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Super slow computer
Name: gatepass007 Date: January 10, 2004 at 09:51:15 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: P4/256
Comment:
My computer is super slow. I can't understand what's wrong with that. Can you guys please help me. When I'm starting my computer then that takes a lot of time to start up. After appearing the desktop the volume icon and other icons come after at least 1 - 2 MINs. Sound comes after one minute after appearing the desktop. Another problem is when I right click on any folder or drive then the menu comes after 10 - 15 seconds. Oh! I'm really too much disappointed on my computer. I've scanned and defraged my computer as well as scanned with Ad-Ware and Norton Anti Virus witht the latest Definition. Now, can anyone help me please!
Name: inwinter Date: January 10, 2004 at 10:14:59 Pacific
Reply:
go into msconfig and see whats being autostarted. this is well known to slow your computer down.
also download hijackthis and see if this picks up anything ad-aware might have missed
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Response Number 2
Name: gatepass007 Date: January 10, 2004 at 10:31:03 Pacific
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In the start up section I do have only Norton Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Pro and MSN messenger.
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Response Number 3
Name: bbman Date: January 10, 2004 at 10:31:17 Pacific
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download a program to see if you have any spy ware a good one (Ad-aware) have you also got any virus software you may have a virus make sure its updated. do you install many programs if so remove the ones you dont use you could do a disk cleanup click on start-programs-accessories-system toolsor you could use disk defragment
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Response Number 4
Name: setishock Date: January 10, 2004 at 13:26:47 Pacific
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When you go into msconfig be carefull what you turn off. Under the startup tab, in theory you can disable all but "system tray" and "power profile" and run just fine. Check under the autoexec.bat tab and see if any of your programs have created a database in there. You can disable the autoexec.bat tab. It just make some programs take longer to startup.
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