Startup becoming slow

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I have noticed that my computer (running Windows XP) is becoming much slower
to start up. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?

 

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You can type msconfig and disable those programs you think you are not using.
Run also defrag. That shall speed up your system

"C Tate" wrote:

> I have noticed that my computer (running Windows XP) is becoming much slower
> to start up. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?
>
>
>

 

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Good hard drive health care. Defrag the hard drive with some sort of
regularity (depends on how you use it), scan frequently for spyware with
such programs and AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Microsoft
Antispyware beta. Keep viruses off of the computer. See:
http://aumha.org/articles.htm for heaps of good ideas.

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"C Tate" <colin@nobodyhere.mrcrtate.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I have noticed that my computer (running Windows XP) is becoming much
>slower to start up. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?
>

 

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Smiling face wrote:
> You can type msconfig and disable those programs you think you are not using.
> Run also defrag. That shall speed up your system
>
> "C Tate" wrote:
>
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>>I have noticed that my computer (running Windows XP) is becoming much slower
>>to start up. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?
>>
>>
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Did both. The computer is running fine, it is the internet that has
slowed down on the xp system.

GA

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Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> Good hard drive health care. Defrag the hard drive with some sort of
> regularity (depends on how you use it), scan frequently for spyware with
> such programs and AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Microsoft
> Antispyware beta. Keep viruses off of the computer. See:
> http://aumha.org/articles.htm for heaps of good ideas.
>

Defraged just a few days ago. Did all the rest too, as noted. It is not
the computer that is slow, it is the Internet connection with xp that is
slow. 98se is twice as fast and I have no idea why.

How do you get back to a clean no-network set up so I can start fresh?

GA

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Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> Good hard drive health care. Defrag the hard drive with some sort of
> regularity (depends on how you use it), scan frequently for spyware with
> such programs and AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Microsoft
> Antispyware beta. Keep viruses off of the computer. See:
> http://aumha.org/articles.htm for heaps of good ideas.
>
Sorry, got the subject lines mixed up. My problem is in another thread-
oops.

GA

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