PC Slow afer SP2 Install

[StrangerInBeijing]

I did a complete "clean" install on my home machine (P4, 3.2Ghz, 512MB).

Before I was running WinXP with SP1 (i think, defo not SP2)

Yesterday I formatted my drives and installed XP with SP2 and now the machine is really slow. No more scrolling down pdf documents. Hell now, it's like the whole screen are repainted 10 times a second. Same for WebPages (offline pages..no internet connection at my new place yet)

Anyone had this problem? Only thing "wrong" is that I still got to activate windows, but surely that got nothing to do with performance??

Cheers

[dglienna]

Did you apply all updates before you installed SP2? It doesn't include all needed updates, so you may need an updated driver or two. I was told to hit windows updates until there is nothing to install and THEN install SP2.

I had an issue with my Creative Labs hardware that was a couple of years old. After SP2, I couldn't access Windows Update! I was on the phone with M$ for about 12 hours over the course of 3 calls in a week's time.

Finally, I disabled the hardware, and it worked. I reinstalled the new drivers, and things were good to go. SP2 help was (and probably still is) free, so you might want to fill out a request.

[StrangerInBeijing]

Thanx for the advice.

The installation I got *included* sp2..no seperate installation.

No internet connection over there now for updating either.

But what you *DID* remind me off, is that I never installed the drivers from the motherboard I got when I bought the machine.....stupid huh? I will try that tonight.

Cheers!


ps. I remember reading somewhere you can download all new updates in a bundle and then take it somewhere else (like home for me) and install them....hmmm...forgot where though...any advice?

[ALL]

try checking your cpu and memory usage... maybe there is a process taking more than expected

[StrangerInBeijing]

Hi,

Problem solved. Got a new WinXP installation, but I think what solved the problem was the drives I installed...or should I say, Forgot to install

thanx for the replies though. Good to know there's always someone keen to help out.

cheers!

[ALL]

ya, thats always the eassy way out!

[dglienna]

Glad it all worked out. That definitely goes in the Quick-n-Dirty fix list.