Slow Computer

August 4th, 2016

As the title says, my computer is acting very sluggish. It runs games the same as it always did but the desktop and other applications seem to be slow. For instance, the other day my anti-virus ran at aroun 180 files a second, and today it was running at around 30-70.
The thing is though, I have a Q6600, 8 gig of ram etc. And it still acts sluggishly. Does anyone know what could be causing this? I did just buy more ram and a new hard-drive, so maybe it could be one of them? Memtest seems to run ok, not showing any errors with my ram, but Hard Drive Inspector is saying that my hard drive is running at 71^o C and the reliability, performance and error resistance are all at 51% (good).
Should a new hard drive be better than that? Surely it should be at 100?
Can anyone think of anything that may help.
EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention that I am on XP 64 bit

Answer #1
51 is weird for a new HDD
try a different HDD and see if it helps
Answer #2
Please download the current version of Hijack This from here. http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/hijackthis/HJTInstall.exe
Double click and run the installer. It will install to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\hijackthis.exe After installing, you should get the user agreement, press accept and Hijack This will run. Select Do a system scan and save a log file. This will open a notepad file of everything Hijack This found, copy and paste it back here.
Answer #3
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 18:56:09, on 19/11/2008
Platform: Windows 2003 SP2 (WinNT 5.02.3790)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16735)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\AxShlEx64Helper.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\HDDSvc.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\opera.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty – World at War\CoDWaW.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
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
F2 – REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit
O2 – BHO: flashget urlcatch – {2F364306-AA45-47B5-9F9D-39A8B94E7EF7} – C:\Program Files (x86)\FlashGet\jccatch.dll
O2 – BHO: FlashGet GetFlash Class – {F156768E-81EF-470C-9057-481BA8380DBA} – C:\Program Files (x86)\FlashGet\getflash.dll
O3 – Toolbar: BitDefender Toolbar – {381FFDE8-2394-4f90-B10D-FC6124A40F8C} – “C:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2009\Antispam32\IEToolbar.dll” (file missing)
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [HDInspector.exe] C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\hard_drive_inspector_pro_2.100.481\cracked\HDInspector.exe
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 – HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User ‘LOCAL SERVICE’)
O4 – HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User ‘LOCAL SERVICE’)
O4 – HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User ‘NETWORK SERVICE’)
O4 – HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User ‘NETWORK SERVICE’)
O4 – HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User ‘SYSTEM’)
O4 – HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User ‘SYSTEM’)
O4 – HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User ‘Default user’)
O4 – HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\RunOnce: [tscuninstall] %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe (User ‘Default user’)
O8 – Extra context menu item: &Download All with FlashGet – C:\Program Files (x86)\FlashGet\jc_all.htm
O8 – Extra context menu item: &Download with FlashGet – C:\Program Files (x86)\FlashGet\jc_link.htm
O9 – Extra button: FlashGet – {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} – C:\Program Files (x86)\FlashGet\FlashGet.exe
O9 – Extra ‘Tools’ menuitem: FlashGet – {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} – C:\Program Files (x86)\FlashGet\FlashGet.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
O15 – ESC Trusted Zone: http://runonce.msn.com
O23 – Service: BitDefender Arrakis Server (Arrakis3) – BitDefender S.R.L. http://www.bitdefender.com – C:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Arrakis Server\bin\Arrakis3.exe
O23 – Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmadmin.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Event Log (Eventlog) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: HDD Information Service (HDDSvc) – AltrixSoft (http://www.altrixsoft.com/) – C:\WINDOWS\system32\HDDSvc.exe
O23 – Service: HTTP SSL (HTTPFilter) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service (ImapiService) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\imapi.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: BitDefender Desktop Update Service (LIVESRV) – BitDefender SRL – C:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Update Service\livesrv.exe
O23 – Service: Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Net Logon (Netlogon) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: NT LM Security Support Provider (NtLmSsp) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc64.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Plug and Play (PlugPlay) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: IPSEC Services (PolicyAgent) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Protected Storage (ProtectedStorage) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (RDSessMgr) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\sessmgr.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Security Accounts Manager (SamSs) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Virtual Disk Service (vds) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\System32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 – Service: BitDefender Virus Shield (VSSERV) – BitDefender S. R. L. – C:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2009\vsserv.exe
O23 – Service: WMI Performance Adapter (WmiApSrv) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe (file missing)

End of file – 5680 bytes
The weird thing is it seems to be ok now. I got over 400 files a second in bit defender…instead of 30. It’s really weird.
Anyone see anything weird in the hijack this?
I will try a new HDD later, anything so that I dont have to install a newOP, I’ve done that too many times lately lol.
Answer #4
The hiijack this log seems fine… in fact a surprisingly small amount of proccesses running
Can you download and install Everest:

http://www.google.com?t=1681537&highlight=

This should give you an accurate temperature reading of your hardware and can you post the temperatures of your core hardware (gpu, cpu etc) when your PC is running fine and when it is not
Also.. when the PC underperforms, how long was the computer on for?
Answer #5
71C is way too high temp for a HD,55C is the max temp
for desktop HDs but your HD might have a bad sensor or the program you used didnt read it right,check with everest ultimate
and also open the case and touch it to determine if its really that hot,if it is then backup your stuff and have it replaced a.s.a.p , if overheating is not the issue then check
the DMA settings,see this thread
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f61/troubleshooting-enabling-checking-dma-windows-vista-xp-2000-me-9x-101616/
Answer #6
The HDD definetly doesnt feel that warm. I can touch it and it is mildly warm.
EDIT: It turns out the program was showing me the resultin fahrenheit. I know you must be thinking I am an idiot lol, but it just said 72 degree’s. How was I to know?
When it just starts up it runs really badly. I know its doing a lot of stuff, but not 20 – 30 minutes in surely.
Answer #7
When it just starts up it runs really badly. I know its doing a lot of stuff, but not 20 - 30 minutes in surely.
maybe too much background processes on that server. Try disabling some stuff on startup from msconfig

 

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