[67mopar]

HI you have all been so helpful in the past. I thought I would fire up this old beast and give it a shot. It freezes up and is very slow, It is xp pro, I look forward to seeing you work maGic again. Nothing on this machine is sacred so we can delete anything. Thanks Dean

OTL logfile created on: 3/15/2012 6:05:11 PM - Run 2
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.37.1 Folder = D:\Documents and Settings\Cody\My Documents\Downloads
Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 3 (Version = 5.1.2600) - Type = NTWorkstation
Internet Explorer (Version = 8.0.6001.18702)
Locale: 00000409 | Country: United States | Language: ENU | Date Format: M/d/yyyy

247.52 Mb Total Physical Memory | 36.14 Mb Available Physical Memory | 14.60% Memory free
606.54 Mb Paging File | 191.97 Mb Available in Paging File | 31.65% Paging File free
Paging file location(s): D:\pagefile.sys 372 744 [binary data]

%SystemDrive% = D: | %SystemRoot% = D:\WINDOWS | %ProgramFiles% = D:\Program Files
Drive C: | 71.36 Gb Total Space | 60.63 Gb Free Space | 84.96% Space Free | Partition Type: NTFS
Drive D: | 4.96 Gb Total Space | 1.72 Gb Free Space | 34.61% Space Free | Partition Type: NTFS

Edited by rshaffer61, 15 March 2012 - 04:42 PM.
Removed malware log .Not used in this forum area

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247.52 Mb Total Physical Memory | 36.14 Mb Available Physical Memory | 14.60% Memory free

First big issue I see is the lack of memory. XP has a sweet spot of 1 gig of memory especially if your video is on the motherboard and not a add on card.

Free drive space does not seem to be a issue with 85% still free.
I would like to try the following to just check some things.




Download TFC by OldTimer to your desktop

• Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
• It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
• Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
• Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.

Download Auslogics Defrag from the link in my signature below. Auslogics Defrag in my opinion is better because:

It does a more comprehensive job at Defragging
It will actually show you what it is doing
At the end of working it will show you how much speed you picked up
You can view a online log of the files that Auslogics defragged
Please do not run any other Auslogics programs other then this one as they may cause unwanted results.

[rshaffer61]

247.52 Mb Total Physical Memory | 36.14 Mb Available Physical Memory | 14.60% Memory free

First big issue I see is the lack of memory. XP has a sweet spot of 1 gig of memory especially if your video is on the motherboard and not a add on card.

Free drive space does not seem to be a issue with 85% still free.
I would like to try the following to just check some things.




Download TFC by OldTimer to your desktop

• Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
• It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
• Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
• Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.

Download Auslogics Defrag from the link in my signature below. Auslogics Defrag in my opinion is better because:

It does a more comprehensive job at Defragging
It will actually show you what it is doing
At the end of working it will show you how much speed you picked up
You can view a online log of the files that Auslogics defragged
Please do not run any other Auslogics programs other then this one as they may cause unwanted results.

[67mopar]

defrag running

[rshaffer61]

Did you run TFC first???

[67mopar]

very cool program, its complete
here is the skinny,

Disk Size 71.36 GB
Free Space Size 60.63 GB
Clusters 18705329
Sectors per cluster 8
Bytes per sector 512
Started defragmentation 3/15/2012 7:13:35 PM
Completed defragmentation 3/15/2012 7:26:41 PM
Elapsed time 00:13:06
Total Files 60387
Total Directories 4875
Fragmented Files 3928
Defragmented Files 3928
Skipped Files 0
Fragmentation Before 22.63% ||||||||||||
Fragmentation After 0.00%
Disk Defragmentation Details
Fragments Clusters Size Result File Name
2 7 / 12 16.48 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{9C39A4D1-7DF9-454E-8637-C77A60442AFF}\RP147\change.log.1
2 28 / 30 8.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP859\snapshot
4 1007 / 1024 68.00 KB OK C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Adobe\Shockwave Player 11\xtras\download\AdobeSystemsIncorporated\FontAsset\Font Asset.x32
2 30 / 32 8.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP867\snapshot
2 49 / 52 9.02 KB OK C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\MySpace\IM\Images\m_eeb24ff293274d5643e85bcb08fcb162.jpg
2 32 / 34 5.09 KB OK C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\phs833bs.default\bookmarkbackups\bookmarks-2010-08-25.json
2 36 / 38 8.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP845\snapshot
2 60 / 62 8.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP861\snapshot
2 66 / 68 7.56 KB OK C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\MySpace\IM\Images\m_62dfb257ea051d477a41d733a5fbdce8.jpg
3 82 / 86 13.61 KB OK C:\WINDOWS\KB974571.log
3 98 / 105 27.87 KB OK C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson\user.dmp
2 68 / 70 4.79 KB OK C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\MySpace\IM\Images\m_e22d2e317df20a17ea748c375d1eff7a.jpg
2 1468 / 1498 232.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP834\snapshot\_REGISTRY_USER_NTUSER_S-1-5-19
2 122 / 128 23.71 KB OK C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\CAGCAT10\J0149481.WMF
2 76 / 78 8.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP865\snapshot
2 86 / 88 8.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP878\snapshot
2 3430 / 3460 236.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP834\snapshot\_REGISTRY_USER_NTUSER_S-1-5-20
2 6610 / 6640 232.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\Fifoed(2)\snapshot\_REGISTRY_USER_NTUSER_S-1-5-19
2 7000 / 7030 232.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-4339-9C74-3091462FA969}\RP877\snapshot\_REGISTRY_USER_NTUSER_S-1-5-19
2 90 / 92 8.00 KB OK C:\System Volume Information\_restore{10D4B4EE-7C0B-433

[rshaffer61]

Did you miss my question in post 4?

[67mopar]

Sorry yes, this computer is bad, but yes I did run TFC first, then the auslogics defrag.

[rshaffer61]

OK any better running now?

[67mopar]

yes its a little better, do you see anything or suggest anything I can do to make it better, I am aware its not a new computer just seems it could be a bit faster, and hey thanks for your time and help I really appreciate it.

[rshaffer61]

As I mentioned in my first post, the best way to increase your speed is by increasing your memory to 1 gig total. This will allow the system to open and close programs faster as well as allow you to open more then one at a time. Please try the below and let me know the results.

Go to HERE and run the Crucial online scanner.
This will give you the exact memory configuration for your system.
You do not have to buy the memory from there, but write down the information and if you need assistance in purchasing the upgrade memory GTG can assist with suggestions also.

[67mopar]

I have a bunch of simms, how do I know what ram I have ? like sd or pc 100 etc is there something that tells me that on board?? like sys info ??

[67mopar]

says sdram but thats for a 5511 series. this is a 5100nx there is no listing for that. I also ran otl again just for a last looksie. Thanks again

Edited by rshaffer61, 15 March 2012 - 07:01 PM.
Removed malware log .Not used in this forum area

[rshaffer61]

Can you send me the link for your Crucial Memory results please?

Also is this a desktop?
Branded system like Dell or HP?
If branded what make and model and then I can look up the memory specs for it.

[67mopar]

compaq presario 55100nx prod # dm172a-aba

crucial mem results ?? I dont understand?? advise

[rshaffer61]

Is this your system HERE