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by manohar_deore

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i have windows 2003 server based network and windows 2000 pro nodes with fresh installations also most of the systems gets slow i have enterprise edition of macfee 8.0 and it`s working ok i regularly use to clear temp files and unwanted data is ther any other thing that i can

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by hobbel

Hi.

Do your systems get slow gradually, or are they slow to start with?

what spec machines do you have?

How much free disk space do they have?

Open defragmenter and check how much fragmentation is on C: this is a commonly overlooked problem.

by lmayeda

Another thing to look out for is spyware. It can slow your systems to a crawl. I would install either the Microsoft Antispyware Beta or a combination of Adaware and Spybot. If the systems are slow to begin with, I'd check that you have the correct DNS server specified on your network TCP/IP settings.

by sgt_shultz

since you mentioned mcafee, it made me think of something i read about performance being affected with the setting of virus scan all exe's. really slows stuff down.

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