programs taking 30sec-1min to open?

[Taylorm]

for some reason i turned on my comp and all my programs are now opening super slow something is definantly wrong.. What could be the problem? Im running winxp it was working fine till today i never chagned any settings. ARGH

 

[PanzerIV]

Sounds like it's having a problem loading something in the background. Check your running processes and see if anything looks unusual or using too much memory.

 

[Oifish]

Run msconfig and look in the startup tab for any unnecessary programs that are running.

 

[Winchester]

Also make sure you have the latest drivers for all your hardware as well as software updates on the software.

 

[Ionizer86]

Scan for some spyware and defrag your drive.

 

[johnjkr1]

Or you could be having the norton / Verisign problem....

 

[Taylorm]

guys if your reading thx for help.. seems i was never aware that spyware could be so deadly on my system. I always had a firewall. and now in the 2days i unhooked firewall to test out this webcam i seem to have gotten lots of spyware. i loaded up adaware and sure enough like 60 spyware things got flushed now works fine.

 

[PanzerIV]

Ok, good deal Taylorm. Glad you got your problem fixed!

 

[blodhi74]

if u have more than 1 stick of ram ....try removing the ram and and install it again .... on a clients comp ....he had 2 sticks of 128 PC 133 ram and just like U he booted the comp and one o the ram sticks did not register and slowed the system to a crawl .... hope this helps

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: blodhi74
if u have more than 1 stick of ram ....try removing the ram and and install it again .... on a clients comp ....he had 2 sticks of 128 PC 133 ram and just like U he booted the comp and one o the ram sticks did not register and slowed the system to a crawl .... hope this helps

Its already solved!