Windows Vista running slow!

[Guest]

Hello,

I have been running Windows Vista for about a month now, and just recently I
have noticed Vista is running very slow. It takes approximately 5 minutes to
load, and once booted to the desktop all programs take awhile to open up. I
have reviewed numerous threads where the suggestions are to delete
unnecessary programs at startup, run virus/spyware scans, and many other
proposals. Unfortunately, none of these have worked.

I have noticed many errors that occur when I'm trying to open numerous
programs. I have copied the most recent three:

1. "Logon process has failed to create the security options dialog."
2. "C:/ProgramFiles\Norton360\SuppStub.exe : This operation returned
because the timeout period expired."
3. "Failure to open security options."

I do run Norton's 360 as my anti-virus program, and I have also noticed that
since these problems have begun, the "auto-protect" on my Norton's program
has been turned to "off," and I can't turn it back on.

Thank you for any assistance.

bk

 

[Eric Johnson]

Norton 360 sucks...you’d be better off with a free utility such as AVG
(free.grisoft.com) or AntiVir (free-av.com).

obviously, you’ve loaded a lot of crap on your system! try looking for a
registry cleaning program....and run disk cleanup as well as disk
defragmenter.

uninstall some crap you don’t need...and if you got a desktop you may want
to upgrade some of your hardware (preferably ram, CPU replacements don’t
always go so well >.<)

good luck.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

The next step is to uninstall anything Norton.
Then install something better, almost everything else qualifies.
Try AVG Free, Nod32 or Kaspersky anti virus.

 

[bjr]

Uninstall Norton360 and see if your slowdowns go away. You may have to
get an cleaner at Symantec to really clean up the mess the uninstall
will leave in your registry.
Try Avast as your antivirus (free for personal use. Windows firewall and
antimalware Defender should be turned back on when you uninstall Norton.