Yes this is my second time posting this...Because some one took my first one down...Anyways i found out some informoation on what type of System...im useing (first Topic posting) Yes hi i have this problem with my laptop Its like when i play this game (Wow) for like maybe about about 10 mins or less then it starts lagging for about 5 mins or a little more then goes back to normal for about 8 mins then does the 5 minute lag Again..And its not only happening with the game its also the browser to Like when im own the internet it lags for the same amount of time and a little longer like maybe for 10-20 minutes now... I did every thing i could think of i ran ccleaner more then i can imation i cleared out allot of useless programs on my comp ran disk cleaner and defrag and all im still trying to figure out whats the problem with the system and still no hope And just a heads up Please dont comment with useless information.... Heres the information i was demanded to find.. OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name D3DRDP41 System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation System Model Inspiron 600m System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 9 Stepping 5 GenuineIntel ~1398 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A09, 12/15/2003 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" User Name D3DRDP41\Michael Chang Time Zone Eastern Standard Time Total Physical Memory 384.00 MB Available Physical Memory 26.52 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 920.29 MB Page File C:\pagefile.sys

well sorry to hear it was taken down and was demaned to find out what kind of system you have. but were sorry for our behaviour and mis understanding well it seem best option would be to get more ram also if you are using internet security that will have some adverse effest of performance also if you are using McAfee antivirus or Norton they are a bit of the problem but far as I can see best option is more ram if their is a suppoet at Dell they can tell you more and how much more ram you can add good luck I did check the Dell site for support and manual but poor layout. if you can have a chat with the technician I think they can be a bit more of a help. good luck again Have a Great Day ;-D

go to google type in speed fan. free download. install, and get some manual control for the cooling fan. its overheating playing games. laptop cooling fans don't cool well. you also might get a 4 fan cooling fan tray the you set the laptop on. ebay has those. speed fan does not work on all laptops, but meebe yours will be helped

My 'guess' is that more memory might be needed. But you could try shutting down all the programs running in the background to see if that helps. Use msconfig to see what all is starting up automatically when you power up the system.

