Really slow running

[corin101]

Hi all, hope you may be able to shed somelight on my problem.

 

My PC was running fine yesterday but wouldn't shut fully down properly so I just turned off the power.

Turned on this morning and everything was running extremely slowly as in 10 minutes to open "My Computer". I couldnt open up task manager but my G15 said I was using 99% of my RAM on its little display.

 

I read a few other threads and have done a selective startup using MSconfig as suggested and checked only my Bullguard and Java to stat up and on a restart I am running alot faster but still not as fast as my PC should be capable of.

 

The only thing that I have downloaded recently was a patch for Lord of the Rings Online. My drivers are up to date and I have a clean virus scan.

 

Whilst I can probably survive with it running as it is now I would still like to be able to find the culprit if possible and wonder if you can give me some ideas on what it might be slowing me down or an idea of how I can go about eliminating good processes so that I can narrow down what may be causing my issue.

 

System info:

 

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

System Model: P5N-T DELUXE

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.3GHz

Memory: 4094MB RAM

Page File: 1492MB used, 6917MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 10

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 64bit Unicode

 

Thanks for any replies :)

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hi Corin

 

Welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help

 

Have you tried going back to the last restore point made before downing the patch?

[corin101]

Hey

 

No, but I will try now.

 

Thx

[Guest Wolfeymole]

No problem, please let us know how you go on. :)

[corin101]

I have restored to yesteday evening, which is after the patch, but I know I was ok then. It has worked in the main, but I am still not as fast as I have been previously, but I will check the game forums just in case there was a known patch issue

 

Anyway, thanks for the advice :D

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Ok but why didn't you restore to before the patch to test speed etc?

[corin101]

What can I say, I'm impatient :P

 

Anyway, it seems to be picking up speed. But if its still bad I will try again tomorrow.

 

Apparently there are some issues with LoTRO and X-fi cards which may have been causing BSOD's I have been having recently which could possibly be a cause to this bad performance?? Hopefully updating my sound drivers will resolve this.

[BeeCeeBee]

What can I say, I'm impatient :P

 

It takes no more time to restore to the suggested point then it did to the one you chose. What does patience have to do with it.

 

Considering that you are also getting BSODs and refer to yourself as PC Illiterate it may be a good idea to pay attention to people like Wolfey who may know a tad more.