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XP Pro SP2 performance is lousy

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by blueknight

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Prior to installing SP2 on the XP Pro on my home system, performance was very nice. However, since installing SP2 performance is really doggy, even after defragging the disk. It even boots up slower than before. This is on a Dell Dimension 4600C with 2.4 GHz processor, 256M RAM (PC3200), 40G HD.

I've frequently wondered if anyone else has experienced the same type of general slowdown... I keep looking but nobody has posted anything that I can see.

Anybody out there have any performance issues since installing SP2? Any ideas on how I can speed this thing up?

Thanks

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by jbaker

Installing SP2 after utilities are loaded causes a lot of problems. The best experience we have had is when the SP2 is done with a new install before any other software is loaded.

by jamesrl

Initially I had major install issues around SP2 install - I had to abort and clean up my system first. I cleaned out the registry, cleaned up spyware, defragged the disk. Once did that I had a clean install, and no performance hit.

Try turning off the firewall and see if that has any impact.

If its the slowness of the boot, look carerfully at all of the startup items. I find things like Quicktime, I don't actually need that often and I can live without so I block them from loading at startup.

I also notice that the system is slow if Windows updates are going on at startup - check your task manager to see if WUPDATES.EXE is running.

James

by tony hopkinson

This is Billy Bloatware we are talking about.
Memory is dirt cheap at the moment, I'm not having unexplainable problems, but I'm going to take advantage of current prices anyway.

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