Programs slow to open?

[Kenny]

XP Pro/SP3, Gigabyte m/b, Athlon XP3200 CPU, 1GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 6600
AGP graphics.
Regular clean up with WindowWasher & CCleaner.
Regular AV and spyware checks.
Regular defrag and plenty of space on HDD.
Only AV and firewall in System Tray, nothing seems amiss in Running
Processes.
Any program, say Firefox, OE or IE seem to take ages to open.
Using Task Manager I can see that when this is happening CPU usage is going
to 100% and the program won't open until this figure starts to drop PF usage
is low.
Recently removed Adaware because it seems there are a few glitches in the
newer version.
Any advice on how to troubleshoot this welcome.

 

[John Inzer]

XP Pro/SP3, Gigabyte m/b, Athlon XP3200 CPU, 1GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce
6600 AGP graphics.
Regular clean up with WindowWasher & CCleaner.
Regular AV and spyware checks.
Regular defrag and plenty of space on HDD.
Only AV and firewall in System Tray, nothing seems amiss in Running
Processes.
Any program, say Firefox, OE or IE seem to take ages to open.
Using Task Manager I can see that when this is happening CPU usage is
going to 100% and the program won't open until this figure starts to
drop PF usage is low.
Recently removed Adaware because it seems there are a few glitches in
the newer version.
Any advice on how to troubleshoot this welcome.

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If you recently installed IE8...
Maybe the following article would be worth a look:

Speeding Up Internet Explorer 8
http://windowsfixup.com/2009/03/speeding-up-internet-explorer-8/


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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[JS]

Check that AdAware is fully removed and that
the AdAware service is no longer running in the
background.

 

[Kenny]

Thanks John and JS for the replies.
Followed the steps on that MS link and now FF, OE & IE are opening fast as
before.
Slight oddity, where it says to right click and save the .INF file it saves
with a double extension, .INF.TXT.
Removing the .TXT it works OK then.

--
Kenny Cargill

Check that AdAware is fully removed and that
the AdAware service is no longer running in the
background.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Help! My computer is slow!
http://miekiemoes.blogspot.com/2008/02/help-my-computer-is-slow.html

If you installed, IE8, see
http://groups.google.com/group/micr..._frm/thread/3ef37656ce18f036/579478566ac1ee9b
and...

Internet Explorer 8 takes longer than expected to start:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969938

 

[Twayne]

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If you recently installed IE8...
Maybe the following article would be worth a look:

Speeding Up Internet Explorer 8
http://windowsfixup.com/2009/03/speeding-up-internet-explorer-8/

I don't doubt that speeds things up a bit, but ... doesn't it also
remove some of IE8's protection? It's a lot like going back to ie7.

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks John and JS for the replies.
Followed the steps on that MS link and now FF, OE & IE are opening
fast as before.
Slight oddity, where it says to right click and save the .INF file it
saves with a double extension, .INF.TXT.
Removing the .TXT it works OK then.

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You're welcome.

Hmmm. I don't know where .txt.came from. When
I download the file all I get is DelDomains.inf

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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You're welcome.

Hmmm. I don't know where .txt.came from. When
I download the file all I get is DelDomains.inf

Kenny probably hasn't enabled Show Hidden Files and Folders, John.

@Kenny: You should understand that running DelDomains removes all websites
from all security zones, including Restricted Sites and Trusted Sites zone.

 

[John Inzer]

Kenny probably hasn't enabled Show Hidden Files and Folders, John.

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Why would that add a .txt file extension to a downloaded file?

DelDomains.inf becomes DelDomains.inf.txt?

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk