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  1. January 13th, 2005, 05:53 AM #1
    johnnymier
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    SP2 causing serious slow downs

    Hello:
    I found out here in AO that there was an issue regarding dell laptops and winxp sp2:
    Here

    I followed Dell's instructions and updated the BIOS to the latest version and then installed sp2. I am sure this laptop is free of virus because of a fully updated Norton AV, scans from Trendmicro's housecall and its got no spyware(spybot + adaware). Thing is boot time and overall performance of the laptop is about 10 times slower than it used to be. Could sp2 be the cause?

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    j
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  2. January 13th, 2005, 06:27 AM #2
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    I am sure this laptop is free of virus because of a fully updated Norton AV, scans from Trendmicro's housecall and its got no spyware(spybot + adaware).
    not 100% guarantee!

    What programs have you got running at startup?
    is the slowness boot to desktop
    - general operation
    - Boot to logon
    - Specific applications..
    - Shutdown
    - exiting all programs
    - Exiting certain applications
    ??
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