Windows XP remove programs question

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Recently my computer began to run really slow, but there
is 43% of free space. There are the exact same pop ups
that appear every day, and my homepage keeps getting
changed, no matter how many times I change the homepage
adress. I went into my add/remove programs in my control
panel to see if something had installed itself. I found
33 programs called " windowsXP Hotfix KB821557." Each
program had the same title, but different numbers. Is
this a part of running windows XP, or is that the cause
of the pop-ups, and the continual change of my homepage.
If it isn't...what could be causing my homepage to keep
changing? I'm running Internet Explorer.

 

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/Melissa/ said:

> Recently my computer began to run really slow, but there
> is 43% of free space. There are the exact same pop ups
> that appear every day, and my homepage keeps getting
> changed, no matter how many times I change the homepage
> adress. I went into my add/remove programs in my control
> panel to see if something had installed itself. I found
> 33 programs called " windowsXP Hotfix KB821557." Each
> program had the same title, but different numbers. Is
> this a part of running windows XP, or is that the cause
> of the pop-ups, and the continual change of my homepage.
> If it isn't...what could be causing my homepage to keep
> changing? I'm running Internet Explorer.

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http://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/northrup/restoreperf.asp

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