a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done everything i can
> think of to try to speed things up and nothing is doing the job. i did notice
> somewhere in my system information it says my physical memory is 512 mb and
> it says my actual physical memory is 157.something. could all that memory
> being taken up the reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is
> there anything i can do to clean it....thanks

Not a very clever recommendation Sami!


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sami wrote:
> You may use one of RamBooster or RamOptimizer softwares to enhance Ram
> performance.
> Good luck!
>
>
>
>
> "ttaylor3033" wrote:
>
>> my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by
>> no means a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done
>> everything i can think of to try to speed things up and nothing is
>> doing the job. i did notice somewhere in my system information it
>> says my physical memory is 512 mb and it says my actual physical
>> memory is 157.something. could all that memory being taken up the
>> reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is there
>> anything i can do to clean it....thanks

Event Type:Volume (CEvent Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10010
Date: 1/14/2008
Time: 8:04:52 AM
User: TERRI\Kids
Computer: TERRI
Description:
The server {A5E96AEC-541A-453D-B11D-0731947A220A} did not register with DCOM
within the required timeout.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Volume size = 28.63 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 9.68 GB
Free space = 18.96 GB
Percent free space = 66 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 2 %
File fragmentation = 4 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 86,874
Average file size = 225 KB
Total fragmented files = 640
Total excess fragments = 2,045
Average fragments per file = 1.02

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 768 MB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 9,948
Fragmented folders = 13
Excess folder fragments = 585

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 114 MB
MFT record count = 97,181
Percent MFT in use = 83 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
121 484 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\S4RKSTPG
119 508 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\JZ2K362O
116 484 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0VC8XYC5
111 456 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Y8D6L9HF
110 440 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3HKWRC66
73 631 MB \Program Files\PeerGuardian2\history.db
55 3 MB \Documents and Settings\User\Application
Data\MySpace\IM\Logs\MySpaceIM-20080112-122838.log
55 4 MB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\S4RKSTPG\random1500x1500[1].jpg
55 3 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\AOL OCP\AIM\Storage\All
Users\SUDS_BBC2683C\METRICS\Stic.log
44 704 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012008010720080 114\index.dat
43 3 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100523.exe
38 2 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100583.exe
38 2 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100598.exe
38 2 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100646.exe
38 295 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Application Data\Ahead\Nero Home\SID.db
38 2 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100623.exe
37 5 MB \Documents and Settings\User\Application
Data\MySpace\IM\Logs\MySpaceIM-20080111-055624.log
30 25 MB \Documents and Settings\Kids\Local
Settings\Application Data\AOL\UserProfiles\All Users\cls\common.cls
29 1 KB \WINDOWS\system32\config\software.LOG
21 2 MB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temp\IMT3A.xml
19 1 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100514.exe
18 1 MB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\LJ6K81U0\random750x750[1].jpg
17 1 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100520.exe
17 10 MB \Documents and Settings\Kids\Local
Settings\Application Data\IconCache.db
16 1,004 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100521.exe
15 918 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\change.log.1
15 1 KB \WINDOWS\system32\config\default.LOG
14 890 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100517.exe
14 733 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3HKWRC66\dojo3.xd[1].js
Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 1/14/2008
Time: 9:08:47 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TERRI
Description:
Windows saved user TERRI\Kids registry while an application or service was
still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's
registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no
longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring
the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1524
Date: 1/14/2008
Time: 9:08:46 AM
User: TERRI\Kids
Computer: TERRI
Description:
Windows cannot unload your classes registry file - it is still in use by
other applications or services. The file will be unloaded when it is no
longer in use.

under task manager the total is/423024...limit/1278184.....peak/508716. i do
not have a memory optimizer installed and i dont always leave my computer on
maybe one or two times a week i will leave it on for 24 hours or
more.....thanks

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

"Gerry" wrote:

> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>
> Do you leave your computer on 24/7?
>
> Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
> is more informative.
>
> Any memory optimisers installed?
>
> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
> Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
> a previous boot.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
> Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
> the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
> Event Viewer.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ttaylor3033 wrote:
> > my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by
> > no means a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done
> > everything i can think of to try to speed things up and nothing is
> > doing the job. i did notice somewhere in my system information it
> > says my physical memory is 512 mb and it says my actual physical
> > memory is 157.something. could all that memory being taken up the
> > reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is there anything
> > i can do to clean it....thanks
>
>
>

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:38:00 -0800, ttaylor3033
<ttaylor3033@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by no means
> a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done everything i can
> think of to try to speed things up and nothing is doing the job. i did notice
> somewhere in my system information it says my physical memory is 512 mb and
> it says my actual physical memory is 157.something.


Do you mean free memory?


> could all that memory
> being taken up the reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is
> there anything i can do to clean it....thanks



No, that's not the reason your system is slow. There's no way to tell
what your problem is with so little information, but these days that's
very often symptomatic of malware infection. I recommend that you
begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
following the instructions there.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:43:00 -0800, Sami <reza458@hotmail.com> wrote:

> You may use one of RamBooster or RamOptimizer softwares to enhance Ram
> performance.


Sorry to disagree, but as far as I'm concerned, that's *terrible*
advice. All programs like these are nothing but snake oil. They are
much more likely to cause a problem than to solve one.


> "ttaylor3033" wrote:
>
> > my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by no means
> > a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done everything i can
> > think of to try to speed things up and nothing is doing the job. i did notice
> > somewhere in my system information it says my physical memory is 512 mb and
> > it says my actual physical memory is 157.something. could all that memory
> > being taken up the reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is
> > there anything i can do to clean it....thanks

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

yes sorry thats what i meant . im trying to understand how the ram works and
how to free it up. i dont understand where all my ram is going. and if thats
whats making my system run slow

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:38:00 -0800, ttaylor3033
> <ttaylor3033@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by no means
> > a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done everything i can
> > think of to try to speed things up and nothing is doing the job. i did notice
> > somewhere in my system information it says my physical memory is 512 mb and
> > it says my actual physical memory is 157.something.
>
>
> Do you mean free memory?
>
>
> > could all that memory
> > being taken up the reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is
> > there anything i can do to clean it....thanks
>
>
>
> No, that's not the reason your system is slow. There's no way to tell
> what your problem is with so little information, but these days that's
> very often symptomatic of malware infection. I recommend that you
> begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal site at
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
> following the instructions there.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

Your Commit Charge figures do not show excessive use of the pagefile but
if I were you I would consider adding more RAM memory.

I recommend you do not leave the computer switched on overnight. If you
any programmes having memory leaks the memory is not released. There are
a number of commonly used programmes currently have this bug.

It would also be helpful to have this further information.

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

I suggest you download and run cCleaner (freeware)
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
http://www.ccleaner.com/

With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
offers backup before removal.

When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has
irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
that they can easily be re-entered.

Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.

A tip for Disk CleanUp, which is needed for removing System Restore
points. Select Start, All Programs, accessories, System
Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the
latest System Restore point. This facility is not available with
cCleaner.

You then need to run Disk Defragmenter.

