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O.P. Huh?  Computer Running REALLY slow [SOLVED]
Ok, I was installing a program and at the end of the install a nice and convenient blue screen of death came up. So I swore a bit and restarted my computer. While restarting I press F8 and did a "Restore to last known good configuration" and let it start back up. Since I did that it fixed my problem but! TA DA my Windows XP is extremely slow. I drag a window and it breaks up across the screen because of the lag. My programs run fine but Windows is slow.

How can I figure out what is causing this slowness. It’s never happened before.


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RE: Computer Running REALLY slow
Check CPU usage, see if that's abnormal.
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My programs run fine but Windows is slow.
That makes me think that it's a graphics driver problem. Check that you have the latest drivers installed.
02-17-2006 03:07 AM
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O.P. RE: Computer Running REALLY slow
In the task manager it doesn't say any program is useing the CPU alot when idle. The CPU useage is at 0% except for when I go to move a window then the CPU jumps up to 100% on the explorer.exe process.
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RE: Computer Running REALLY slow
Try ending the explorer.exe process and starting it again.... just a guess... but it couldn't hurt?
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O.P. RE: Computer Running REALLY slow
I tryed that groessl35 but I have to say Ddunk was right, my graphics card is not working. It says it can not start up in the device manager.
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RE: Computer Running REALLY slow
spyware, trojan or virus mabye?
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spyware, trojan or virus mabye?

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but I have to say Ddunk was right, my graphics card is not working. It says it can not start up in the device manager.

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02-17-2006 03:14 AM
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RE: Computer Running REALLY slow
reinstall the graphics card drivers and make sure nothing unnecessary is starting up when you turn on your computer.  go to start>run>msconfig>start up tab or whatever the last tab is and then select things to not start up etc.  then click ok.

if the gfx card is not integrated in the mobo then you could change apg/pci slots and then reisntall it.

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O.P. RE: Computer Running REALLY slow
Thank you all for your replys. I got it working after I uninstalled the messed up drivers and installed fresh new ones off the web site.
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