[G4] G4 Dragging Problem

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John - I'm pretty sure he said 'I have run norton
utilities on it and still have the problem'.

Barry - I found these:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~truesdel/MacGuide.folder/Performance.html

Do you have an HP Printer?
<http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?searchMod
e=Assisted&type=id&val=KC.32147>

Here's a couple more:
<http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?searchMod
e=Assisted&type=id&val=KC.50567>

<http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?searchMod
e=Assisted&type=id&val=KC.50499>

<http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?searchMod
e=Assisted&type=id&val=KC.50496>

Terry

BIG 12.2"x17.2" Pro Epson Scanners
<http://www.bigscanner.com>


On 4/14/03 10:30 AM, "jonseward at mindspring.com" <jonseward at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Hi Barry,
> 
> Iused to have the same problem priodically with 9.04 & Appleworks in
> particular, 
> though it accreted over months and not a single sesssion.
> 
> I resolved it by using Norton to defrag and optimize my drives.  Having
> larger blocks 
> and more highly adjacent areas of available memory made a huge difference.
> I 
> highly recommend backing up anything you don't want to lose prior to the
> cleaning, 
> as well as trashing everything you won't need later.  Doing a full tilt
> virus scan before
> backing up would also be a good precaution.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Howard Rush Productions hrp1 at earthlink.net
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:08:35 -0400
> To: G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com
> Subject: [G4] G4 Dragging Problem
> 
> 
> I hope someone out there can help me with this, cause its driving me
> nuts.
> 
> The problem I am having is that through out the day my mac starts to
> drag or delay and especially if I am on line. It seems to be fine in the
> morning when I start my day and by the end of the drags badly. What I
> mean by drag is for example, I type and sentence and the letters show up
> 2 or 3 minutes later.
> 
> I have a silver G4 and I am using classic OS (9.2.2). It has an 80 gig
> hard drive and 1.5 gigs of RAM. I am freelance Graphic Designer and some
> of the programs I use are not compatible at this time with OSX. I also
> have earthlink dsl with a speed stream dsl modem. I have run norton
> utilities on it and still have the problem. I have had this particular
> mac for almost a year and it has not always acted this way. Someone
> mention to me maybe spyware or something like that. I had never heard of
> that before and wonder if that is even possible?
> 
> Does any one out have this same problem and/or no how to correct it.
> 
> Thanks in advance!!
> Barry Rush