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by dave.raj

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Hi, The NT server in my office is working really slow at the minute i.e when i click on an application on the server it takes half a minute to load up. Now this is usually a pre cursor to the server crashing so I am flapping at the minute. I have deleted all the temp files, is there any other files I can delete like logs or something so I can make the machine work faster. Please help

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by russ werner

Open the task manager (CTRL ALT DEL), and look at the processes tab. See which program is using all the cpu time. From there you will have to find out why, but at least you will know what program is using up the cpu.

by dc1

Follow Russ's suggestion and then use Performance Monitor to find out where the bottleneck is.

by mtnsqs

Sounds like you haveing been having this probelm for a while.

I would do a controlled re-boot the machine rather than let it crash!

How often does it get like this - whilst investigating the casue via performance monitor etc, I would arrangefor regularl restarts of the server to avoid the crash - one of these crashes is going to corrupt something and then you are in real trouble.

I start some regular monitoring of your system to see what is hogging your resources. It could easily bea program that does not release memory correctly or similar.

How long after the system is up, before you start noticing probelms. What applications are running on the server. Can you try eliminating suspect applications?

You have to work through a logical process of elimination, and probably have to keep the server up at the same time.

Good Luck

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