Windows running VERY slowas of a couple of days ago

[cheryl]

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My computer was woring properly last week but I went away for the weekend and
when I came back my computer was running very slow. It takes 5-10 seconds to
click on anything (i.e. to click the start button takes a while and then once
I have selected a program to open that can take up to a minute). Service
pack 2 was installed months ago, and I did not have this problem until just
this week so it does not seem to be related to that.

I am running Windows XP Professional.

Here is what I have tried:
Spybot - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
Adaware- downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
Norton Antivirus - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.

I deleted all of my cookies and temporary internet files. I have not
defragmented the hard drive, but I just did that about 2 months ago so I
don't think it will help much.

Any help is greatly appreciated, I am at a loss for what to try next since I
don't even know if it is a very well hidden virus or an internal system
problem.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Chery,

In two months your HDD could be very fragmented, especially if you have
SystemRestore turned on.

For example, I defrag my main HDD once a week and find that it has
become fragmented up to 15% in just one week. Take an hour and defrag
the HDD where the OS resides.

It is odd though that it would become very slow almost overnight.

D/L Spywareblaster too and run that.

Steve



Cheryl wrote:
> My computer was woring properly last week but I went away for the weekend and
> when I came back my computer was running very slow. It takes 5-10 seconds to
> click on anything (i.e. to click the start button takes a while and then once
> I have selected a program to open that can take up to a minute). Service
> pack 2 was installed months ago, and I did not have this problem until just
> this week so it does not seem to be related to that.
>
> I am running Windows XP Professional.
>
> Here is what I have tried:
> Spybot - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> Adaware- downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> Norton Antivirus - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
>
> I deleted all of my cookies and temporary internet files. I have not
> defragmented the hard drive, but I just did that about 2 months ago so I
> don't think it will help much.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated, I am at a loss for what to try next since I
> don't even know if it is a very well hidden virus or an internal system
> problem.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and determine which process is occupying
your processor's time when you click. Post that process here and we'll try
to identify it for you.
--
Ted Zieglar


"Cheryl" <Cheryl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AB214420-E22A-41A0-9ECF-A8DF56C85DE3@microsoft.com...
> My computer was woring properly last week but I went away for the weekend
and
> when I came back my computer was running very slow. It takes 5-10 seconds
to
> click on anything (i.e. to click the start button takes a while and then
once
> I have selected a program to open that can take up to a minute). Service
> pack 2 was installed months ago, and I did not have this problem until
just
> this week so it does not seem to be related to that.
>
> I am running Windows XP Professional.
>
> Here is what I have tried:
> Spybot - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> Adaware- downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> Norton Antivirus - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe
mode.
>
> I deleted all of my cookies and temporary internet files. I have not
> defragmented the hard drive, but I just did that about 2 months ago so I
> don't think it will help much.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated, I am at a loss for what to try next since
I
> don't even know if it is a very well hidden virus or an internal system
> problem.
>

 

[cheryl]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

I watched Task manager for a bit and found out it was my SpySweeper that was
holding everything up. I was using the free trial version but it was past
the trial period so I did not have the latest updates. Maybe that caused it
to malfunction b/c it worked OK during the trial period. After I deleted it
off my system everything seems to be running normal.

Thanks

"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

> Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and determine which process is occupying
> your processor's time when you click. Post that process here and we'll try
> to identify it for you.
> --
> Ted Zieglar
>
>
> "Cheryl" <Cheryl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AB214420-E22A-41A0-9ECF-A8DF56C85DE3@microsoft.com...
> > My computer was woring properly last week but I went away for the weekend
> and
> > when I came back my computer was running very slow. It takes 5-10 seconds
> to
> > click on anything (i.e. to click the start button takes a while and then
> once
> > I have selected a program to open that can take up to a minute). Service
> > pack 2 was installed months ago, and I did not have this problem until
> just
> > this week so it does not seem to be related to that.
> >
> > I am running Windows XP Professional.
> >
> > Here is what I have tried:
> > Spybot - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> > Adaware- downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> > Norton Antivirus - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe
> mode.
> >
> > I deleted all of my cookies and temporary internet files. I have not
> > defragmented the hard drive, but I just did that about 2 months ago so I
> > don't think it will help much.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated, I am at a loss for what to try next since
> I
> > don't even know if it is a very well hidden virus or an internal system
> > problem.
> >
>
>
>