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[NICK MEALE]

HI!

I have five programs in the Valued Customer Start Menu folder...Also have
seven programs listed in the All Users Start Menu folder..My computer is
very slow for the first 15 mins or so..Could this be the reason?..Any takers
out there?..Nick Meale

XP Home......256 MG Ram..40MG Hard Drive
Intel(R)Celeron(R)CPU 2.20 GHz

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Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
Nick Meale
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[Bob I]

Yes that, and the 256 meg ram is likely shared with the video subsystem,
reducing performance even more.

 

[Rock]

HI!

I have five programs in the Valued Customer Start Menu folder...Also have
seven programs listed in the All Users Start Menu folder..My computer is
very slow for the first 15 mins or so..Could this be the reason?..Any
takers out there?..Nick Meale

Do some clean boot troubleshooting.

Clean Boot Troubleshooting

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

Slow Computer
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm