system lags and slows down severely

[Guest_imported]

ok i have windows me, 1.4ghz athlon, asus a7m266 mb, 512 pc2100, ibm deskstar 60 gxp hdd, and geforce 3 card. whenever i play counter strike, i havent played any other games so i dont know if this is just with counterstrike or not, but after awhile my system lags and slows down. the mouse has slow reaction and moves very poorly. while this happened i checked system resources and i still had 62 percent left so whats causing the computer to slow down? oh and shutting down counter strike doesnt help i have to restart.

 

[reghakr]

Here are some general ME speed-up tips:

First go to Start>Settings>ControlPanel>Automatic Updates and turn off automatic updates. choose I will update my computer manually.

Then right-click on the icons in the tray area, open each, go through the options to turn off the "tray" or "run at startup" feature.

For the others, go to Start>Run, type msconfig. Leave systray, scan registry, Load Power Profile (both),*StateMgr, your virus scanner and firewall if you have one.

Go to Start>Run, type notepad c:\windows\win.ini and check for programs loading here:
[windows]
load=
run=

Open Explorer and navigate to c:\windows\temp and delete all files here. Empty the Recycle Bin

Open Internet Explorer, go to Tools>InternetOptions, click the Delete Files and Clear History buttons.

Close all tray applications and hit Alt_Ctl_Del and end task on all items except for explorer and systray, disable your screensaver, then run scandisk, then defrag.

If you're ruinning Microsoft Office, remove the office entry from the startup folder and kill the Find Fast indexer.

If you don't know what an entry is or what it does, post back.

reghakr

 

[jbcajka]

Hi, I'm having the same problem with my system slowing down and have done all the things that were listed in the tip. I have an Amd k6/2 450, 384 mb pc100 ram, 240 mb cash file and a 1 gig swap file. Norton system doctor says the only resorce that is tapped is my cash file. I run all my daigs and clean ups once a week. Is there more i can do? The system slows down after i transfer alot of data or have been on the pc for a while. Any help? thanks.

 

[SPYDERIX]

reghakr,

For Windows ME in MSCONFIG, you do not need Load Power Profile at all. You do need PCHealth though (that handles System Restore).

Hope this helps! NATE

design@spyderix-designz.com

http://www.spyderix-designz.com

 

[Grapegravy]

Do you have the drivers for the AMD processor installed from the AMD website? I did this and it helped on my ME machine. Also might want to try an active memory recovery utility, I use MemTurbo 2.1 and am delighted with it. Very useful,,, lots of options. Good Luck

 

[jbcajka]

ok i have windows 98 if that is a big deal so ley me know please. thanks

 

[ifix1]

how about heat? do you have a good fan? is you tower tucked in a cubby hole of a desk?

 

[jbcajka]

hi ifix1
i have a ggod fan and it works fine. when i reboot the system is fine(no shut down time). the system is in a house that has AC and at least a foot behind it. i'm a Jr. engineer and have been fixing electronic equipment for 24 years so i do check this stuff at least 3 times a year so you have a ggod one and thanks.

 

[Kento]

Let us see what you have running. Click start--run--type msinfo32--ok. Then doubleclick on software environment then doubleclick on startup programs. Then at the top click edit--select all--edit--copy--then come here and right click in your reply window and select paste.

If you have Norton system doctor loading at startup via msconfig then uncheck it. It's a big resource hog that doesn't need to be running in the background.

 

[jbcajka]

thanks,

auto and config are clean.

tasks,

Kernel32.dll 4.10.2222 Microsoft Corporation Win32 Kernel core component C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Kernel32.dll 4.3 Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
MSGSRV32.EXE 4.10.2222 Microsoft Corporation Windows 32-bit VxD Message Server C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
Mprexe.exe 4.10.1998 Microsoft Corporation WIN32 Network Interface Service Process C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Mprexe.exe 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
Mstask.exe 4.71.1968.1 Microsoft Corporation Task Scheduler Engine C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Mstask.exe 4.0 Microsoft® Windows® Task Scheduler
MMTASK.TSK 4.03.1998 Microsoft Corporation Multimedia background task support module C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MMTASK.TSK 4.0 Microsoft Windows
Nprotect.exe 12.00.0.40 Symantec Corporation Norton Protection Status C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON UTILITIES\Nprotect.exe 4.0 Norton Utilities
Smc.exe 5.00.00.1117 Sygate Technologies, Inc. Sygate Personal Firewall C:\PROGRAM FILES\SYGATE\SPF\Smc.exe 4.0 Sygate Personal Firewall
Explorer.exe 4.72.3110.1 Microsoft Corporation Windows Explorer C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Operating System
Taskmon.exe 4.10.1998 Microsoft Corporation Task Monitor C:\WINDOWS\Taskmon.exe 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
Systray.exe 4.10.2222 Microsoft Corporation System Tray Applet C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Systray.exe 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
Stimon.exe 4.10.2222 Microsoft Corporation Still Image Devices Monitor C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Stimon.exe 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
Loadqm.exe 5.4.1103.3 Microsoft Corporation Microsoft QMgr C:\WINDOWS\Loadqm.exe 4.0 QMgr Loader
Popfilter.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\MEAYA\POPUP AD FILTER\Popfilter.exe 4.0
Wmiexe.exe 5.00.1755.1 Microsoft Corporation WMI service exe housing C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Wmiexe.exe 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Operating System
Iexplore.exe 6.00.2600.0000 Microsoft Corporation Internet Explorer C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\Iexplore.exe 4.0 Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Ddhelp.exe 4.08.01.0881 Microsoft Corporation Microsoft DirectX Helper C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Ddhelp.exe 4.0 Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® 95 and 98
Pstores.exe 5.00.1877.3 Microsoft Corporation Protected storage server C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Pstores.exe 4.0 Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Operating System
Msinfo32.exe 4.10.2222 Microsoft Corporation MSInfo32 C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\MICROSOFT SHARED\MSINFO\Msinfo32.exe 4.0 Microsoft System Information

startup,

Popup Ad Filter Registry (Per-User Run) C:\Program Files\Meaya\Popup Ad Filter\PopFilter.exe
ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun
TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe
SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe
LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
StillImageMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
LoadQM Registry (Machine Run) loadqm.exe
SmcService Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\SYGATE\SPF\SMC.EXE -startgui
SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe
NPROTECT Registry (Machine Service) C:\Program Files\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.EXE
SmcService Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRAM FILES\SYGATE\SPF\SMC.EXE

if you think you need more let me know
Jbcajka@yahoo.com