Computer slowing down to a crawl

[Guest]

I have a laptop running XP Home. Lately it has been slowing down more and
more and now I can't seem to click on any desktop icons to run programs.
I've disabled everything in MSCONFIG STARTUP, with no change. My mouse still
moves and I can get the start menu, but no further. Any ideas what to look
for?

 

[Rock]

I have a laptop running XP Home. Lately it has been slowing down more and
more and now I can't seem to click on any desktop icons to run programs.
I've disabled everything in MSCONFIG STARTUP, with no change. My mouse
still
moves and I can get the start menu, but no further. Any ideas what to
look
for?

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

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a laptop running XP Home. Lately it has been slowing down
more and more and now I can't seem to click on any desktop icons to
run programs. I've disabled everything in MSCONFIG STARTUP, with no
change. My mouse still moves and I can get the start menu, but no
further. Any ideas what to look for?

- Grab the WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe and install it...
(Save it to your computer, close all open porgrams, run it from where you
saved it.)
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

- Reboot

- Grab and install WindowsXP-KB927891-v3-x86-ENU.exe.
(Save it to your computer, close all open porgrams, run it from where you
saved it.)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891

- Reboot

You likely have plain old Windows XP - 32 bit... not x64.

 

[Ian D]

Have you checked for interior dust build-up. If the cooling deteriorates
the CPU will overheat and start to throttle until the system comes to a
halt. The mouse pointer will still move even if the system is halted,
because the mouse communicates its movements directly to the video
card without CPU intervention. Just a thought.