Maddie106

Hi Kev, My processor is AMD Athlon , 1.2GHz 480MB Ram I suspect that lack of ram IS my main problem. I have AVG set to update on boot up, so I'll play with that to see if it helps.I'd need lots of help to uninstall AVG 9 and go back to 8.5!! Also, I think Teatimer.exe (part of Spybot) is part of the slow start . I'll just have to drink extra coffee whilst it boots up in it's own time! Cheers, Chris (Alias Maddie):)

Thanks Jelly Bean, Did that and all USB stuff seems to be ok (printer still working too, even tho I still keep getting "found new hardware wizard"!

Thanks Hendry, Info on PC is that it was built for me about 5 years ago...case says iDEQ "My Computer" gives info of AMD Athlon 1.20 GHz, 480 MB of RAM The print screen button on my keyboard doesn't seem to do anything I'm afraid!

Am getting frustrated by how slow my PC is! When I boot it up, I may as well go and make a cup of coffee before I can get on the net or do anything. I'm fed up with the "Not responding " notices from windows task manager. It runs 45 processes at start up (does anyone know how I can PRINT OUT the list from task manager please?)....I suspect this is part of my problem. In addition, it also throws regular "wobblies"...shut itself down last week when I was trying to print out a PDF file via a webpage, froze up completely last night and this morning told me it had found new hardware ( the printer that has been installed and working for 12 months!) The wireless keyboard stopped working after 3 months for no apparent reason and I've resorted to the old wired one.:confused::mad: PC INFO I'm running XP professional version 5.1with service pack 3.(Tried the XP disc and it told me I'm running a newer version than the disc) The capacity of the machine is 76.69 GB with free space of 57.3 GB(Data from defrag) Physical memory available to windows is 490,996 KB( Data from running winver in start) IE is version 8 "HOUSEKEEPING" I have AVG (free) Spybot and Malwarebytes installed.AVG updates on boot up and I update the others weekly. I scan all 3 manually once a week (no problems found recently) I run disc clean up and defrag once a week from system tools. So, do I give up and get a new machine? I do like this one when it behaves, mainly because it's housed in box a bit bigger than a shoe box and sits neatly on my desk. All suggestions would be greatfully appretiated! Many thanks, Christine (alias Maddie)

Hello everybody. I am optimistic that this site WILL save my sanity??!! :D