Continued - slow computer, me banging my head

jrossjord

the first time I checked commit, before doing any of the things you suggested the peak was twice that

jrossjord

ok that done - but qttask was rechecked though I had disabled it before? (have disabled it again)

jrossjord

have opened FB to see what happens, and now commit total is above 1gb (and page is freezing, comp slower etc)

closed

good old fb, bloat.

ram upgrade, or possibly ghostery http://www.ghostery.com/ to stop some of the fb and other website tracking bloat running (which may affect functionality possibly but it can be configured to allow what you need)

qttask is difficult to stop, but you could rename the file to qttask2.exe, but it's tinkering at the edges, you've trimmed most of the bloat already apart from apple software.

jrossjord

OK - thanks - well it's definitely better than it was and probably best it's going to be unless I do something else, like ram upgrade - what's ghostery?

closed

it's a plugin for IE, which blocks website trackers/scripts/adverts - try it and see, it can be uninstalled if it interferes with anything - very illuminating view on what/who tracks your movements across the web

a line through the popup, means it has been blocked, no line means no blocking

waddler_8

Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

Update to a supported OS.

jrossjord

Ghostery installed, not noticed much difference but quite fun!
Updated to SP3

Still slow, as I write this commit charge is 500M, limit is 4991M, Peak is 610M, Phy Mem 981M

With Facebook it's really slow, takes ages to even type a comment.

It is a little faster than it was but still pretty unbearable for working on the internet.

New hijack log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 11:28:57, on 07/07/2013
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorsvw.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell Printers\Additional Color Laser Software\Status Monitor\DLSDBNT.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Application Data\Skype\Toolbars\Skype C2C Service\c2c_service.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell Printers\Additional Color Laser Software\Status Monitor\DLPWDNT.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\avastUI.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\RossJordan\Desktop\HijackThis.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorsvw.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
O2 - BHO: CrossriderApp0020900 - {11111111-1111-1111-1111-110211091100} - C:\Program Files\Ghostery IE\Ghostery IE.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In SSV Helper - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: avast! Online Security - {8E5E2654-AD2D-48bf-AC2D-D17F00898D06} - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswWebRepIE.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: SkypeIEPluginBHO - {AE805869-2E5C-4ED4-8F7B-F1F7851A4497} - C:\Program Files\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O3 - Toolbar: avast! Online Security - {8E5E2654-AD2D-48bf-AC2D-D17F00898D06} - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswWebRepIE.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast] "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\avastUI.exe" /nogui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DLPSP] "C:\Program Files\Dell Printers\Additional Color Laser Software\Status Monitor\DLPSP.EXE"
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O18 - Protocol: skype-ie-addon-data - {91774881-D725-4E58-B298-07617B9B86A8} - C:\Program Files\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe Flash Player Update Service (AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - AVAST Software - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Dell Printer Status Watcher (DLPWD) - Dell Inc. - C:\Program Files\Dell Printers\Additional Color Laser Software\Status Monitor\DLPWDNT.EXE
O23 - Service: Dell Printer Status Database (DLSDB) - Dell Inc. - C:\Program Files\Dell Printers\Additional Color Laser Software\Status Monitor\DLSDBNT.EXE
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\1050\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: RoxMediaDB9 - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxMediaDB9.exe
O23 - Service: Skype C2C Service - Skype Technologies S.A. - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Application Data\Skype\Toolbars\Skype C2C Service\c2c_service.exe
O23 - Service: Skype Updater (SkypeUpdate) - Skype Technologies - C:\Program Files\Skype\Updater\Updater.exe
--
End of file - 5580 bytes

Maybe RAM is the only option left?

jrossjord

Don't know if this is relevant - after being on FB for about 5 mins the commit charge has jumped to 1.6G, the 'processes' says it's using 300M of mem....computer is very slow, almost crashed by then. CPU usage is near or at 100%. None of this really means anything to me, I do vaguely understand it but haven't really got a clue where to look next to speed things up and not sure what's changed recently. Computer has always struggled after using internet for a while, but usually restarting IE cleared it and I could continue. Now after 5 minutes I'm throwing things at it (only metaphorically as I guess that wouldn't actually help?!...but willing to try)

Any ideas?

elektra

Have you tried a different browser e.g Firefox or Chrome ?

I had a problem loading pages using IE on an old XP computer yesterday but using Firefox no problem.