windows xp home

[Guest]

I installed XP home last month and it appears to have slowed my computer. The only time that I have a problem is when it's booting up. When I do finally get to my desktop screen to launch Internet Explorer, after I hit the Internet Explorer icon, I can go and get a drink during the time that it take to launch internet explorer. Once internet explorer is launched however, there is no problem. I have a cable modem and have no problem with the speed once Internet explorer is launched. Any ideas as to why the program is so slow launching.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

What speed is the computer?
How much memory?

Try this:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

I installed XP home last month and it appears to have slowed my

computer. The only time that I have a problem is when it's booting up.
When I do finally get to my desktop screen to launch Internet
Explorer, after I hit the Internet Explorer icon, I can go and get a
drink during the time that it take to launch internet explorer. Once
internet explorer is launched however, there is no problem. I have a
cable modem and have no problem with the speed once Internet explorer
is launched. Any ideas as to why the program is so slow launching.

 

[roger]

I installed XP home last month and it appears to have slowed my computer. The only time that I have a problem is when it's booting up. When I do finally get to my desktop screen to launch Internet Explorer, after I hit the Internet Explorer icon, I can go and get a drink during the time that it take to launch internet explorer. Once internet explorer is launched however, there is no problem. I have a cable modem and have no problem with the speed once Internet explorer is launched. Any ideas as to why the program is so slow launching.

Perform a scan using updated ad-aware and spybot.
Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download


And go to IE > Tools > Internet Options > Advanced options tab and
disable third-party browser extensions.

Good luck