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From: henry markov on 26 Mar 2010 13:39
I have a legacy 866MHz, 384Mbyte, XP/SP3 machine that has always run "well
enough" however sometime in the last several months its responsiveness
became awful most of the time. Using performance monitor I determined that
"automatic updates" was driving it into a condition of more than 100 paging
transactions/second rather continuously. When I disabled automatic updates
the machine returned to its usual condition which is to say I can have a
number of apps open and get reasonable performance. Has automatic updates
changed in a significant way (either intentionally or unintentionally)
recently in a way that explains this behavior? Oh, since I know some people
will distain the specs of my machine note that it does have an adequately
sized paging file, is defragged regularly, etc, etc, such that it really
does work decently for anything else I do including software development.


From: Buffalo on 26 Mar 2010 15:21


henry markov wrote:
> I have a legacy 866MHz, 384Mbyte, XP/SP3 machine that has always run
> "well enough" however sometime in the last several months its
> responsiveness became awful most of the time. Using performance
> monitor I determined that "automatic updates" was driving it into a
> condition of more than 100 paging transactions/second rather
> continuously. When I disabled automatic updates the machine returned
> to its usual condition which is to say I can have a number of apps
> open and get reasonable performance. Has automatic updates changed
> in a significant way (either intentionally or unintentionally)
> recently in a way that explains this behavior? Oh, since I know some
> people will distain the specs of my machine note that it does have an
> adequately sized paging file, is defragged regularly, etc, etc, such
> that it really does work decently for anything else I do including
> software development.

I don't know the answer, but I run Win2000Pro-SP4 and I leave MS automatic
updates off and just do it manually.
I also use the 'Custom' mode so that I can choose what updates I want to
install.
Usually it is not a good idea to dl any updates from MS for your devices.
Buffalo


From: glee on 26 Mar 2010 23:52
"henry markov" <hm(a)noplace.net> wrote in message
news:O%23KFJtQzKHA.5332(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have a legacy 866MHz, 384Mbyte, XP/SP3 machine that has always run
>"well enough" however sometime in the last several months its
>responsiveness became awful most of the time. Using performance
>monitor I determined that "automatic updates" was driving it into a
>condition of more than 100 paging transactions/second rather
>continuously. When I disabled automatic updates the machine returned
>to its usual condition which is to say I can have a number of apps open
>and get reasonable performance. Has automatic updates changed in a
>significant way (either intentionally or unintentionally) recently in a
>way that explains this behavior? Oh, since I know some people will
>distain the specs of my machine note that it does have an adequately
>sized paging file, is defragged regularly, etc, etc, such that it
>really does work decently for anything else I do including software
>development.

When this happens, does Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) show high CPU usage
for anything, on the Processes tab?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

From: LD55ZRA on 27 Mar 2010 00:15

"henry markov" <hm(a)noplace.net> wrote in message
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>
> I have a legacy 866MHz, 384Mbyte, XP/SP3 machine that has always run "well
> enough" however sometime in the last several months its responsiveness
> became awful most of the time.

Since September 2009, Microsoft has started pushing out updates that are not
fit for purpose but merely to make the systems completely useless. This is
borne out by the fact that people are now rushing to buy Windows 7 and
Microsoft has plans to push out even more updates that will certainly
cripple your system beyond repair. You have been warned.

My advice to all is to stop receiving Automatic Updates; configure your
firewall so that "no exceptions are allowed", Install SP3 if not already
installed and install Microsoft Security Essentials with definition updates
downloaded manually.

If you follow this simple, common sense advice, your system will remain in
pristine condition and will last longer than you may have expected.

I have not installed ANY updates post XP/SP3 so I don't have these hang-ups;
crashes; unresponsiveness; slow to open documents; and slow to save files.

hth

--

LVTravel <noone(a)none.com> is a convicted paedophilia from Johnstown, USA
and has been outed under Megan's Law. Please report him to your local
authorities if you see him near your kids.


From: Richard in AZ on 27 Mar 2010 10:47

"LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> "henry markov" <hm(a)noplace.net> wrote in message news:O%23KFJtQzKHA.5332(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> I have a legacy 866MHz, 384Mbyte, XP/SP3 machine that has always run "well enough" however
>> sometime in the last several months its responsiveness became awful most of the time.
>
> Since September 2009, Microsoft has started pushing out updates that are not fit for purpose but
> merely to make the systems completely useless. This is borne out by the fact that people are now
> rushing to buy Windows 7 and Microsoft has plans to push out even more updates that will certainly
> cripple your system beyond repair. You have been warned.
>
> My advice to all is to stop receiving Automatic Updates; configure your firewall so that "no
> exceptions are allowed", Install SP3 if not already installed and install Microsoft Security
> Essentials with definition updates downloaded manually.
>
> If you follow this simple, common sense advice, your system will remain in pristine condition and
> will last longer than you may have expected.
>
> I have not installed ANY updates post XP/SP3 so I don't have these hang-ups; crashes;
> unresponsiveness; slow to open documents; and slow to save files.
>
> hth
>
> --
>
> LVTravel <noone(a)none.com> is a convicted paedophilia from Johnstown, USA
> and has been outed under Megan's Law. Please report him to your local
> authorities if you see him near your kids.

Is "Chicken Little" a relative of yours?


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