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From: Ron Martell on 12 Sep 2006 15:47
"Pam" <pam_staley-remove-this(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>thank you Ron - will breathe a bit easier and not buy another 'help' program
>:-) .... just wish I could figure out why all the sudden my pc is running so
>slow when opening anything - mostly IE though I guess.... and of course this
>stupid fp IIS problem I have
>
>thanks again!
>

Two main reasons for slow performance:

1. Background "tools and toys" that are using up CPU cycles, leaving
less time for processing of the current task. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Go to the Processes tab and
click twice on the CPU column header to sort the list into descending
order based on CPU usage. The "System idle process" (= time when the
computer has nothing to do) should be at the top of the list and
normally would account for 95 to 98 percent of the CPU time. If the
system idle is less than 95% make note of the 4 or 5 other top items
on the list and post that information back here.

2. Insufficient RAM. Windows XP performance is very sensitive to
the amount of RAM, and performance seems to suffer quite badly if and
when Windows XP gets into any significant amount of actual usage of
the paging (=swap) file. Note that the PFUsage figure reported by
Windows Task Manager is basically useless for this type of assessment
as it almost always includes a substantial amount of "phantom" usage.
For example, my own system at this moment is reporting PFUsage as 453
mb. However the actual paging file (pagefile.sys) is only 80 mb in
size, so there is something else that Task Manager is also counting as
PFUsage (and quite legitimately so, based on the definition of PFUsage
that Microsoft uses). But for the purposes of checking on the
adequacy of the current installed amount of RAM what is needed is a
measure of the amount of active memory content that is currently
residing in the pagefile because Windows needed that RAM for other,
currently more important tasks. Again on my system, that value at
the moment is 39 mb. The utility that I use to find out this
information was written by MVP Bill James and can be downloaded from
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

If that utility reports actual Pagefile usage (as I have desribed it
above) as more than 50 mb on a regular basis then it is quite likely
that your computer's performance would benefit from having additional
RAM.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
From: Pam on 13 Sep 2006 10:22
thank you so much for trying to help with this problem!

your #1 ... clicked twice on CPU and boy it changes so fast - the first one
is System Idle Process and changes quickly from 98 to 94 to 92 to 96 back to
98 .... the next things are explorer - 02; zlcient ; cidaemon.exe;
svchost.exe; and a point 32.exe keeps popping up to #2 spot as well as
msimm.exe - something keeps popping up to #2 spot with a 31 to 48 but I
can't catch it it goes so fast...not sure what it is ... did try the link
you gave below but keep getting a page not displayed - will see if I can
find it though

thanks
Pam

"Ron Martell" <ron.martell(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cv2eg2dt3o1d7ikgkkb3gvn8urj8l45jei(a)4ax.com...
> "Pam" <pam_staley-remove-this(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>thank you Ron - will breathe a bit easier and not buy another 'help'
>>program
>>:-) .... just wish I could figure out why all the sudden my pc is running
>>so
>>slow when opening anything - mostly IE though I guess.... and of course
>>this
>>stupid fp IIS problem I have
>>
>>thanks again!
>>
>
> Two main reasons for slow performance:
>
> 1. Background "tools and toys" that are using up CPU cycles, leaving
> less time for processing of the current task. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
> to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Go to the Processes tab and
> click twice on the CPU column header to sort the list into descending
> order based on CPU usage. The "System idle process" (= time when the
> computer has nothing to do) should be at the top of the list and
> normally would account for 95 to 98 percent of the CPU time. If the
> system idle is less than 95% make note of the 4 or 5 other top items
> on the list and post that information back here.
>
> 2. Insufficient RAM. Windows XP performance is very sensitive to
> the amount of RAM, and performance seems to suffer quite badly if and
> when Windows XP gets into any significant amount of actual usage of
> the paging (=swap) file. Note that the PFUsage figure reported by
> Windows Task Manager is basically useless for this type of assessment
> as it almost always includes a substantial amount of "phantom" usage.
> For example, my own system at this moment is reporting PFUsage as 453
> mb. However the actual paging file (pagefile.sys) is only 80 mb in
> size, so there is something else that Task Manager is also counting as
> PFUsage (and quite legitimately so, based on the definition of PFUsage
> that Microsoft uses). But for the purposes of checking on the
> adequacy of the current installed amount of RAM what is needed is a
> measure of the amount of active memory content that is currently
> residing in the pagefile because Windows needed that RAM for other,
> currently more important tasks. Again on my system, that value at
> the moment is 39 mb. The utility that I use to find out this
> information was written by MVP Bill James and can be downloaded from
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>
> If that utility reports actual Pagefile usage (as I have desribed it
> above) as more than 50 mb on a regular basis then it is quite likely
> that your computer's performance would benefit from having additional
> RAM.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> Syberfix Remote Computer Repair
>
> "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
> has never been in bed with a mosquito."


From: Ron Martell on 13 Sep 2006 22:22
"Pam" <pam_staley-remove-this(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>thank you so much for trying to help with this problem!
>
>your #1 ... clicked twice on CPU and boy it changes so fast - the first one
>is System Idle Process and changes quickly from 98 to 94 to 92 to 96 back to
>98 .... the next things are explorer - 02; zlcient ; cidaemon.exe;
>svchost.exe; and a point 32.exe keeps popping up to #2 spot as well as
>msimm.exe - something keeps popping up to #2 spot with a 31 to 48 but I
>can't catch it it goes so fast...not sure what it is ... did try the link
>you gave below but keep getting a page not displayed - will see if I can
>find it though
>

With the System Idle process in the high nineties it is not likely to
be background software that is bogging down your system.

