Slow PC

What do you mean by slower and slower? Is it accessing network resources? I'd start by cleaning up temp files and checking the windows swap file. With Windows PC's, it is always a good idea to defrag regularly. That can make a huge difference. You can also disable for testing purposes any anti-virus product since they can sometimes slow PC's. If it is accessing network resources and after doing the prior steps, ask the network administrator to make sure there aren't any network hangups. Hope that helps.

Regards,
Melody

i'd say it has nothing to do with the network, unless you have added a whole lot more machines.
I have found that the HDD condition has the most effect on system performance.
If you are using win98 or later use tuneup.exe (in the windows folder) to clean out rubbish files, perform a scandisk, and perform a defrag automatically.

hope this helps.

the details here are sketchy so my response will be sketchy. Slow logon times can be caused by a number of network factors including what OS the machine is running, if it is set to authenticate to a specific domain controller or not, if there is another machine on the network which is causing problems like a broadcast storm, etc. I'd take a guess and say that first, defrag the machine - even if that is not the problem it would be a good thing to do anyway! Second, see what programs are set to run in the background (tsr's) - there is a good chance that the collegue has a program in the background which is eating up system resources. To solve this I'd make sure that only the necessary programs are activated at boot up. If nothing above solves the problem, run a benchmarking test or similar program that will tell you how much RAM the system is seeing, and how fast the hard drive is going - you might be having slow system failure. I'd put that at the bottom of the likely candidates,but it is also likely. good luck.

Tell your friend that every couple of days they need to clear out the history. Don't know how experienced your friend is with PC's and I don't know what other programs are on their PC, but tell them to look either under settings or in their browserproperties. Hope this helps!

Chris;

I have also found that PC's that have had a loarge amount of programs installed and removed from thier drives, can cluster up the registry. You may want to look at that to insure that all of the programs that may heve been removed have had thier keys removed as well. You may also check to see if the registry needs to be defragged.
This has worked for me on more than one ocasion in Win98 and 2000ME

Nick at Nickspc.Com

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