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PC sluggish when logged onto NT

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by mperea

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Compaq|Win95 with 3C905 NIC very sluggish when logged onto NT4 network. When "Cancel" past logon, am able to access internet features with no downgrade of capabilities except that network features become unavailable. Master browser in File & Print share|Advanced choice is disabled but did not make a difference (was set to Auto).
Responses to commands take anywhere from 1 to 15 minutes to manifest.
Any suggestions before I Restore?

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by dpalsen

We just had a problem simlar to this in our helpdesk. We had a system come in on NT4.0 that was sluggish. She had the virtual memory down to only 60MB, with 64MB physical mem. We upped the VM cache to approx 200 MB, and her system was back up to normal speed. Try adjusting the VM first.

by donmars

You can't or should'nt adjust your virtual memory on a win 95/98 machine. Let windows handle that. But that brings up another probable cause to your problem. Do you have enough disk space for virtual memory to cache stuff? Also you did not say if you were dialing in or you are directly connected to the network. There could be so many things to cause this its hard to throw stuff out without more info. The problem could be external to your unit.

by mperea

It was ultimately either a "rundll.exe" virus or the "SirCam" worm that got us. Thanks for the help.

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