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From: kony on 5 Jan 2010 16:39
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:35:19 +0100, "Sydney" <kayzen(a)free.fr>
wrote:

>The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>
>I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>reformating.
>
>System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow again.
>
>Memtest showed no errors.
>I am out of ideas !

Benchmark the hard drive, it's probably the primary
bottleneck unless you have a lot of OEM preinstalled
software running (in which case disable/uninstall that stuff
you don't use).
From: MF on 6 Jan 2010 13:33
"Sydney" <kayzen(a)free.fr> wrote in message news:4b435087$0$2883$426a74cc(a)news.free.fr...
> "who?" <dsshd(a)sdasfvrrrrrnnnnrrrrsfffff.invalid> a écrit dans le message de
> groupe de discussion : hhvdms$1ve$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>>
>> "Sydney" <kayzen(a)free.fr> wrote in message
>> news:4b42ebb3$0$24780$426a74cc(a)news.free.fr...
>>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>>
<snip>
>>
>> Take a look in task manager .. maybe some process is hogging the CPU or
>> loading up the Memory.
> No process in task manager is consuming apreciable memory...
> I read there there are 249 Mo used memory out of 478 Mo total;
>
> Physical memory is 191 Mo. at rest (only the desktop) the highest memory
> cummer is ashServ.exe (Avast) for
> 16.6 Mo.
> What do you think ?
>

What is a Mo? I knew a Mo. Took her to an interesting bar in a seedy part of town and she never went out with me again. So what do I know?

Anyway, if you are using 191 M out of 256 M physical memory, and 249 out of 478 total, you need to increase your memory.

Two, how many processes does Task Manager list with just an email client, a browser and Task manager running? On the menu bar, Options, make sure you have show 16 bit tasks selected, then on the bottom left corner, make sure you have the box checked to show tasks from all users. Then just read across the status bar at the very bottom of the TM window. The number of running tasks in TM should be high 20's to low 30's, the lower the better given the small amount of RAM in the machine. Here's the information from a fast (for what it is) XP SP2 computer: Processes: 29 --- Cpu Usage (as I'm doing this): 2-4% --- Commit charge: 317M / 2921M. Physical memory is 2 gigs: that 2.9 gigs includes the page file. That's
not comparable to yours, but notice the ratio in, again, a fast machine.

Disk: your disk will always be a problem. But it's not as significant as lack of memory or a overly bloated and inefficient XP install and bunch of running tasks.

Finally, have you got the latest bios and drivers from HP? Check this page for drivers and BIOS :

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=fr&lang=fr&dlc=fr&product=296474

and here for the FAQ, which includes articles on improving performance:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documentIndex?lc=en&cc=fr&dlc=en&product=296474&lang=en&#

Good luck.

From: Sydney on 13 Jan 2010 08:11
"mike" <spamme0(a)go.com> a �crit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
hhvhg5$kit$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Sydney wrote:
>> "mike" <spamme0(a)go.com> a �crit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
>> hhurcf$qnu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Sydney wrote:
>>>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>>>
>>>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>>>> reformating.
>>>>
>>>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>>>> again.
>>> Looks pretty conclusive to me. Don't install the update that makes it
>>> slow.
>>>>
>>>> Memtest showed no errors.
>>>> I am out of ideas !
>>
>> This is a whole bunch of updates Microsoft has issued from 2003 to 2010 !
>
> Nobody said using microsoft OS was easy.
> There's no substitute for determining the cause of the problem.
> You can also turn off groups of background processes to see if that helps
> you narrow the search.
> Virus scanners and firewalls are resource hogs.
>
> IMHO, you will never be happy with XP at 256MB if you expect a FAST
> system. If you have a slow disk, memory size is critically important.
> I can only assume it's XP.
>
> What I do is
> Install 512MB of ram if I'm not running many OR big programs...1GB if I
> am.
> 2GB if I expect to run virtual machines.
> Install the original OS.
> Install SP3.
> Turn off ALL updates.
The Pc was with 128 Mb of RAM when bought.
nevertheless i keep your ideas for later. I want first to investigate the
other answers .
Thanks


From: Sydney on 13 Jan 2010 11:39
"who?" <dsshd(a)sdasfvrrrrrnnnnrrrrsfffff.invalid> a �crit dans le message de
groupe de discussion : hhvdms$1ve$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>
> "Sydney" <kayzen(a)free.fr> wrote in message
> news:4b42ebb3$0$24780$426a74cc(a)news.free.fr...
>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>
>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>> reformating.
>>
>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>> again.
>>
>> Memtest showed no errors.
>> I am out of ideas !
>
> Take a look in task manager .. maybe some process is hogging the CPU or
> loading up the Memory.
No difference in taking off the starting programs of msconfig

From: Sydney on 13 Jan 2010 11:40

"GT" <ContactGT_rem_ov_e_(a)hotmail.com> a �crit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : 0081968f$0$11095$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
> "Sydney" <kayzen(a)free.fr> wrote in message
> news:4b42ebb3$0$24780$426a74cc(a)news.free.fr...
>> The HP Pavilion ZE4208s is dawn slow.
>>
>> I re installed the whole system starting after erasing everything and
>> reformating.
>>
>> System seemed OK, but after all the Microsoft software updates slow
>> again.
>>
>> Memtest showed no errors.
>> I am out of ideas !
>
> What Virus software are you running? McAfee by any chance?
avast

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