Here is my file re slow XP. Infections are another big cause. Disable Indexing Services http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/disp... http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Suppo... Indexing services is a small program that hogs HUGE amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexing and updates lists of the files on your system, so you can search for them quickly, but it's completely unnecessary. To disable it, go to the Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs. Click the Add/Remove Window Components. Simply untick the Indexing services and click Next! And, 1. Browse to your hard drive either through Windows Explorer or through My Computer. 2. Right click your hard drive icon and select Properties. 3. At the bottom of this window you'll see "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching," turn this feature off for all of your drives by unchecking the box and clicking Apply. 4. After that a window will appear, Select "Apply changes to subfolders and files". If any files can not be updated select "Ignore All". =================================== HOW TO: Set Performance Options in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=... ===================================== How to Disable the Find Fast Indexer http://support.microsoft.com/defaul... 8. THE TRUTH ABOUT FIND FAST http://www.remainsecure.com/whitepa... ===================================== http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Pr... 2. Disable the POSIX and OS/2 Subsystem. 6. Disable the Guest account 7. Set the Hosts file to read-only to prevent name hijacking. ===================================== Application Slow-Downs in Windows XP http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/47.htm ======================================= Not networking, this will help. 1) Control Panel -> Internet Options 2) Connections tab 3) LAN Settings 4) Uncheck "Automatically Detect Settings" ======================================= http://www.technobabble.com.au/tech... http://www.tweaktown.com/document.p... Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels. Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won't make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. Here's how: Open the Device Manager. One way to do that is to right-click on "My Computer", select the Hardware tab, and select Device Manager. Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and double-click on "Primary IDE Channel". Under the "Advanced Settings" tab, check the "Device 1" setting. More than likely, your current transfer mode is set to PIO. Set it to "DMA if available". Repeat the step for the "Secondary IDE Channel" if you have devices attached to it. Reboot. Enabling DMA in XP http://www.blackmaxpc.com/Guides/DM... http://www.xtremepccentral.com/foru... http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech... http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewto... http://www.optorite.com/manual/Engl... Problems enabling DMA in XP http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewto... http://www.compguysinc.com/techweb/... If the computer persists on having only PIO after reboot even though the hard drive is a flashing super-duper ATA133 and transfer mode set to “DMA if available”, then you have to do the following: Remove the primary device in the device manager and reboot! Voilà, now the harddrive should be running in DMA mode. Repeat on the secondary IDE channel if necessary. ======================================= Disable XP support for zip files http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Foru... http://www.technobabble.com.au/tech... Windows XP has built-in support for .ZIP files, so that you can view them as normal folders. However, the system uses a sizeable portion of resources doing this, so disabling this feature can increase performance. It's easy to do, you just have to un-register the zipfldr.dll, by going to Start -> Run... Copy & Paste > regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll < then press Enter. You should see a message telling you the command was succesfully applied. ======================================== SECURITY http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Foru... Disable uPnP! Download this to disable uPnP, a very dangerous service to have running on your pc. http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/... ========================================= MEMORY PERFORMANCE TWEAKS http://www.tweaktown.com/document.p... http://www.tweakxp.com/TweakXP/disp... These only apply if you have over 256 mb, otherwise just skip this part. Disable the Paging executive In normal usage, XP pages sections from the kernel core and drivers in memory to disk. We can stop this happening and keep the data in RAM, resulting in improved performance. Run regedit.exe ( Start > Run, type in regedit & press Enter) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Session Manager/Memory Management/ The setting we want to change to disable the ’Paging Executive’, as it is called, is called DisablePagingExecutive. Changing the value of this key from 0 to 1 will de-activate memory Paging. Note: This tweak may cause problems with some Nvidia cards & drivers. =================================== Simple File Sharing is enabled by default if your computer is NOT a member of a domain http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874 http://home.earthlink.net/~lreynol9... http://www.chicagotech.net/sfs.htm To disable Simple File Sharing: 1. Start > My Computer > Tools > Folder Options. 2. Select the View tab. 3. Clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) box in the Advanced Settings area. 4. Press Apply and OK. How to Disable Simple File Sharing in Windows XP Home Edition http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Simp... Sometimes, you might want to change the security or permissions on a folder in Windows XP Home Edition. You will right click on the folder and select Properties, and under the Security tab you might expect to see something like you would see in Windows 2000 - a list of Users and checkboxes for Allow and Deny. However, you won't see this, because Windows XP uses something called "Simple File Sharing." You can disable it in XP Professional, but not XP Home. Apparently, XP Home users aren't to be trusted with all that power. Fear not, there is a way around this (even if it is tedious). Steps 1. Restart your computer in Safe Mode. To do this, follow these steps: * Restart your computer. Before you see the Windows XP logo, hold down the F8 key. * Select Safe Mode. 2. Login in as Administrator. You'll get a warning about running in Safe Mode. Click Yes. 3. Find the folder whose permissions you wish to change. Right click on that folder, and select Properties. 4. Change the properties of the desired folder(s). Voila. You can now change all the properties of the folder just like you would in Windows 2000. ==================================== 39. How to improve on shutdown time? http://www.xptuneup.com/tip0050.htm Windows has a feature that will automatically close those "non-responsive" program files that you typically have to intervene with (CTRL + ALT + DELETE style) Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown. Go to Start -> Run, copy & paste -> regedt32 or regedit and find/select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Change the AutoEndTasks key from "0" to "1." Close Regedit & Reboot. Demystifying the Windows Registry http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/for... Don't Fear the Registry http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/658 ======================================= Unknown hard drive activity. Right click an empty part of your desktop > Properties > Display Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Desktop Items. Down the bottom of that screen, uncheck > Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days. ======================================= Try to avoid having a Paging file on the same drive as the system files. