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It would seem not one person is cable of answering the question only capable
of destroying my system, or so not cable of explaining in a simple simple way
so that a beginner can understand.

The system is extremely slowing starting up windows taking 5-8 mins to fully
load.
Have done all usual things, Defrag, erorr checking, anti spyware, anti
virus, clearing temp files.
System is AMD 2.0 GHZ, 512 RAM, 128 mb Video
Is there anyone that has any clue what to do? Keeping in mind to Explain
VERY VERY CLEARLY.
Task manger never has anymore than 48 processes.
Anyone???
 
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It would seem not one person is cable of answering the question only capable
of destroying my system, or so not cable of explaining in a simple simple way
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Call in a tech to fix your problem.
 
You can use the following tips, see if they help you. I always use these
tweaks on every PC, where I had installed Windows XP.

As mention by you, 48 processes. Are you kidding? This could be the first
reason of slow processing. My record is 17 process after installing
everything I need. The process you see in the Task Manager continue use the
resources till Windows is running and every time they reloaded when you start
windows at takes a lot of time. So, the minimum process on startup can
increase the performance.

The very first thing which you can apply is Hibernation. As this can save a
lot of time of yours while reloading Windows. How to use Hibernate is explain
in the following article.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/hibernate.mspx

If the problem is with just in booting process and after that if your
computer works fine then I suggest that you always turn off your computer
using Hibernate.

Moreover, you must turn off the process from the System Tray that you use
can use from Shortcuts. Like Winamp, Messengers, Sound Managers etc. E.g. if
you want to use Messenger then you can run it through its shortcut you don't
have to load it into System Tray. Reducing the startup process can also
increase the boot up speed. To turn off these startup process using MSCONFIG.
But be careful.

Click Start - Run - type MSCONFIG
Click on Startup tab.
Here uncheck the programs they you do not use or you don't want to be load
with Windows.

If your window is set the Good Apperance then it is also using a lot of
resources. To turn your computer to the Best Performance instead:

Right-Click on My Computer - choose Properties
Click Advanced tab and under Performance - click Settings
Here set the option "Adjust for best performance" and apply changes.

You will see that your windows look will change to classic, which you may
not like.

Right-click on Desktop - choose Properties
Under Theme tab - again choose the Windows XP theme and apply changes.

More, I do not recommend using 32 bit color. Change the color settings to
16-bit through:

1. Display Properties
2. Settings tab

If no trick is working and the problem is only with the boot process then I
can suggest you to turn off your PC using Hibernate.

If the information is useful to you then let us know.
 
You can also turn off some features that you do not use. Like Remote
Assistance. To turn off Remote Assistance:

Right-Click on My Computer choose Properties
Click Remote tab and uncheck "Allow Remote Assistance"

Moreover, you can turn off some inbuilt services that you do not use but do
it very very carefully.

To see or set services:

Right-click on My Computer - choose Manager
Here expand Services and Applications
click Services

You must know about the services you are going to disable. For example, if
you donot have a computer then you can turn off the Printer Spooler service.
 
Most beginners go to computer professionals and "pay" to have their
computers repaired. If beginners had the requisite knowledge there would be
a few million computer technicians in New York City. There are not.

The knowledge needed to repair, or even understand the steps necessary to
repair, a computer do not come easily. Nor can it be explained in one news
group post as you seem to require.

Find a competent repair technician near where you live.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
It seems not a single person that knows anything here pack of losers that
cant explain anything.
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Richard Urban MVP said:
Most beginners go to computer professionals and "pay" to have their
computers repaired. If beginners had the requisite knowledge there would be
a few million computer technicians in New York City. There are not.

The knowledge needed to repair, or even understand the steps necessary to
repair, a computer do not come easily. Nor can it be explained in one news
group post as you seem to require.

Find a competent repair technician near where you live.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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"My computer is broken, fix it"

The above is essentially what you are asking, and it gives little
information for anyone to go on. For a specific answer, you need to ask a
specific question. You asked a general question with a wide range of
possible answers. The only answer I can (and did) give you is to
troubleshoot the boot process by selectively eliminating startup entries.
The articles I posted give the steps in great detail, and in simple terms
that anyone can follow. Once you know what is causing the issue and tell us,
then usually someone here will be able to tell you how to fix it. Until you
help yourself, there is little anyone is going to be able to do to help you.

You may also find it useful to post a HijackThis log at one of the forums
dedicated to deciphering them. Here are some:
http://www.5starsupport.com/ipboard/index.php
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://boards.cexx.org/

And you will find HijackThis here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

drew13au said:
It seems not a single person that knows anything here pack of losers that
cant explain anything.
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Your list of questions looks like all you do is ask and never follow
any suggestions. Recommend you pack the computer back up in the box and
take it back to the store and tell them that your to stupid to own one.
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maybe instructions easy for you but far far from easy for beginners.

how on earth am isupossed give preciuse problem if i dont know if i knew
that i wouldnt need ask!
 
Well, I don't know how to make it any simpler than:

"To start the System Configuration utility, click Start, click Run, type
msconfig in the Open box, and then click OK."

All the instructions in that first link are of this nature, you're just
going to have to dig in and learn these simple steps. I can't do the
diagnostics for you, nor can anyone else. All I can do is point out how, you
are going to have to do the actual work. Either that, or you're going to
have to pay someone to fix it for you.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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