My computer, a Fujitsu LifeBook S6310 (laptop)with windowns XP installed and has been running fine until today when I was installing a couple of programs. I beilive after I installed fraps (a program used for recording on screen activity suhc as games) the computer began to run slowly.

For example when I alt tab the alt tab 'box' (where all the program icons you have runnong are shown) will stay on my screen until I push the windows button. As well as this when I am typing occasionally nothing will happen then all the text will come up at once.

As well as these to problems somtimes when alt tabbing or simply clicking on the programs on my task bar my cursor will refuse to actually click on anything. I can move it around the screenfine but I cannt alt tab and my cursor refused to actually click on things (i.e. i am trying to close notepad but the red 'x' will not go down and I cannot select programs behind notepad).

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

First off the logical thing would be to remove the offending program. Do you perform regular housekeeping on your system? Download and use CCleaner to start then run an unline virus scanner.

And the fraps (or whatever it's called) program itself may be a resource-hog as well, assuming your slowdown is after you execute it. If you're machine returns to "speedy" status after a reboot (and before you start "fraps") then you could just about bet on it...

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...
Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease

When you open, then close programs,
programs may not free up RAM memory.
That is called "Memory Leak".
Restarting computer will clear out its RAM memory.
OR
install more RAM memory.

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...
Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...
How to Defragment Your Disk Drive Volumes in Windows XP
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And To have more RAM available at startup,
You can do Start, then RUN, then type
msconfig
Then uncheck items in the Startup tab.

To find out what each Startup(or Process) item
does or means, and any recommendation as to if you should close the process:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Task...
Task List Programs
OR
http://www.processlibrary.com/
The Process Library