On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:37:02 -0700, frannymae wrote in message
<news:8E4559A8-B52C-4868-AE47-A327C701AE7B@microsoft.com>:
> My computer is running really slow and I have checked for spyware and viruses
> and found nothing. Some programs I click on just won't start up.
There are a number of things you can try: defrag your hard drive, clean out
your C:\WINDOWS\Temp file, trim your startup list (or close down running
programs you don't immediately need), update your drivers, even uninstall
some programs to free up disk space.
Here is a good maintenance page. It's for Win95/98/ME, but it should apply
to XP as well:
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/house.html
