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Slow Performance
Hi, at the moment my PC is running very very slowly, and I
can't understand why. I double click on a file and it loads about 60 seconds later. However if I enter the program and then open the document from there then it loads much quicker. Whats going on? Also when trying to shutdown the PC the computer won't respond, then the dialog box appears saying that a program may be busy or is waiting for a response from me. I click on end task and then the PC finally shutdowns. Strangely the program name doesn't appear in the dialog box. I haven't loaded any new software in the last couple of weeks and I've used msconfig to see which programs load at startup and there aren't any new ones. I've also used Ctrl+Alt+Delete to see what is currently running in the background but again nothing new is running that could cause a problem. |
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Start with a full scan with an up to date anti virus program followed by a
spyware hunt: Spyware/scumware/adware are causing numerous system problems. I recommend you download and use the following programs and consider removing everything these programs identify. Be aware that there are frequent updates to these programs and you need to check for them before every use. AdAwa http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html (download link near the bottom) Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo wrote in message ... Hi, at the moment my PC is running very very slowly, and I can't understand why. I double click on a file and it loads about 60 seconds later. However if I enter the program and then open the document from there then it loads much quicker. Whats going on? Also when trying to shutdown the PC the computer won't respond, then the dialog box appears saying that a program may be busy or is waiting for a response from me. I click on end task and then the PC finally shutdowns. Strangely the program name doesn't appear in the dialog box. I haven't loaded any new software in the last couple of weeks and I've used msconfig to see which programs load at startup and there aren't any new ones. I've also used Ctrl+Alt+Delete to see what is currently running in the background but again nothing new is running that could cause a problem. |
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