Advice please, problem driving me nuts

[Guest adam ant fan]

Windows XP SP3

 

My computer was going extremely slow and begining to become un useable. I

read some of the replies to similar problems so I uninstalled the Norton

Security, downloaded AVG anti-virus and anti spyware from Windows.

 

I turned the computer off then on again the next day and it worked with no

problems for an hour then the extreme slowness returned. What else can be

causing it?

[Guest Malke]

Re: Advice please, problem driving me nuts

 

adam ant fan wrote:

> Windows XP SP3

>

> My computer was going extremely slow and begining to become un useable. I

> read some of the replies to similar problems so I uninstalled the Norton

> Security, downloaded AVG anti-virus and anti spyware from Windows.

>

> I turned the computer off then on again the next day and it worked with no

> problems for an hour then the extreme slowness returned. What else can be

> causing it?

 

What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean,

what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

 

Be sure the computer is clean:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

 

If the computer is really clean (and I seriously doubt that it is from your

description), see:

 

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

http://aumha.org/a/health.htm - Take Out the Trash

 

Malke

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[Guest mikeyhsd]

Re: Advice please, problem driving me nuts

 

look at Task Manager and see what programs are hogging the cpu.

 

 

 

 

mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com

 

 

 

"adam ant fan" <adamantfan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9347BBF9-43DA-4AC1-8C14-3B443794E5F1@microsoft.com...

Windows XP SP3

 

My computer was going extremely slow and begining to become un useable. I

read some of the replies to similar problems so I uninstalled the Norton

Security, downloaded AVG anti-virus and anti spyware from Windows.

 

I turned the computer off then on again the next day and it worked with no

problems for an hour then the extreme slowness returned. What else can be

causing it?