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control panel extremely slow to ope
Name: perthblue Date: October 18, 2005 at 04:47:25 Pacific OS: win xp home CPU/Ram: p4
Comment:
I have 1.5g ram....all usual spyware progs run daily...when I click on control panel it takes around 5 seconds for an empty window to appear,then around another 10 seconds for the icons to appear.I think my pc is running slower in general,but this is the most noticable example. Can I re-install xp without affecting my programs and data?
Name: XpUser Date: October 18, 2005 at 06:03:05 Pacific
Reply:
No.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: tiyogi Date: October 18, 2005 at 14:55:20 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have a lot of programs running in the background?
Have you checked you msconfig to see what is running? Have you checked you "Startup" folder to see what is running at startup?
These are the first places to look if the computer starts to slow down. Remember even 1.5Gig if ram can be used up if you have a ton of programs running.
Never say Never Romeo Void Firefox 1.0.5 Thunderbird 1.0
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Response Number 3
Name: hansel Date: October 19, 2005 at 00:18:34 Pacific
Reply:
Try optimizing the HD by running a disk cleanup and then chkdsk and defragment it if you already havent. A cluttered drive/ junk in the system may result in this delay. This might help improve the speed. check out some links for slow system troubleshooting. http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx/ http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
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