Performance issues

I regularly watch the odd video on my computer which is a powerful machine in
itself. Video card is an ATI Radeon 9200.

When watching in full screen, i used to get the smoothest running episodes
of Stargate and Lost etc and almost perfect pixellation.

Now, the videos jog and lose track with the sound, and clear blocky
pixellation appears on all videos i watch, including DVDs.

Do you think this is a performance issue, a video issue or time for a new
computer?

Any repsonse would be greatly appreciated

What RAM memory?

After encountering try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and
select the Performance Tab. What is the Commit Charge? What was the
Peak?

What are your arrangements for detecting spyware?

I would download and install cCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Once you have installed cCleaner create a new System Restore point.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html

Next start cCleaner and select the Issues tab and check all boxes.
Select scan and then check all boxes before the Issues identified and
click on Fix. If anything subsequently seems wrong you can always you
use the System Restore point to put the Registry back to what it was
before running cCleaner. Otherwise you need to proceed slowly with
cCleaner. Try out bits at a time to see how it works and what it does.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Andy H" <AndyH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I regularly watch the odd video on my computer which is a powerful
>machine in
> itself. Video card is an ATI Radeon 9200.
>
> When watching in full screen, i used to get the smoothest running
> episodes
> of Stargate and Lost etc and almost perfect pixellation.
>
> Now, the videos jog and lose track with the sound, and clear blocky
> pixellation appears on all videos i watch, including DVDs.
>
> Do you think this is a performance issue, a video issue or time for a
> new
> computer?
>
> Any repsonse would be greatly appreciated

My RAM memory is 512mb.

Commit charge (k)
Total 404772
Limit 1206832
Peak 425436

as for my spyware, i have McAfee Security Centre 2005 installed, Microsoft
Antispyware, Trend Micro Anti-spyware, Ad-Aware SE personal.

thanks for responding, any further help greatly appreciated

Andrew Hart

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> What RAM memory?
>
> After encountering try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and
> select the Performance Tab. What is the Commit Charge? What was the
> Peak?
>
> What are your arrangements for detecting spyware?
>
> I would download and install cCleaner
> http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> Once you have installed cCleaner create a new System Restore point.
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html
>
> Next start cCleaner and select the Issues tab and check all boxes.
> Select scan and then check all boxes before the Issues identified and
> click on Fix. If anything subsequently seems wrong you can always you
> use the System Restore point to put the Registry back to what it was
> before running cCleaner. Otherwise you need to proceed slowly with
> cCleaner. Try out bits at a time to see how it works and what it does.
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
> Using invalid email address
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
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> suggested solution worked for you.
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>
> "Andy H" <AndyH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1C696406-8E02-4BA5-BF3C-C880CE53E51E@microsoft.com...
> >I regularly watch the odd video on my computer which is a powerful
> >machine in
> > itself. Video card is an ATI Radeon 9200.
> >
> > When watching in full screen, i used to get the smoothest running
> > episodes
> > of Stargate and Lost etc and almost perfect pixellation.
> >
> > Now, the videos jog and lose track with the sound, and clear blocky
> > pixellation appears on all videos i watch, including DVDs.
> >
> > Do you think this is a performance issue, a video issue or time for a
> > new
> > computer?
> >
> > Any repsonse would be greatly appreciated
>
>

Andy

What make and model is your computer?

Are you running the Videos from a DVD or CD? What programme and version
are you using to run the Video?

What CPU speed? What is the make and model of your hard drive or hard
drives. How large is it and how much free space? If the drive is
partitioned the information for each partition would be helpful. What is
the make and model of the DVD / CD drive used for videos?

You might do well to download and install Everest Home Edition. This
freeware programme is excellent for getting information about your
computer:
http://www.lavalys.hu/index.php

Look in Event Viewer over the period you are running a video for Error
and Warning Reports in the System and Application sections and post
copies here.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event
Viewer. Now start your message(email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report
complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.


Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Andy H" <AndyH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8FC4091A-589A-40CF-A6EC-A03CAC85B451@microsoft.com...
> My RAM memory is 512mb.
>
> Commit charge (k)
> Total 404772
> Limit 1206832
> Peak 425436
>
> as for my spyware, i have McAfee Security Centre 2005 installed,
> Microsoft
> Antispyware, Trend Micro Anti-spyware, Ad-Aware SE personal.
>
> thanks for responding, any further help greatly appreciated
>
> Andrew Hart
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> What RAM memory?
>>
>> After encountering try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and
>> select the Performance Tab. What is the Commit Charge? What was the
>> Peak?
>>
>> What are your arrangements for detecting spyware?
>>
>> I would download and install cCleaner
>> http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
>> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>>
>> Once you have installed cCleaner create a new System Restore point.
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html
>>
>> Next start cCleaner and select the Issues tab and check all boxes.
>> Select scan and then check all boxes before the Issues identified and
>> click on Fix. If anything subsequently seems wrong you can always you
>> use the System Restore point to put the Registry back to what it was
>> before running cCleaner. Otherwise you need to proceed slowly with
>> cCleaner. Try out bits at a time to see how it works and what it
>> does.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> FCA
>>
>> Using invalid email address
>>
>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> "Andy H" <AndyH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1C696406-8E02-4BA5-BF3C-C880CE53E51E@microsoft.com...
>> >I regularly watch the odd video on my computer which is a powerful
>> >machine in
>> > itself. Video card is an ATI Radeon 9200.
>> >
>> > When watching in full screen, i used to get the smoothest running
>> > episodes
>> > of Stargate and Lost etc and almost perfect pixellation.
>> >
>> > Now, the videos jog and lose track with the sound, and clear blocky
>> > pixellation appears on all videos i watch, including DVDs.
>> >
>> > Do you think this is a performance issue, a video issue or time for
>> > a
>> > new
>> > computer?
>> >
>> > Any repsonse would be greatly appreciated
>>
>>

My computer is a Packard Bell iExtreme with an Intel Pentium 4 Processor
which clocks 2.4gHz.

I am running the videos direct from my Samsung Hard Drive which is 105GB of
which 42.5 GB remains. The Hard Drive is not partitioned.

My DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM are both generic drives which came with the computer
at purchase.

I tried running event viewer when watching the video but no messages came up
concerning the video.

This has only happened recently and i cannot understand what change has
happened to cause this

Thanks

Andy

**EDIT**

I have installed Everest Home addition recently and when i look under
Chipset in the motherboard section it says:

Problem - AGP aperture size is more than half of the system memory size.
This may cause performance penalty.

Also, my system is Windows Media Centre 2004, when i try and start the media
centre program it says:

"Your video card or drivers are not compatible with Media Centre"

This has never said this when trying to start Media Centre previously

Andy

http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/SoftwareProblems.htm#mce

Microsoft media centre

Unlike previous attempts at media centers the Microsoft windows

media centre 2004 looks and works brilliantly.


Necessary hardware required:


ƒ A media centre compatible remote control

ƒ A remote infra red sensor

ƒ An advanced graphics card

ƒ A TV tuner

ƒ A hardware controller ( for recording from TV and cable TV)

ƒ A TV input

ƒ A digital audio output (to allow connection with existing home
entertainment

system)


Participating hardware manufacturers include:


ƒ Hewlett Packard

ƒ Toshiba

ƒ Sony

ƒ Dell

ƒ View sonic


Included software allows users to:


ƒ Copy music from cd or direct from the internet

ƒ Create slide shows of pictures with audio

ƒ Voice and video conferencing


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Andy H" <AndyH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C268BCA9-2C18-423F-AFCA-EA7DA9015294@microsoft.com...
> **EDIT**
>
> I have installed Everest Home addition recently and when i look under
> Chipset in the motherboard section it says:
>
> Problem - AGP aperture size is more than half of the system memory
> size.
> This may cause performance penalty.
>
> Also, my system is Windows Media Centre 2004, when i try and start the
> media
> centre program it says:
>
> "Your video card or drivers are not compatible with Media Centre"
>
> This has never said this when trying to start Media Centre previously