Very slow running computer even in safe mode

[Guest]

Can anyone help me out with this, have windows xp professional, and all of a
sudden it is loading and running very slow, takes 15 minutes just to get all
of desktop up. have norton anti virus and outpost firewall and i have a
microsoft spyware program all installed on it, What do i look for now??

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

 

[R. McCarty]

Even in Safe Mode ? - Check the System & Application event logs.
Open a Command Prompt, and do a cursory Chkdsk . Also bring
up TaskMgr and look at the System loading on the Performance
(TAB). Are you reasonably sure the PC is free of "Baddies"

Event Viewer:
Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter] Expand each category
and look for Red Icons that denotes errors. Double-Clicking each one
will display a brief description and Event ID #.
Chkdsk:
Click Start, Run (Type) Command [Enter] Click inside the command
prompt box (Type) Chkdsk C: [Enter] check results for an indication
that recommends Chkdsk /F (If that's the case post back before doing
it)
TaskMgr:
Click Start, Run (Type) Taskmgr - Maximize, click Performance (TAB)
Note PF Meter and CPU % usage

 

[s05s]

Can anyone help me out with this, have windows xp
professional, and all of a
sudden it is loading and running very slow, takes 15 minutes
just to get all
of desktop up. have norton anti virus and outpost firewall and
i have a
microsoft spyware program all installed on it, What do i look
for now??

Have you defragmented lately? If your drive is excessively fragmented,
it may be a reason for the slow startup, system slowdown. Also clean
out junk, you could run disk cleanup and then defrag.

 

[Kelly]

Defrag isn't needed within XP. I would start by checking what is running in
the background.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com