SP2 speed improvements

Has anyone seen any? I still see the spinning wheel and can't do a thing
until it goes away. I double click and MP3 file spinning wheel until Winamp
fires up, which used to take no time now I don't know what it's doing but
takes longer and still can't do anything with a $800 computer until the
wheel stops turning.

Just wondering if anyone else has seen improvements, Rich

Disable Aero, that will give you some improvement. Change the theme to
classic windows.

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"Rich" <> wrote in message
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> Has anyone seen any? I still see the spinning wheel and can't do a thing
> until it goes away. I double click and MP3 file spinning wheel until
> Winamp fires up, which used to take no time now I don't know what it's
> doing but takes longer and still can't do anything with a $800 computer
> until the wheel stops turning.
>
> Just wondering if anyone else has seen improvements, Rich
>

I have not seen any change one way or the other with SP2. But your
"spinning wheel" problem is strange. I suggest you run Process Explorer
when the wheel spins and find out which process(es) is doing it.


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Yes. I installed SP2 about a week ago and was pleasantly surprised to see
a noticeable improvement particularly when opening programs or shortcuts.
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"Rich" <> wrote in message
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> Has anyone seen any? I still see the spinning wheel and can't do a thing
> until it goes away. I double click and MP3 file spinning wheel until
> Winamp fires up, which used to take no time now I don't know what it's
> doing but takes longer and still can't do anything with a $800 computer
> until the wheel stops turning.
>
> Just wondering if anyone else has seen improvements, Rich
>

Also if you have Windows Search 4.0 installed, uninstall it it is a dog!

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"Randem" <> wrote in message
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> Disable Aero, that will give you some improvement. Change the theme to
> classic windows.
>
> --
> Randem Systems
> Your Installation Specialist
> The Top Inno Setup Script Generator
> http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html
> Find Out What Your VB Program is Really Doing
> http://www.randem.com/rstools.html
>
>
>
> "Rich" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Has anyone seen any? I still see the spinning wheel and can't do a thing
>> until it goes away. I double click and MP3 file spinning wheel until
>> Winamp fires up, which used to take no time now I don't know what it's
>> doing but takes longer and still can't do anything with a $800 computer
>> until the wheel stops turning.
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone else has seen improvements, Rich
>>
>
>

GTS;1086764 Wrote:
> Yes. I installed SP2 about a week ago and was pleasantly surprised to
> see
> a noticeable improvement particularly when opening programs or
> shortcuts.
> --
>
> "Rich" <noway@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eUa8gRZAKHA.4004@xxxxxx> > >
> > > Has anyone seen any? I still see the spinning wheel and can't do a
> > thing
> > > until it goes away. I double click and MP3 file spinning wheel until
> > > Winamp fires up, which used to take no time now I don't know what
> > it's
> > > doing but takes longer and still can't do anything with a $800
> > computer
> > > until the wheel stops turning.
> > >
> > > Just wondering if anyone else has seen improvements, Rich
> > > > >


The speed improvement one sees may be different depending on the system
configuration. My system e.g. has 4GBs of RAM (with 32bit Home Premium)
and that may react differently than a system with 2GBs of RAM.


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"whs" <> wrote in message
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>
> GTS;1086764 Wrote:
>> Yes. I installed SP2 about a week ago and was pleasantly surprised to
>> see
>> a noticeable improvement particularly when opening programs or
>> shortcuts.
>> --
>>
>> > >
>> > > Just wondering if anyone else has seen improvements, Rich
>> > > > >
>
>
> The speed improvement one sees may be different depending on the system
> configuration. My system e.g. has 4GBs of RAM (with 32bit Home Premium)
> and that may react differently than a system with 2GBs of RAM.
>
> --
> whs

Of course. And, no doubt, depending on other configuration issues as well.
(My system is Vista Ultimate with 4 GB RAM).