Win XP Home VERY SLOW

[pio]

Hello...

I have a brand new Dell Dimension 4300, it is a P4 1.5ghz and has a 20gb hd, 128 ram. I had to reinstall the os because of some error "lsass.exe"

I did a clean istall of the os and it just drags...I do notice that when the system is idle, the cpu usage is at 44%, whenever I move the mousr around the cpu jumps to 100%...

No clue what to do...

Thanks in advance

 

[mithrilhall]

I would:

Backup what you want to keep.
Reformat the hd and reinstall the OS.

or

You could call Dell. That's what you paid the big $$$ for. Get Dell's customer service to help you. ====================================
I love people. They taste just like
chicken!

 

[pio]

I did all that...

Dell Technical Support isn't much help at all...

 

[mithrilhall]

Ok,

Reformat the HD.
Reinstall the OS.
Do all the updates.
Update your drivers manually if need be. ====================================
I love people. They taste just like
chicken!

 

[linney]

A bit more RAM would be a good idea too.

What Anti Virus software are you running?

Try disabling any unrequired services that are running in background.

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

See if you can disable some of them (especially Indexing).

HOW TO: Set Performance Options (Q308417)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q308/4/17.asp

Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease (Q310419)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q310/4/19.asp