Guest adam ant fan Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 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 Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 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 -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest mikeyhsd Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 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?
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