computer slows

[Mikey]

I reinstalled my OS (xp pro) last night, and today,
everything is SLOWWWW. what i mean by that is, ex. when
I click the start button (after everything has loaded),
it literally takes 5 minutes for the start menu to come
up, and so on for anything in the start menu, as well as
all other programs on my computer at this time. I have
checked for and deleted spyware since my reinstallation
of xp pro, virus scanned, disk defragmented, run disk
clean up, adaware and spybot s&d; all of which have done
their jobs correctly...but my computer is still VERY VERY
VERY SLOW! my 2.4ghz processor is running like a 366
emachine!! HELP!

any suggestions on what I can do, I only want to reformat
(yet again) as a last resort.

 

[Goran Stjepanovic]

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

The msconfig utility is especially useful, as it lets you disable any
programs that run automatically at start up. You could try disabling
all non- windows programs here and testing the boot velocity, then
enable them one or two at a time to find out which causes the slow
boot.

Hope this helps.

--
Goran Stjepanovic
IT Consultant
KAS IT ServiceDesk
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[Guest]

Hi,

You could try re-applying SP1

Regards,

Tim