http://www.digitalblade.com Computer Repairs For The Greater Charleston, SC Area Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:51:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.digitalblade.com/windows-xp-running-slow-even-in-safe-mode/56/ http://www.digitalblade.com/windows-xp-running-slow-even-in-safe-mode/56/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:39:53 +0000 Terry http://www.digitalblade.com/windows-xp-running-slow-even-in-safe-mode/56/ I ran into a computer the other day that had suddenly started running extremely slow.  One of the clues to the problem was that the slow performance happened even when the system was booted in safe mode, this mode was specifically created to allow a system to be booted in a minimal configuration so modifications could be made to the setup. This pointed the problem in the direction of being a hardware issue. It turned out the BIOS had a setting for a CPU Compatibility Mode. This is a mode that turns off some of the CPU functions for compatibility with certain older software. Setting it to the factory default of “off” and rebooting immediately fixed the problem.

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