hi all i am new to this arena can anyone give me the possible things that can be done when a user raises that the system is very slow win ser 2003,clients XP prof. thanks in advance

You have to be more specific asking qustion :). Depends on the scenario If was in your place I would have used the process explorer and analyzed the performance. You may download the process explorer from here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 Note: if the user is facing the slowness at the time of logon then point the dnscorrectly on the clients using tcpip properties. http://www.virmansec.com/blogs/skhairuddin

In addition to Syed. You can also use Process Monitor. Download link for Process Monitor. Thanks

Hi, Generally, you may perform the following suggestions to improve the system performance: 1. Update the BIOS and hardware drivers. 2. Install Windows Updates. 3. Run hard disk and memory diagnose tool. 4. Run hard disk defragment tool. 5. Run disk cleanup tool to remove the temporary files. 6. Test the issue in Safe Mode and Clean Boot to determine if this is a hardware or software conflicts issue. 7. If everything is good, you may need to update the hardware configuration. For the detailed information regarding how to perform a Clean Boot, please refer to the following Microsoft KB article: How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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