May I draw your attention to the size of history.db, a file relating
PeerGuardian2, which is 631 mb. I have no knowledge of this programme
either as to how it works or how useful it is. Research, however,
indicates that others have found this to be a problem and some have
reported files much larger than the one on your system. Clearly handling
a file of this size on an ongoing basis will have an impact on
performance.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ttaylor3033 wrote:
> Event Type:Volume (CEvent Type: Error
> Event Source: DCOM
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 10010
> Date: 1/14/2008
> Time: 8:04:52 AM
> User: TERRI\Kids
> Computer: TERRI
> Description:
> The server {A5E96AEC-541A-453D-B11D-0731947A220A} did not register
> with DCOM within the required timeout.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> Volume size = 28.63 GB
> Cluster size = 4 KB
> Used space = 9.68 GB
> Free space = 18.96 GB
> Percent free space = 66 %
>
> Volume fragmentation
> Total fragmentation = 2 %
> File fragmentation = 4 %
> Free space fragmentation = 0 %
>
> File fragmentation
> Total files = 86,874
> Average file size = 225 KB
> Total fragmented files = 640
> Total excess fragments = 2,045
> Average fragments per file = 1.02
>
> Pagefile fragmentation
> Pagefile size = 768 MB
> Total fragments = 1
>
> Folder fragmentation
> Total folders = 9,948
> Fragmented folders = 13
> Excess folder fragments = 585
>
> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
> Total MFT size = 114 MB
> MFT record count = 97,181
> Percent MFT in use = 83 %
> Total MFT fragments = 3
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
> 121 484 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\S4RKSTPG
> 119 508 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\JZ2K362O
> 116 484 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0VC8XYC5
> 111 456 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Y8D6L9HF
> 110 440 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3HKWRC66
> 73 631 MB \Program
> Files\PeerGuardian2\history.db 55 3 MB
> \Documents and Settings\User\Application
> Data\MySpace\IM\Logs\MySpaceIM-20080112-122838.log 55 4
> MB \Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temporary
> Internet Files\Content.IE5\S4RKSTPG\random1500x1500[1].jpg 55
> 3 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
> Data\AOL OCP\AIM\Storage\All Users\SUDS_BBC2683C\METRICS\Stic.log
> 44 704 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012008010720080 114\index.dat
> 43 3 MB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100523.exe
> 38 2 MB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100583.exe
> 38 2 MB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100598.exe
> 38 2 MB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100646.exe
> 38 295 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Application Data\Ahead\Nero Home\SID.db
> 38 2 MB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100623.exe
> 37 5 MB \Documents and
> Settings\User\Application
> Data\MySpace\IM\Logs\MySpaceIM-20080111-055624.log 30 25
> MB \Documents and Settings\Kids\Local Settings\Application
> Data\AOL\UserProfiles\All Users\cls\common.cls 29 1 KB
> \WINDOWS\system32\config\software.LOG 21 2 MB
> \Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temp\IMT3A.xml
> 19 1 MB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100514.exe
> 18 1 MB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet
> Files\Content.IE5\LJ6K81U0\random750x750[1].jpg 17 1 MB
> \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100520.exe
> 17 10 MB \Documents and Settings\Kids\Local
> Settings\Application Data\IconCache.db 16 1,004 KB
> \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100521.exe
> 15 918 KB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\change.log.1
> 15 1 KB \WINDOWS\system32\config\default.LOG
> 14 890 KB \System Volume
> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100517.exe
> 14 733 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3HKWRC66\dojo3.xd[1].js
> Warning
> Event Source: Userenv
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1517
> Date: 1/14/2008
> Time: 9:08:47 AM
> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Computer: TERRI
> Description:
> Windows saved user TERRI\Kids registry while an application or
> service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
> by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
> unloaded when it is no longer in use.
>
> This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
> configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
> NetworkService account.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: Userenv
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1524
> Date: 1/14/2008
> Time: 9:08:46 AM
> User: TERRI\Kids
> Computer: TERRI
> Description:
> Windows cannot unload your classes registry file - it is still in use
> by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded when it
> is no longer in use.
>
> under task manager the total
> is/423024...limit/1278184.....peak/508716. i do not have a memory
> optimizer installed and i dont always leave my computer on maybe one
> or two times a week i will leave it on for 24 hours or more.....thanks
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
>> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>>
>> Do you leave your computer on 24/7?
>>
>> Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
>> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
>> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
>> it is more informative.
>>
>> Any memory optimisers installed?
>>
>> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
>> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
>> Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear
>> in a previous boot.
>>
>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
>> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.
>>
>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
>> double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
>> appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
>> Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
>> body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
>> from Event Viewer.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> ttaylor3033 wrote:
>>> my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am by
>>> no means a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have done
>>> everything i can think of to try to speed things up and nothing is
>>> doing the job. i did notice somewhere in my system information it
>>> says my physical memory is 512 mb and it says my actual physical
>>> memory is 157.something. could all that memory being taken up the
>>> reason im running slow?how does it get taken up and is there
>>> anything i can do to clean it....thanks

I forget to include this suggestion.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

