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Windows XP suddenly running much slower? This may be why...

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Windows XP suddenly running much slower? This may be why...

April 22, 2003 7:37 PM from

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1037305,00.asp

Here's a link that covers the story about how XP Patch 811493 can slow some XP systems down to a crawl. I know I've been fretting because my 2-week old system suddenly went from a speed demon to a sloth. It took it forever to do anything. After uninstalling the patch, my machine is back to its wonderful speedy self.

I'm not recommending that anybody uninstall the patch, just passing along information so that you can make an informed decision...

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Reply #51 April 24, 2003 9:21 AM from

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I never install any systemwide updates from Microsoft, critical or not. I have learned from experience that I only risk getting problems from it when everything worked fine in the first place.

On the same topic, I resisted installing Windows Media Player 9 for a long time, at least while it wsa still in beta. But last week I finally installed it, and crap! I never learn! I should listen to myself sometimes! Now WMP is slow to a crawl on my Celeron 333, videos don't even match the soundtrack, and often it pops up "Reached end of file" before the video actually goes all the way to the end.
Anyway, I started using Real One player for the first time since then.

Reply #52 April 24, 2003 10:46 AM from

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JetAudio 5 is a very nice player. Plays all my Music and Video. Too bad there are not so many skins for it yet.

Reply #53 April 24, 2003 11:45 AM from

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the problem with that patch is that if you had ur anti virus program running during the installation than that is what caused it to slow down.

Reply #54 April 24, 2003 10:19 PM from

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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-013.asp Click 'Frequently asked questions' for update info

Reply #55 April 24, 2003 10:22 PM from

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Thanks for posting the link, yrag.

Reply #56 April 24, 2003 10:32 PM from

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no problem...just returning the favor for all the helpful info I get here

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