Everything is running slow

Yes, and yes. That's exactly what the links Glen provided tell you how to
do. Delete the files and stop MDM from creating more.

If you have MS Office installed, run the Setup and uninstall the Indexing
tool, also.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Allan" wrote in message
...
I've looked in the Windows folder & there's a shedload of files all
starting
with either ffc or ffff & ending in .tmp. Could they be the problem &
should
they be removed?

"glee" wrote:

I've not heard of that causing anything like the slowness the OP is
describing, but
all the same:

OFF: How to Turn Off Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321410

OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with 'fff' Appear in Windows Folder"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221438
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
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Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the
windows
folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff".
Deleting all
these will probably clear up the slowness problem.

"glee" wrote in message
...
Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs:

How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926

http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm

Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with
parasitic
softwa
http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is
OK, by
running
the diagnostics from the
hard drive manufacturer's web site.

If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the
limited-use free
edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor

When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0
Free
edition, you
will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you
will
be able to
download the diskette creator file.

The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a
working Windows
system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data
Advisor onto a
3.5" floppy disk.

Download and Use Instructions:
http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp

As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand
of
drive, and
the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about
the
new
version.

Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:

OnTrack Data Advisor:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
http://support.wdc.com/download/
Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
Seagate SeaTools:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Download:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Allan" wrote in message
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I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier
version
of
McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes
forever.
Done
Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also
struggling to
send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup"

KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program
Files\Kodak\KODAK
Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe"
Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe
Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax
Viewer
2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s
WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program
Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE"
ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe
/autorun
SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe
LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe
powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run)
C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE
POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe
Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run)
c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe
TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE
Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program
Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe
Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program
Files\Netropa\Onscreen
Display\OSD.exe
mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s
Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program
Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe
AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE
/STARTUP
AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run)
C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE
AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run)
C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE
Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run
Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service)
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE
avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service)
C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE
/srvfsys


"glee" wrote:

Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the
magazine
disc.

Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK.
In the left pane of the System Information window, click the +
sign to
expand
the
"Software Environment" category.
In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they
will
appear in a
list
on the right.
Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in
the
list on the
right.
Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'.
Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message
and
press Ctrl-V
to
paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back
to
this thread.

Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and
post back
with what
is
listed there when you experience the slowdown.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Allan" wrote in message
...
My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no
matter
what I do,
internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme
not
responding
& the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it &
downloaded a
free
trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a
magazine which
at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since
then
my
computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that
programme
now &
downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still
so
painfully
slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding.
Can
someone tell
me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?