XP slow after SP2

This is probably due to them recompiling a large number of libraries and system components with the buffer checking and other security features they added into the recent versions of Visual C++.

So to put it bluntly, it is now running at the speed it should have, the faster speed you got before was a result of little to no security checking going on with the apps. Your choice is either to run without SP2 and be more vulnerable, or run with it and be more secure.

Sorry this isn't the answer you were probably looking for.

I concur this is a Windows issue that is directly dependent on the hardware that it's used on.

While you say that you have enough RAM and very little on the HDD that to is questionable as the optimal RAM load varies between different Techs and this is also used in relation to CPU speed.

For example if you had a GIG of RAM on a 450 CPU the system is going to be slow because of the CPU but with that RAM load you will be running as fast as the hardware is capable of running.

SP2 wasn't a little patch it was a major rewrite of XP and should be treated as a Upgrade to XP as a Different OS instead of just another Patch.

The systems that are really adversely affected by applying SP2 are those with On Board Video as they use some System RAM as Video RAM and some CPU clock Cycles to generate the video so you are getting the worst of both worlds with these systems as the CPU is working harder for the same result and using Slower System RAM to achieve a viewable monitor.

Col

Hi

When I aplied SP2 to all our WinXP machines I had this problem with couple of them. The solution was update the drivers - one machine was taking an age to print - I updated the printer driver and everything was fine.

Good luck

do you think a new promise hd controller and 7200rpm hard drive might affect this problem? if you have one lying around, you could try...you are saying you have on the latest ROMpaq and drivers, yes?
device manager looks fine, yes? and nothing special in event logs

To Answer to response number one, this is completely not true and false for the simple reason, I have XP SP2 running on 100's of systems alot less powerful than the ones with the problem, and running just fine after SP2.

I will say one more time, the systems are stong enough, and I have systems with less memory, less cpu speed, and on board video runing just fine with SP2. These are fairly new systems.

I will check the print drivers as this is one common element on all the slow systems.

Well, the problem turned out to be the print drivers. ALl systems with both SP2 and Brother laser printer drivers, were the systems that were slow. When I removed the brother driver, everything returned to normal. Unfortuneatelt updated drivers did not help, but at least I now know the cause of the problem!
Thanks

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