Really slow startup. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain () I bought a new computer last week, its as maxed out as I could possibly afford but the problem i have is the speed of the startup. After switching on the computer...

I'm using Norton Systemworks and Norton Internet Security. It makes my pc really slow when startup. I mean it is slow for a P4 2.66 with 1Gb of corsair ram. Can i change any setting in these norton software to make it run faster. I'm planning to uninstall...

I need help!. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () This has to do with the prefetch. My PC was really slow at startup so I tried to move all the files in the prefetch to the recycle bin, and wanted to see if it will be faster. After,...

TMP Files won't Defragment. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain () Hi - I'm back - I took everybody's advice - many thanks to bumtracks - I finally got the Power Defragmenter program downloaded, but it didn't defrag the 2...

Black loading screen after Login. So my girlfriends new DELL laptop has an issue that is really annoying. It doesn't prevent use of the computer, but really slows startup time. Basically, whenever you load the computer, Vista loads normally. When you finish...

Is there no utility that actually does clean the registry? > Is it just Registry bloat that causes the slow down? > Is there really no other way to solve the problem? Ben, my desktop setup is a couple of years old. It shows no noticeable slowing with...

Slow startup. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics () How can I improve the startup speed pf Windows as it takes forever and a day to start and to access any programmes.I have run defragmenter but report tells me defragmenting not required....

Laptop very slow at start-up. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers () I have a Dell laptop - 1 year old. 2.4 gig 384 meg RAM windows XP Home Edition installed SP2 (or most current available) Aw-Aware - most current version available...

as I get them in flight. I used to have an Olympus C3000 and it was very slow and really did not give me what I wanted. Any help would be appreciated. I would post more but really don't know what to tell you. Thanks for any help as I need on soon.....

Slow startup new computer (XP). Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers () New box ASRock Motherboard 333MHz FSB 128 MB RAM WinXP Takes 3-4 minutes to finish booting Yes, RAM is a bit too small, but it ought to boot faster than this....