All of a sudden it takes over 1 min 60 secs or more to start an
application on my Windows XP Pro SP3 pc
I use Windows Live One Care for firewall and virus
It scans clean
After I launch the program the first time which takes a long time to start
then the next time it comes right up
very strang
Programs Excell Word Outlook and IE which I use the most.
To find and display what could be the problem try Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx
Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
Then expand the process named 'Explorer' (click on the + sign)
In the column on the left named 'CPU', look for any high CPU usage.
Next click on the CPU column to sort the processes by %CPU usage (Highest
to Lowest).
Move the mouse cursor over any process, you should see a popup with some
detailed info. Then mouse over the process that's using most or all the CPU
%. Then click on that process to highlight it. Now that it's highlighted,
right click and from the options listed select: Search Online This should
display what out there on the web about that process.You can also double
click on any process to open up a more detailed 'Properties' window.
Note: some entries like Explorer, System/Services, and Svchost entries may
need to be expanded to show the detail (sub processes),in this case click
on the + located to the left of the entry.
An alternate method using Process Explorer is to double click on the Graph
just below the Menu bar.
This will open the 'System Information' window, which has a larger display
of all three graphs. Move your mouse over any spike in the CPU Usage graph
to see what process/application or service was the cause of the spike.
Also:
1.Clear the (IE) temporary Internet files and the history cache.
Click Start==>Run... then type (or copy/paste) "inetcpl.cpl" (w/out
quotation marks) into the box, then click the 'OK' button.
In Internet Properties panel 'General' tab, under 'Browsing history', click
'Delete...'button, in 'Delete Browsing History' panel, click the 'Delete
all...'button then place a checkmark into the box beside 'Also delete files
and settings stored by add-ons', Click 'Yes' and exit the Internet
Properties panel by clicking the 'OK' button.
2.Clean HDD
Click Start==>Run... then type (or copy/paste) "cleanmgr" (w/out quotation
marks into the box, then click the 'OK' button. Select your drive
(presumably WinXP (C
and click OK.
3.Download, update and execute:
Malwarebytes© Corporation - Anti-Malware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe
--and--
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
4.Download and execute HiJack This! (HJT)
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis
Please, do not post HJT logs to this newsgroup.
Fora where you can get expert advice for HiJack This! (HJT) logs.
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=27
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7
http://www.5starsupport.com/ipboard/index.php?showforum=18
http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?s=2e9ea4e19d3289dd877ab75a8220bff6&showforum=29
NOTE: Registration is required in any of the above mentioned fora
before posting a HJT log and read the 'stickies'
(instructions/guidelines) for the respective HJT forum.
5.Routinely practice Safe-Hex.
http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
Good luck
