Everything is running slow

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?

"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?

For a start, rename AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
because standard installations of Win98 do not require them.

When did you last do basic housekeeping?
-- AV and malware check
-- Delete junk files
-- SCANDISK
-- DEFRAG

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"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?

For a start, rename AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
because standard installations of Win98 do not require them.

When did you last do basic housekeeping?
-- AV and malware check
-- Delete junk files
-- SCANDISK
-- DEFRAG

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

For a start, rename AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
because standard installations of Win98 do not require them.

Yeah, the standard installation of Win98 does not require autoexec.bat or
config.sys. However, some installed applcations might!

For a start, rename AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
because standard installations of Win98 do not require them.

Yeah, the standard installation of Win98 does not require autoexec.bat or
config.sys. However, some installed applcations might!

Check your file system performance via Control Panel System Performance tab.
It should say 32 bit.
If Compatibility mode is reported, post back.
Regards,
ern.


"Allan" wrote in message
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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?

Check your file system performance via Control Panel System Performance tab.
It should say 32 bit.
If Compatibility mode is reported, post back.
Regards,
ern.


"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?

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?

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?

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?