I just tried the link to the Page File Monitor web site and it works
okay for me.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
From: Pam on 16 Sep 2006 15:09
I ran the page utility thing and it says:

Pagefile Physical Location: C:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 30 MB
Session Peak Usage: 31 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 768 MB


what do you think?

Pam
"Ron Martell" <ron.martell(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cv2eg2dt3o1d7ikgkkb3gvn8urj8l45jei(a)4ax.com...
> "Pam" <pam_staley-remove-this(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>thank you Ron - will breathe a bit easier and not buy another 'help'
>>program
>>:-) .... just wish I could figure out why all the sudden my pc is running
>>so
>>slow when opening anything - mostly IE though I guess.... and of course
>>this
>>stupid fp IIS problem I have
>>
>>thanks again!
>>
>
> Two main reasons for slow performance:
>
> 1. Background "tools and toys" that are using up CPU cycles, leaving
> less time for processing of the current task. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
> to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Go to the Processes tab and
> click twice on the CPU column header to sort the list into descending
> order based on CPU usage. The "System idle process" (= time when the
> computer has nothing to do) should be at the top of the list and
> normally would account for 95 to 98 percent of the CPU time. If the
> system idle is less than 95% make note of the 4 or 5 other top items
> on the list and post that information back here.
>
> 2. Insufficient RAM. Windows XP performance is very sensitive to
> the amount of RAM, and performance seems to suffer quite badly if and
> when Windows XP gets into any significant amount of actual usage of
> the paging (=swap) file. Note that the PFUsage figure reported by
> Windows Task Manager is basically useless for this type of assessment
> as it almost always includes a substantial amount of "phantom" usage.
> For example, my own system at this moment is reporting PFUsage as 453
> mb. However the actual paging file (pagefile.sys) is only 80 mb in
> size, so there is something else that Task Manager is also counting as
> PFUsage (and quite legitimately so, based on the definition of PFUsage
> that Microsoft uses). But for the purposes of checking on the
> adequacy of the current installed amount of RAM what is needed is a
> measure of the amount of active memory content that is currently
> residing in the pagefile because Windows needed that RAM for other,
> currently more important tasks. Again on my system, that value at
> the moment is 39 mb. The utility that I use to find out this
> information was written by MVP Bill James and can be downloaded from
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>
> If that utility reports actual Pagefile usage (as I have desribed it
> above) as more than 50 mb on a regular basis then it is quite likely
> that your computer's performance would benefit from having additional
> RAM.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> Syberfix Remote Computer Repair
>
> "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
> has never been in bed with a mosquito."


From: Pam on 16 Sep 2006 15:13
just had anohter blue screen death - was listening to live video via
webcast - no problems ... a nd all of the sudden crash - error was:

0x0000008E (ox80000004, ox8056a13c, oxf8925c8c, ox00000000)

have been googling to find out what it could be - but no luck so far - any
help?

Pam
"Ron Martell" <ron.martell(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cv2eg2dt3o1d7ikgkkb3gvn8urj8l45jei(a)4ax.com...
> "Pam" <pam_staley-remove-this(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>thank you Ron - will breathe a bit easier and not buy another 'help'
>>program
>>:-) .... just wish I could figure out why all the sudden my pc is running
>>so
>>slow when opening anything - mostly IE though I guess.... and of course
>>this
>>stupid fp IIS problem I have
>>
>>thanks again!
>>
>
> Two main reasons for slow performance:
>
> 1. Background "tools and toys" that are using up CPU cycles, leaving
> less time for processing of the current task. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
> to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Go to the Processes tab and
> click twice on the CPU column header to sort the list into descending
> order based on CPU usage. The "System idle process" (= time when the
> computer has nothing to do) should be at the top of the list and
> normally would account for 95 to 98 percent of the CPU time. If the
> system idle is less than 95% make note of the 4 or 5 other top items
> on the list and post that information back here.
>
> 2. Insufficient RAM. Windows XP performance is very sensitive to
> the amount of RAM, and performance seems to suffer quite badly if and
> when Windows XP gets into any significant amount of actual usage of
> the paging (=swap) file. Note that the PFUsage figure reported by
> Windows Task Manager is basically useless for this type of assessment
> as it almost always includes a substantial amount of "phantom" usage.
> For example, my own system at this moment is reporting PFUsage as 453
> mb. However the actual paging file (pagefile.sys) is only 80 mb in
> size, so there is something else that Task Manager is also counting as
> PFUsage (and quite legitimately so, based on the definition of PFUsage
> that Microsoft uses). But for the purposes of checking on the
> adequacy of the current installed amount of RAM what is needed is a
> measure of the amount of active memory content that is currently
> residing in the pagefile because Windows needed that RAM for other,
> currently more important tasks. Again on my system, that value at
> the moment is 39 mb. The utility that I use to find out this
> information was written by MVP Bill James and can be downloaded from
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm
>
> If that utility reports actual Pagefile usage (as I have desribed it
> above) as more than 50 mb on a regular basis then it is quite likely
> that your computer's performance would benefit from having additional
> RAM.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> Syberfix Remote Computer Repair
>
> "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
> has never been in bed with a mosquito."


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