My computer STILL loads slow from the splash screen

[Please help my guys.]

My computer STILL loads slow from the splash screen and
occasionally freezes.
I'm running XP Home. I ran Norton Anti-virus and Stinger
and House call online anti-viruses that found nothing.
I ran ad-aware and spybot that removed any offending
spyware.I ran defrag and scan disc.
I removed allot of programs from the start up menu as well
as a few from add/remove which I never used.That seemed to
help a bit.

However since my computer reloads slowly from even before
the splash screen and sign on screen My computer still
occasionally freezes. I have been told
that the issue could be a physical hard disc memory
problem. Not enough free hard disc space.
My HDD capacity is:
74.5 GIB
28.8 used
45.7 GIB free
1.66 GIGHERTZ Athlon processor
1 GIG RAM
I have 16.6 GIG of video and graphics files.
I have been told that bad video and graphics files could
slow down the computer. I know I should download the video
files on CD.

I had disabled Windows System restore option (A big
mistake since I relied on Norton's GoBack) so I cannot
restore to a previous safe point.
I do not want to reformat since that is a total bitch.
I was told that my video card could cause boot problems
also.

Thanks for all of your help in advance.

 

[Brian Gaff]

Which video card do you use? Nvidia?

I am fighting a slow machine, coincidentally also with an Athlon in it and
have been advised that i need faster ram than one might think required for
these chips.

Brian

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[Paul]

Have you tried defragmenting the HD?

 

[Joseph Lobosco]

Yes I have an N Vidia card as well. What Can I do?

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Which video card do you use? Nvidia?

I am fighting a slow machine, coincidentally also with an Athlon in it and
have been advised that i need faster ram than one might think required for
these chips.

Brian

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"Please help my guys."

 

[madmax]

My computer STILL loads slow from the splash screen and
occasionally freezes.
I'm running XP Home. I ran Norton Anti-virus and Stinger
and House call online anti-viruses that found nothing.
I ran ad-aware and spybot that removed any offending
spyware.I ran defrag and scan disc.
I removed allot of programs from the start up menu as well
as a few from add/remove which I never used.That seemed to
help a bit.

However since my computer reloads slowly from even before
the splash screen and sign on screen My computer still
occasionally freezes. I have been told
that the issue could be a physical hard disc memory
problem. Not enough free hard disc space.
My HDD capacity is:
74.5 GIB
28.8 used
45.7 GIB free
1.66 GIGHERTZ Athlon processor
1 GIG RAM
I have 16.6 GIG of video and graphics files.
I have been told that bad video and graphics files could
slow down the computer. I know I should download the video
files on CD.

I had disabled Windows System restore option (A big
mistake since I relied on Norton's GoBack) so I cannot
restore to a previous safe point.
I do not want to reformat since that is a total bitch.
I was told that my video card could cause boot problems
also.

Thanks for all of your help in advance.

how many files in "my documents"? clean it up
are there many items in "quick launch"? too many will slow things down
Norton may be slowing it down some too.(getting rid of norton could be a
bigger bitch)
other AV products are not as demanding.
what firewall are you using?
-max

 

[Brian Gaff]

We have defragged, cleaned the registry, removed lots of junk etc etc.

In my case it seems that the problem is compounded by my blind access
software, which sometimes makes loading a particular driver so slow to
load, that same software complains its display chain driver has not loaded
and bottoms out in a huff.

Weird things these computer wotsits at times.

Because i use this access fotware, and it needs an off screen model in Ram,
it is even worse when running, as big files seem to slow it down, such as
the folder for this news group.

Sigh.

Brian

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