This will help with some of the problems reported.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gerry wrote:
> Your Commit Charge figures do not show excessive use of the pagefile
> but if I were you I would consider adding more RAM memory.
>
> I recommend you do not leave the computer switched on overnight. If
> you any programmes having memory leaks the memory is not released.
> There are a number of commonly used programmes currently have this
> bug.
> It would also be helpful to have this further information.
>
> You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
> the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the
> boxes before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the
> figures for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?
>
> I suggest you download and run cCleaner (freeware)
> http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
> should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
> offers backup before removal.
>
> When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
> History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has
> irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
> recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
> that they can easily be re-entered.
>
> Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.
>
> A tip for Disk CleanUp, which is needed for removing System Restore
> points. Select Start, All Programs, accessories, System
> Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but
> the latest System Restore point. This facility is not available with
> cCleaner.
>
> You then need to run Disk Defragmenter.
>
> May I draw your attention to the size of history.db, a file relating
> PeerGuardian2, which is 631 mb. I have no knowledge of this programme
> either as to how it works or how useful it is. Research, however,
> indicates that others have found this to be a problem and some have
> reported files much larger than the one on your system. Clearly
> handling a file of this size on an ongoing basis will have an impact
> on performance.
>
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ttaylor3033 wrote:
>> Event Type:Volume (CEvent Type: Error
>> Event Source: DCOM
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 10010
>> Date: 1/14/2008
>> Time: 8:04:52 AM
>> User: TERRI\Kids
>> Computer: TERRI
>> Description:
>> The server {A5E96AEC-541A-453D-B11D-0731947A220A} did not register
>> with DCOM within the required timeout.
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> Volume size = 28.63 GB
>> Cluster size = 4 KB
>> Used space = 9.68 GB
>> Free space = 18.96 GB
>> Percent free space = 66 %
>>
>> Volume fragmentation
>> Total fragmentation = 2 %
>> File fragmentation = 4 %
>> Free space fragmentation = 0 %
>>
>> File fragmentation
>> Total files = 86,874
>> Average file size = 225 KB
>> Total fragmented files = 640
>> Total excess fragments = 2,045
>> Average fragments per file = 1.02
>>
>> Pagefile fragmentation
>> Pagefile size = 768 MB
>> Total fragments = 1
>>
>> Folder fragmentation
>> Total folders = 9,948
>> Fragmented folders = 13
>> Excess folder fragments = 585
>>
>> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
>> Total MFT size = 114 MB
>> MFT record count = 97,181
>> Percent MFT in use = 83 %
>> Total MFT fragments = 3
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
>> 121 484 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\S4RKSTPG
>> 119 508 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\JZ2K362O
>> 116 484 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0VC8XYC5
>> 111 456 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Y8D6L9HF
>> 110 440 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3HKWRC66
>> 73 631 MB \Program
>> Files\PeerGuardian2\history.db 55 3 MB
>> \Documents and Settings\User\Application
>> Data\MySpace\IM\Logs\MySpaceIM-20080112-122838.log 55 4
>> MB \Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temporary
>> Internet Files\Content.IE5\S4RKSTPG\random1500x1500[1].jpg 55
>> 3 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>> Data\AOL OCP\AIM\Storage\All Users\SUDS_BBC2683C\METRICS\Stic.log
>> 44 704 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012008010720080 114\index.dat
>> 43 3 MB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100523.exe
>> 38 2 MB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100583.exe
>> 38 2 MB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100598.exe
>> 38 2 MB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100646.exe
>> 38 295 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Application Data\Ahead\Nero Home\SID.db
>> 38 2 MB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100623.exe
>> 37 5 MB \Documents and
>> Settings\User\Application
>> Data\MySpace\IM\Logs\MySpaceIM-20080111-055624.log 30 25
>> MB \Documents and Settings\Kids\Local Settings\Application
>> Data\AOL\UserProfiles\All Users\cls\common.cls 29 1 KB
>> \WINDOWS\system32\config\software.LOG 21 2 MB
>> \Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temp\IMT3A.xml
>> 19 1 MB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100514.exe
>> 18 1 MB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet
>> Files\Content.IE5\LJ6K81U0\random750x750[1].jpg 17 1 MB
>> \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100520.exe
>> 17 10 MB \Documents and Settings\Kids\Local
>> Settings\Application Data\IconCache.db 16 1,004 KB
>> \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100521.exe
>> 15 918 KB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\change.log.1
>> 15 1 KB \WINDOWS\system32\config\default.LOG
>> 14 890 KB \System Volume
>> Information\_restore{B1697F30-7B6E-4729-ADE0-6061B7A3C9BA}\RP216\A0100517.exe
>> 14 733 KB \Documents and Settings\User\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3HKWRC66\dojo3.xd[1].js
>> Warning
>> Event Source: Userenv
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 1517
>> Date: 1/14/2008
>> Time: 9:08:47 AM
>> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
>> Computer: TERRI
>> Description:
>> Windows saved user TERRI\Kids registry while an application or
>> service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
>> by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
>> unloaded when it is no longer in use.
>>
>> This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
>> configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
>> NetworkService account.
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> Event Type: Warning
>> Event Source: Userenv
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 1524
>> Date: 1/14/2008
>> Time: 9:08:46 AM
>> User: TERRI\Kids
>> Computer: TERRI
>> Description:
>> Windows cannot unload your classes registry file - it is still in use
>> by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded when it
>> is no longer in use.
>>
>> under task manager the total
>> is/423024...limit/1278184.....peak/508716. i do not have a memory
>> optimizer installed and i dont always leave my computer on maybe one
>> or two times a week i will leave it on for 24 hours or
>> more.....thanks For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> "Gerry" wrote:
>>
>>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
>>> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>>>
>>> Do you leave your computer on 24/7?
>>>
>>> Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
>>> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
>>> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as
>>> it is more informative.
>>>
>>> Any memory optimisers installed?
>>>
>>> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
>>> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot.
>>> No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also
>>> appear in a previous boot.
>>>
>>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
>>> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.
>>>
>>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
>>> double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
>>> appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
>>> Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
>>> body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
>>> from Event Viewer.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>> ~~~~
>>> FCA
>>> Stourport, England
>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> ttaylor3033 wrote:
>>>> my windows xp computer has been running slow for a few days, i am
>>>> by no means a computer wiz but i can get arround a bit, and i have
>>>> done everything i can think of to try to speed things up and
>>>> nothing is doing the job. i did notice somewhere in my system
>>>> information it says my physical memory is 512 mb and it says my
>>>> actual physical memory is 157.something. could all that memory
>>>> being taken up the reason im running slow?how does it get taken up
>>>> and is there anything i can do to clean it....thanks