Slowing to a halt doesn't describe much. Open the task manager and see what's going on. What is the processor usage, how much ram is being used? Take a look and see how many resources each process is using. Check free space on the hard drives.
My experience with bad memory is a lot blue screens and crashes. Not slowing down in safe mode seems like some driver is corrupt. I believe you are still are loading all the hardware drivers in a diagnostic start up. In safe mode you aren't. You may have a corrupt driver. What type of video does this computer have? Let us know what you find. Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bram Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: PCWorks: XP slowing to a halt.` Hi . I have a client with Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, 256MB DDR, 40 GB HD, running XP Pro SP1 Motherboard is Asus P4S533. Runs fine in Safe Mode but in normal mode starts ok then within 60 seconds slows down until it grinds to a halt!. Ran AVG latest etc. but computer was never connected to internet so no problems. In MSCONFIG I did a diagnostic startup with same bad result. So, how can Safe Mode be OK and Diagnostic startup not? If , as I suspect, it may be a memory problem , why it ok in Safe Mode? Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks Bram AngloCom ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
