Browser load pages TOO SLOWLY and Causes Pauses in other programs??

[wncads]

I have Athlon 800mhz, 256Mb PC100 Ram, 10gb free hard drive space and an ISDN connection. On my Win98 Laptop dial up and yahoo page takes less that 2 seconds to load. On my WIN2000 professional with specs above, it takes approx 30 seconds to finally load my start page. It also pauses or makes graphics blury while loading and sometimes the mouse completely dissappears until the page it loaded. I am running the latest McAfee Anti-Virus software. Any suggestions greatly appreciated as it is very frustrating to have a semi-fast connection and the computer not allow you to take advantage of it. Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
Commercial I.T. Networking & Wiring Specialist
keith@aplusnetworking.com

 

[bjverzal]

Flush your history and check the fragmentation of your disk drive.

Bill.

 

[butchrecon]

Also check the performance options on your Win2K machine. Make sure that it is optimized for use with Applications and NOT Background services. What is your Swap File set to? James Collins
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[RogerNorberg]

Do you have a decent video card and updated drivers?

 

[wncads]

System is optimized for APPLICATIONS with a SWAP FILE SIZE OF 600mb, 32Mb Geoforce2 AGP Video Card with current drivers.

Even for instance while double clicking on MY COMPUTER the thing takes days (i.e. 30+ Seconds) to finally open the window showing the drives.

Already flushed HISTORY, all TEMP FILES, closed all open apps except for UPS, and McAFEE, defraged hard drive, ran full chkdsk.

Any more clues???? Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
Commercial I.T. Networking & Wiring Specialist
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[butchrecon]

Are you using FAT32 or NTFS? James Collins
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[wncads]

Using NTFS, I also noted that if I finally get something open the first time, (i.e. open MY COMPUTER) then each time after that is opens much quicker but still slower than it should. Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
Commercial I.T. Networking & Wiring Specialist
keith@aplusnetworking.com

 

[butchrecon]

Do you have it set for compression? Open my Computer and right click on the C: drive and go to properties. At the bottom it states "Compress Drive to Save Dsik Space". Ensure it is not checked. James Collins
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[wncads]

Drive is NOT compressed Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
Commercial I.T. Networking & Wiring Specialist
keith@aplusnetworking.com

 

[butchrecon]

The checkmark is not there? Well then This is a tuffy. This may take some time on your part but what services are currently running (started)? James Collins
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[maverick]

Update your Browser ! "Hacker by Heart"
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[bjverzal]

How about this -

Start the task manager or system monitor then start IE. Watch and see where the bottleneck is (CPU/Memory/elsewhere).

Bill.

 

[hmunster]

I had to lose McAfee for this very reason. I am now using CA's free virus scanner offering and the problem is gone. HOWEVER... it sounds to me like you may be experiencing a video card or driver issue, more likely the card.

 

[RogerNorberg]

Is this machine on a network? If so, does it display the same symptoms when your logged on locally? Try removing one share at a time and check speed.

 

[butchrecon]

As maveric suggested you should also try updating your browser. As I stated it could be a service. Do you mess with them? Can you tell me which ones are running? James Collins
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[wncads]

I have already done the following prior to posting for help on here:

Updated browser from 5.5 to 6.0 (Internet Explorer)
Updated to Service Pack 2 (Windows Professional 2000)
Updated all drivers, VIDEO etc.

Not on ANY network, this is a STAND ALONE

Services Running are as follows:
Alerter
AVSync Manager
Com+ Event
DHCP Client
DNS Client
Event Log
IPSEC Policy Agent
LexBce Server
Local Disk Manager
McSheild
Messenger
Network Connections
Plug & Play
Print Spooler
Protected Storage
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
Remote Access Connection Manager
RPC
Remote Registry Service
Removable Storage
RunAs Service
Security Accounts Manager
Still Image Service
System Event Notification
Task Scheduler
Telephony
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
Windows Time
WMDM PMSP Service
Workstation

Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
Commercial I.T. Networking & Wiring Specialist
keith@aplusnetworking.com

 

[butchrecon]

Your services look ok with the exception of 1
"Distributed Transaction Coordinator"
Start that service and see if it helps. Then let us know James Collins
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[Kjonnnn]

IE 6? Is that a beta?

 

[butchrecon]

Yes its a beta. But I run IE6 on Win2K server and have no problems. James Collins
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[Kjonnnn]

Ok.. sorry by i dont trust beta.. thus the name.. Beta.
Just a preference.

Maybe he should try 5.01.