Running WinXP Pro. - System has slowed to a crawl.

[athiker]

Running WinXP Pro.

System has slowed to a crawl.

Checking Windows Task Manager, I find at the Processes tab that:

WINLOGON.EXE is showing 100% under CPU

Any suggestions on how to get this rig back up to speed.

Thanks

 

[BmXStuD]

format

 

[Ducker]

 

[Ducker]

Check & see if you have Patch #Q811493 installed. If you have XP set to automatically update itself, that could be the problem. I?m running XP and had this problem also. Once I uninstalled Q811493, my system was flying again. To uninstall just open Control Panel, then Add or Remove Programs & find it in the list. Hope this helps.

 

[check72]

DO NOT FORMAT....... yet.

Check add/remove programs for Windows XP Patch 811493. If it is there uninstall it, as that should fix the slowdown.

There appears to be a known problem with AV software and that patch... Info Here.

LOL-

Looks like Ducker beat me to it...

 

[athiker]

Thanks guys. Removed patch and system got much faster, but still didn't seem right. Since everything was backed up I decided to go with BmXStuD's advice and format and reinstall. Will make a system restore cd and my life should be easier in the future.

Thanks again for all your help!!

 

[spyordie007]

Now you'll never know what the problem is and next time you come across it all you'll know how to do is format/reinstall.

Generally speaking I would reccommend looking a little deeper into these types of issues before formating over the evidence as to why the problem is occuring.

-Spy