Slow start up and slow programs

[Guest]

Hi there

My computer was running pretty slow so I cleared out
Temporary Internet Files, ran defrag, ran antivirus,
checked for parasites, ran adaware and checked msconfig
as well. Now my computer is extremely slow starting up.
I'm not sure what programs are what in msconfig - did I
mess something up? Help!

 

[roger]

Hi Don,

Have you checked that you don't have malware installed using Ad-aware
or Spybot?

See the following articles:

308041 Resources for Troubleshooting Startup Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308041

310353 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

316434 HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

310560 How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

You can also download Bootvis from Microsoft. It is a Boot performance
trace visualization tool for use with XP. It gives an overview of
what processes are doing what and when during boot and allows you to
optimize your boot up:

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/BootVisdwn.asp?


Hope this helps.