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From: Sydney on 19 Jan 2010 01:21
"Sydney" <kayzen(a)free.fr> a �crit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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> "mike" <spamme0(a)go.com> a �crit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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>> 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
>
Here what I have done in the end. I remove some of the updates which could
be removed.
The log of system events showed regularly an error with the avast scan of
web. i turned it off and the situation improved drasticaly
Thanks to all

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