XP Slowing Down way too much

[Cheesegrater]

I have a windows XP Pro SP2. When I got it it was running at amazing speeds
with the most advanced chipsets around (At the time, and that was 2002) And
average logon tome was under a minute. Now it is taking almost 10 minutes to
logon. I only have a virus scanner as a startup program.

 

[GHalleck]

I have a windows XP Pro SP2. When I got it it was running at amazing
speeds with the most advanced chipsets around (At the time, and that was
2002) And average logon tome was under a minute. Now it is taking almost
10 minutes to logon. I only have a virus scanner as a startup program.

The "routine" is to update the anti-virus definitions and do a virus scan.
Follow this by downloading an anti-spyware, anti-malware application such
as Lavasoft Adaware, Spybot S&D, etc., and run a scan to eliminate any
trojans, worms, etc., that might have accumulated. Once the hard drive
has been cleared up of excess detritus, defrag it. It should be running
smoother and relatively quicker after these operations.

 

[Doug]

It wouldn't do a bit of harm to cleanup your system while your at it.

www.ccleaner.com
and
google for NTREGOPT and download it, to defrag (compress) your registry.

Once you run these, reboot and then defrag as usual...

Doug