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john   08-09-2005 at 03:32:08 AM

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About 2 months ago, my system really slowed down and began hanging. I'm sure
I probably picked something up off of the Internet. I tired to use Spybout
and adware, and then defrag. But it is still hanging. Should I hang it up
and buy a new PC? My is about 2 years old.
--
John

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Anonymous   08-09-2005 at 10:38:02 AM
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Try using the Kaspersky or Nod32 antivirus programs. Or try a free online
virus scanner.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en [...] us+scanner

If this does not help, try doing a ctrl+alt+del and see which programs are
using most processor resources when the slow-down happens. Perhaps you've
through installing a certain program activated a windows service which uses a
large ammount of system resources.

You can learn more about it by simply entering the full name of the file
using high ammounts of resources in to google.

"John" wrote:

> About 2 months ago, my system really slowed down and began hanging. I'm sure
> I probably picked something up off of the Internet. I tired to use Spybout
> and adware, and then defrag. But it is still hanging. Should I hang it up
> and buy a new PC? My is about 2 years old.
> --
> John

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Anonymous   08-09-2005 at 04:14:19 PM
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Besides Spybot and Ad Aware, try:

Microsoft AntiSpyware
Trend Micro's online Housecall scan.


If these do not help, you can always re-format and re-install your XP.
Buying new PC is still a bit extreme for your problem.

"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5554A85C-C407-41AF-900E-E640280EB214@microsoft.com...
> About 2 months ago, my system really slowed down and began hanging. I'm
> sure
> I probably picked something up off of the Internet. I tired to use
> Spybout
> and adware, and then defrag. But it is still hanging. Should I hang it
> up
> and buy a new PC? My is about 2 years old.
> --
> John

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