Help! WINXP is suddenly running very slow??

[Luke Hall]

Hello!

When i switched on my PC this moring WinXP Home has been running very
very slow!

It takes ages to login and for the desktop to load. Navigating the
start menu and opening programs is also taking along time. Although
after the programs load (i.e Internet Explorer they seem to run okay,
until i switch program or open something new) Everything was running
so much faster b4 today, and i have had my PC for over a year.

I have WINXP Home
Pentium 3 866mhz
256mb RAM
32mb graphics card.

I have emptied the startup programs in msconfig.
deleted any suspicious files.
uninstalled programs
emptied recycle bin
run Adaware6
Run System restore
search Registry for suspicious files

i ran task manager and looked if any processes where using up much
memory, but nothing was???

i logging in as different users and it was still running slow.

I ran WINXP in safe mode and windows was running at normal speed.

what is left to try?? could be hardware be damaged somehow.

Please help me, i appreciate any replies.

Thanks

Luke

 

[F Baugher]

Welcome to Windows XP, my friend. Turn off your computer
and reboot.

 

[Vince]

Have you recentley installed SP1 for Windows XP. If so
this may be the problem. Send me an e-mail and I will
send you the link for the fix

www.keen.com\Vince Healey

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I have the same problem with XP home. Logging on has become very slow.

can u help

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem as you. If someone has told you how to fix it, please tell me!

 

[roger]

Hi mk,

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

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.