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Re: xp still very slow
14-02-2014 2:27 PM
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The peak and total commit charges are always less than the installed ram.
I have let it run looking at task manager.
wuauclt.exe and svchost.exe appear to hog huge chumks of memory for around 15mins after startup. At one point they were taking p a combined total of just under 600meg!!! MsMpEng also appears to be a bit of a memory hog as well, but nowhere near as bad...
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14-02-2014 2:54 PM
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70% would be the target I'd be looking for.
Quote from: penfold The peak and total commit charges are always less than the installed ram.
Think of an office that you're moving furniture round in, you need space to move stuff around in. Programs are like bits of furniture, not grains of sand.
Re: xp still very slow
14-02-2014 5:19 PM
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the total amount of memory is 1gb, reported in task manager as something like 976000K. Peak commit charge was somewhere in the region of 670000K, but usually seen to be around 400000-450000K.
Does that sound right?
Re: xp still very slow
14-02-2014 5:38 PM
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14-02-2014 9:28 PM
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Seems like windows update has some kind of issue with wuauclt hogging loads of memory for ages after boot up.
I did find this after some searching... Anyone had any experience of it before I go wading in....
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058
Re: xp still very slow
14-02-2014 10:00 PM
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WU is one reason why 2GB is a more sensible RAM amount for XP. With that it whizzes through.
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15-02-2014 12:34 PM
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15-02-2014 1:23 PM
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15-02-2014 1:34 PM
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However I have seen many systems where they "appear" to be working OK and not using a huge amount of RAM but actually "something" just gets roadblocked.
It's as if some processes just decide there's not enough memory to run so won't load, or run horribly badly in restricted memory.
In almost all these cases just adding RAM and letting it run through a few boots and updates until quiet each time leaves it running smoothly.
I'm not pretending to understand or explain, but I've seen it a lot on systems with as much as 1GB that you would think were fine.
If you're continuing to run XP I'd say have 2GB as a minimum if at all possible. If you can't make sure no unwanted programs/processes are loading. AV products are often a major culprit as is Skype.
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15-02-2014 6:30 PM
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=windows+xp+updates+slow+down+computer&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=X&ei...
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Re: xp still very slow
15-02-2014 8:28 PM
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Quote from: jelv There was a recent issue on XP where Windows update slowed the system to a crawl.
That's why I was asking whether Windows Update was working ok. If it's not then there is a possible solution which is as follows:
Download and install the relevant Cumulative Security Update for your version of Internet Explorer from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-010 and then run Windows Update. Your problem might be sorted!
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15-02-2014 8:37 PM
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18-02-2014 1:27 PM
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23-02-2014 5:23 PM
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