+1 on the malware check, look in the RUN keys in the registry for unwanted processes Also, check the NIC, are they all the same, all hardcoded to duplex 100mbs, or are they autodetect, or a mix... and same for the switches ... same model/make/configuration of the switches and their ports ?
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Murray Freeman <mfree...@alanet.org>wrote: > From time to time, staff members complain that their workstations seem to > be running slower. Many times, something as simple as defragmentation > results in improvement, but not always. And of course I try to determine if > the slowness is accessing the internet, or just accessing files on our > servers. We're working on those issues. What concerns me is that as I move > around doing updates from time to time, is the fact that while all our > workstations are virtually identical configurations, they all do not seem to > move equally fast when I do an upgrade locally. This is a small shop, so I > am able to remember that it seems that it's usually the same machines that > seem to move slower than others, and some even much faster than others when > running local updates. Does anyone know of some software that might help me > to determine what if any "issues" are slowing down certain machines? If > anyone has suggestions as to possible causes and fixes, I'd sure like to > have them. > > > *Murray* > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
