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pc running slow!
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PC has recently got very sluggish.
Am using win2000, have Zone alarm and spywae guard running. Processor AMD 1.8ghz
Here is what i see running in the task manager: I would appreciate any tips on what to try and remove (or deselect e.g in msconfig??) to get things up to their previous speed.
System
smss.exe
crss.exe
winlogon.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
svchost.exe
vsmon.exe
Scannign Process
taskmgr.exe
svchost.exe
inCDServ.exe
regsvc.exe
MStask.exe
stisvc.exe
WinMgmt.exe
Exporer.EXE
sglohb.exe
mantispm.exe
sgmain.exe
ScanningProcess
Zl client.exe
monitor.exe
Am using win2000, have Zone alarm and spywae guard running. Processor AMD 1.8ghz
Here is what i see running in the task manager: I would appreciate any tips on what to try and remove (or deselect e.g in msconfig??) to get things up to their previous speed.
System
smss.exe
crss.exe
winlogon.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
svchost.exe
vsmon.exe
Scannign Process
taskmgr.exe
svchost.exe
inCDServ.exe
regsvc.exe
MStask.exe
stisvc.exe
WinMgmt.exe
Exporer.EXE
sglohb.exe
mantispm.exe
sgmain.exe
ScanningProcess
Zl client.exe
monitor.exe
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but recently Zonealarm was sold to a different company, its no longer Zone labs, but checkpoint. since the change i have noticed a few anomalys in how its running. Using win 2000 may also be conflicting newer software. if any updates for your programs have been designed to run on XP or Vista, they may be system hogs on an older setup.
but recently Zonealarm was sold to a different company, its no longer Zone labs, but checkpoint. since the change i have noticed a few anomalys in how its running. Using win 2000 may also be conflicting newer software. if any updates for your programs have been designed to run on XP or Vista, they may be system hogs on an older setup.
thanks for the answers. fo3nix/obonio: there's no one process really hogging the cpu.
the main problem was slow startup, it took several minutes before the pc became usable. problems seem to have got worse after a recent update of zonealarm. this correlates with what bob a job mentions.
one thing which has improved things somewhat is that i deactivated spyware guard. What with zone alarm being quite a complete program, i didnt think 2 progs continually running were necessary. since then, system seems better, will keep you up to date.
PS did a defrag only a week ago.
the main problem was slow startup, it took several minutes before the pc became usable. problems seem to have got worse after a recent update of zonealarm. this correlates with what bob a job mentions.
one thing which has improved things somewhat is that i deactivated spyware guard. What with zone alarm being quite a complete program, i didnt think 2 progs continually running were necessary. since then, system seems better, will keep you up to date.
PS did a defrag only a week ago.
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