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My pc has been sluggish for quite a while. I have tried the advice given on
this and other sites with respect to spyware removal, but I "appear" to be
clean. [Ad aware, spybot, and I have PC tools Antivirus, Spyware Doctor & Reg
cleaner]. Shutting down has always been a problem in that it just hangs there
and waits for me to hit the power off button after "Saving your settings"
yawns through it's final tasks. Start up has slowed to several (~5) minutes.
I thought that perhaps an increase in RAM might help (as everyone says "you
can't have too much") so I increased from 1Gb to 3Gb, no initial noticeable
difference. Yesterday I downloaded all the M'soft security updates and was
requested to reactivate windows which I did over the net. I updated the
chipset drivers, the video drivers (radeon) and the sound drivers (Creative
audigy). The sound drivers was the last thing I did and I think that prior to
starting this part of the process the pc speed had improved somewhat. Anyway,
now when I start up the pc freezes at the start up screen or if it gets
through that, at the logon screen. I can get into safe mode but not sure what
to do. If I go back via restore do I lose all the driver updates?
Any advice please?
Thank you
this and other sites with respect to spyware removal, but I "appear" to be
clean. [Ad aware, spybot, and I have PC tools Antivirus, Spyware Doctor & Reg
cleaner]. Shutting down has always been a problem in that it just hangs there
and waits for me to hit the power off button after "Saving your settings"
yawns through it's final tasks. Start up has slowed to several (~5) minutes.
I thought that perhaps an increase in RAM might help (as everyone says "you
can't have too much") so I increased from 1Gb to 3Gb, no initial noticeable
difference. Yesterday I downloaded all the M'soft security updates and was
requested to reactivate windows which I did over the net. I updated the
chipset drivers, the video drivers (radeon) and the sound drivers (Creative
audigy). The sound drivers was the last thing I did and I think that prior to
starting this part of the process the pc speed had improved somewhat. Anyway,
now when I start up the pc freezes at the start up screen or if it gets
through that, at the logon screen. I can get into safe mode but not sure what
to do. If I go back via restore do I lose all the driver updates?
Any advice please?
Thank you