Windows XP Computer Overall Slow, Freezing & Locking Up.

Anonymous
2012-10-19T01:37:46+00:00

My Mom's Windows XP Computer is overall slow, freezing & locking up mostly all the time. I don't have the money right now to pay for Premium Support through Microsoft to get it fixed. Can anybody please help me get this issue resolved immediately! It's been like this for a while. I just want my mom's computer to run normally like any other computer would. Please! Let me know. I appreciate it. Thanks.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T16:31:17+00:00

    Ok. I will do this today at some point. The top three processes. Turning off and disabling indexing. And, determine if my mom's hard drive transfer mode has slipped from DMA to PIO.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T15:22:04+00:00

    Ok. Thanks! Anything else you want to talk about besides the video thing?

    The biggest bottleneck for you is (or was) your lack of RAM (physical memory). Then again, now that you have uninstalled Norton and replaced it with MSE, you might be okay. You can re-do the Task Manager exercise. This time only the top THREE processes for BOTH CPU and Mem Usage. Simply click CPU (probably two clicks) so that the highest numbers are at the top. Then click Mem Usage (probably two clicks) so that the highest numbers are at the top.

    Also, if you have not done so already, you really should turn off and disable indexing:

    http://lifehacker.com/031440/turn-off-indexing-and-speed-up-windows-xp

    Finally, let's determine if your hard drive transfer mode has slipped from DMA to PIO.

    Follow these instructions:

    http://forums.vso-software.fr/how-to-check-enable-dma-transfers-in-windows-xp-t2796.html

    When you see the window below, does it say something like "Ultra DMA Mode 5" next to Current Transfer Mode?

    http://albums.photoonweb.com/phil/forum_dma/ideprops.PNG

    If so, that is good! If it says PIO. let us know.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-04T16:21:08+00:00

    Ok. Thanks! Anything else you want to talk about besides the video thing?

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