[AccessD] Slow Running Access 2007 Application - Dumb Question

Hi Brad,

As a former mechanical engineer, I think I must disagree.  While his
statement about processors being damaged over time is generally true, when a
processor gets damaged to a certain point then it fails completely at once.
What your friend is describing is termed 'Graceful Failure', which I am
fairly sure does not happen with circuit boards so that a PC's apparent
speed becomes slower over time.

For example, a few years ago I, in the winter, walked across a carpet in my
sheepskin slippers, and then tried to turn on a tube TV by pushing the On
button on the TV itself.  As you can guess there was a spark - which killed
the tube (but not the audio).  The audio didn't fail at all, but the tube
failed at once.

Also, all those PC's probably have about the same usage on them, and would
be expected to have experienced the same voltage spikes and heat
environment.

My experience with PC slowdown is that it's usually caused by too many
applications running at once.  Some of those could be malware, or viruses,
or programs like 'Fix My PC!' which loads a ton of crap on your PC.  These
can sometimes be identified by looking at what apps are starting up - type
'msconfig' into the 'search programs and files' field when you push the
start button.  Look for the tab 'Startup' - compare what is listed in
Startup on your slow PC and on some of the others - I bet you'll find some
extra stuff on the slow one.  

You can download free malware/virus detectors to scan your slow PC.
MalwareBytes comes to mind.

Good Luck!
Dan



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 15:18 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Slow Running Access 2007 Application - Dumb Question

All,

We have an Access 2007 application that runs nicely on all PCs except one.
When I look at the Task Manager on this PC, I can see several extra unknown
processes using up both memory and CPU time.  I have always thought that if
we removed the extra stuff from this PC, the Access application would run
fine.

I recently exchanged e-mails with another person regarding the reason that
PCs seem to slow down over time.  I had always thought that over time,
malware, spyware, etc. is unknowingly installed and this is what makes a PC
run slower and slower.
    
Here is what I received from another person regarding this issue.

"All types of processors gets damaged over time, it is generally caused
because of electrical surges, Heat and Voltage.  This is common with all the
electrical devices. They depreciate over time."

Is this true?  Is this what makes PCs run slower over time?  

Just curious.

Thanks,
Brad

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