System slowdown-win2000 svcpak 4

[Beasel]

Regardless of application running, my system repeatedly hangs up. A look at
the Task Manager status indicates that one, or more, of the open apps is/are
"not responding". The Process page shows that the "System Idle process" is
the only thing active. Performance is at 1% or less. I run McAfee and run
OneCare. And, have cleaned the registry often. Cleared cookies and temp
files. And, defragged the disk. Six year old Dell x86 family 6 model 8
stepping 10 system, 128meg Ram, not upgradable. Opening the Task Manager
seems to clear the problem temporarily but that may be a coincidence.
Happening many many times an hour. Used for surfing, email, writing, and
small spread sheets. No games or resource eaters.
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Old computer guy with new problems!

 

[Bob I]

Re: System slowdown-win2000 svcpak 4

OneCare is not supported on that system, operating system or hardware
wise. try uninstalling it and see if things perk up.

Beasel wrote:

> Regardless of application running, my system repeatedly hangs up. A look at
> the Task Manager status indicates that one, or more, of the open apps is/are
> "not responding". The Process page shows that the "System Idle process" is
> the only thing active. Performance is at 1% or less. I run McAfee and run
> OneCare. And, have cleaned the registry often. Cleared cookies and temp
> files. And, defragged the disk. Six year old Dell x86 family 6 model 8
> stepping 10 system, 128meg Ram, not upgradable. Opening the Task Manager
> seems to clear the problem temporarily but that may be a coincidence.
> Happening many many times an hour. Used for surfing, email, writing, and
> small spread sheets. No games or resource eaters.