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=... HOW TO: Move the Paging File in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=... ====================================== Clear virtual memory on shutdown http://www.langa.com/newsletters/20... Windows does not normally clear or recreate the Pagefile. On a heavily used system this can be both a security threat and performance drop. Enabling this setting will cause Windows to clear the Pagefile whenever the system is shutdown. This also means shutdown will be slower. Also avoids fragmentation of the Pagefile. Classic View Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/ar... Category View Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/ar... Scroll down to "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile". Right click and select properties then click "Enabled". Note: Please note on systems with large amounts of memory, and therefore large swap-file, this tweak could cause a delay at shutdown due to the additional time taken to clear the data from the file. Also avoids fragmentation of the Pagefile. XP Home. http://www.securepcsolutions.com/tw... Clear Pagefile on shutdown: Please note on systems with large amounts of memory, and therefore large swap-file, this tweak could cause a delay at shutdown due to the additional time taken to clear the data from the file. Also avoids fragmentation of the Pagefile. Browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management and add the DWORD variable "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001 Demystifying the Windows Registry http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/for... Don't Fear the Registry http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/658 ===================================== http://www.petri.co.il/bypass_the_w... You can also permanently disable the Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching (and you should...). Read the following article: Disable the Welcome Screen in XP Pro and Disable Fast User Switching in XP Pro. http://www.petri.co.il/disable_the_... http://www.petri.co.il/disable_fast... 1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel. 2. Click Change the way users log on or off. http://www.extremetech.com/article2... http://support.microsoft.com/defaul... ===================================== W2KWXPDNSfix Broadband Tip: How to keep DNS Errors from slowing you down! http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/dns_c... Works for dial-up too! ===================================== How to Disable the "There are Newly Installed Programs" Balloon When you install a new program in XP, the operating system helpfully tells you about it and highlights the new program(s) on the Start menu. If you don't like this behavior, there's something you can do about it: Right click the Start button and select Properties. Click the Start Menu tab. Click the Customize button. Click the Advanced tab. Uncheck the box labeled "Highlight newly installed programs." Note: this option is not available if you use the Classic Start menu. ======================================= 23 Ways To Speed WinXP Without Defrag http://www.techbuilder.org/article.... 4.) Double-click the My Computer icon. Next, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching." Next, apply changes to "C: subfolders and files," and click OK. If a warning or error message appears (such as "Access is denied"), click the Ignore All button. =================================== Auto Delete Temporary Folder http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx... First go into gpedit.msc ( only available in the Pro version of XP ) Start > Run, copy & paste > gpedit.msc & press Enter Next select -> Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Temporary Folder Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit" Go to properties and hit Disabled. Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will automatically delete it when its done! ======================================= Make icons in Windows appear quicker http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320138 http://www.totalxp.com/networkfolde... In Windows XP everytime you open My Computer to browse folders XP automatically searches for network files and printers. This causes a delay in displaying your icons. You probably see the "default" windows icon and as you scroll it changes to the correct icon. This is how to stop that... 1. Open My Computer 2. Click on the Tools menu and select Folder Options... 3. Under Folder Options select the View tab. 4. Uncheck the very first box that reads "Automatically search for network folders and printers". 5. Click "Apply" or "OK" You should see a dramatic increase in speed when Windows displays your icons. ========================================== Performance Right-click "My Computer", then "Properties". Choose the "Advanced" tab. Under "Performance" click "Settings". In Visual Effects, click on Custom & untick everything, except these 2 > Use visual styles on windows and buttons & Smooth edges of screen fonts ( Default has everything ticked, except > Smooth edges of screen fonts ) Click Apply & then OK. ======================================== If your computer is NOT a laptop/notebook then you can stop Hibernate. Hibernation, reserves disk space equal to your RAM. http://www.tweaktown.com/document.p... The mysterious hiberfil.sys http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/h... =========================================== System Restore Point Start > My Computer > right click & select Properties. Select System Restore & untick > Turn off System Restore on all drives. Select the drive with the operating system on, click Settings & set it on Min or slightly higher if you feel more comfortable with the extra backups. Any other drive or partition, click Settings & tick > Turn off System Restore on this drive. ======================================== User Profile Hive Cleanup Service http://www.windows-help.net/Windows... http://www.ondemandaccess.com/artic... http://www.thin-world.com/slowlogof... http://download.microsoft.com/downl... A service to help with slow log off and unreconciled profile caused by profile hive unload problems. Symptoms of these problems include events in the application event log with source Userenv and event id 1000 where the message text indicates a profile unload problem and the error is "Access is denied" or event id 1517 or 1524. The service is set to automatically start when the computer boots so you will not need to start it manually. Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP http://download.microsoft.com/downl... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/... =========================================== Disable unused devices to free resources http://tweak.us/cms/article_XP_Twea...

kelvin Why is it you still don't know what the specs of your computer are? One of the responses in the thread that was removed did instruct you how to find those specs right in Windows.

Yes i would have seen it someone one did int pull my topic don't you think othehill...?