- My XP is slow
- Posted by Mansoor on October 25th, 2005
When i switch on my Laptop with XP using my user account (admin rites ) it
loads up normally execpt antivirus program and network icons , i am not able
to access my laptop until these icons load its for 2 minutes.
if i log on using other user account its working fine.
i scanned for viruses... its virus free, i deleted my profile and recreated
my user profile, its still the same...
please advise
- Posted by Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\) on October 25th, 2005
Mansoor
Go to this website.. lots of info on why a computer slows down..
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
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"Mansoor" <Mansoor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When i switch on my Laptop with XP using my user account (admin rites ) it
> loads up normally execpt antivirus program and network icons , i am not
> able
> to access my laptop until these icons load its for 2 minutes.
> if i log on using other user account its working fine.
> i scanned for viruses... its virus free, i deleted my profile and
> recreated
> my user profile, its still the same...
> please advise
- Posted by Gerry Cornell on October 25th, 2005
What is the name of your anti-virus programme?
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"Mansoor" <Mansoor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3F453C1-CF64-4BE2-ADDF-C907575DFE30@microsoft.com...
> When i switch on my Laptop with XP using my user account (admin
> rites ) it
> loads up normally execpt antivirus program and network icons , i am
> not able
> to access my laptop until these icons load its for 2 minutes.
> if i log on using other user account its working fine.
> i scanned for viruses... its virus free, i deleted my profile and
> recreated
> my user profile, its still the same...
> please advise
- Posted by Mansoor on October 26th, 2005
my laptop is dell latitude D610, it runs mcafee 4.5 antivirus program with
updated definations
"Gerry Cornell" wrote:
> What is the name of your anti-virus programme?
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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>
> Using invalid email address
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
> Enquire, plan and execute.
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> suggested solution worked for you.
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> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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> "Mansoor" <Mansoor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A3F453C1-CF64-4BE2-ADDF-C907575DFE30@microsoft.com...
> > When i switch on my Laptop with XP using my user account (admin
> > rites ) it
> > loads up normally execpt antivirus program and network icons , i am
> > not able
> > to access my laptop until these icons load its for 2 minutes.
> > if i log on using other user account its working fine.
> > i scanned for viruses... its virus free, i deleted my profile and
> > recreated
> > my user profile, its still the same...
> > please advise
>
>
- Posted by Gerry Cornell on October 26th, 2005
How much RAM memory?
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"Mansoor" <Mansoor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> my laptop is dell latitude D610, it runs mcafee 4.5 antivirus program
> with
> updated definations
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> What is the name of your anti-virus programme?
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> FCA
>>
>> Using invalid email address
>>
>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> "Mansoor" <Mansoor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A3F453C1-CF64-4BE2-ADDF-C907575DFE30@microsoft.com...
>> > When i switch on my Laptop with XP using my user account (admin
>> > rites ) it
>> > loads up normally execpt antivirus program and network icons , i am
>> > not able
>> > to access my laptop until these icons load its for 2 minutes.
>> > if i log on using other user account its working fine.
>> > i scanned for viruses... its virus free, i deleted my profile and
>> > recreated
>> > my user profile, its still the same...
>> > please advise
>>
>>
- Posted by Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\) on October 26th, 2005
Mansoor
You need to get a more up-to-date anti-virus program, not that the one
installed is slowing your system down any..
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"Mansoor" <Mansoor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41704809-D906-4CF4-8029-BEF314D61AF8@microsoft.com...
> my laptop is dell latitude D610, it runs mcafee 4.5 antivirus program with
> updated definations
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> What is the name of your anti-virus programme?
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> FCA
>>
>> Using invalid email address
>>
>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> "Mansoor" <Mansoor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A3F453C1-CF64-4BE2-ADDF-C907575DFE30@microsoft.com...
>> > When i switch on my Laptop with XP using my user account (admin
>> > rites ) it
>> > loads up normally execpt antivirus program and network icons , i am
>> > not able
>> > to access my laptop until these icons load its for 2 minutes.
>> > if i log on using other user account its working fine.
>> > i scanned for viruses... its virus free, i deleted my profile and
>> > recreated
>> > my user profile, its still the same...
>> > please advise
>>
>>
- Posted by Data on October 27th, 2005
Mansoor Wrote:
> When i switch on my Laptop with XP using my user account (admin rites )
> it
> loads up normally execpt antivirus program and network icons , i am not
> able
> to access my laptop until these icons load its for 2 minutes.
> if i log on using other user account its working fine.
> i scanned for viruses... its virus free, i deleted my profile and
> recreated
> my user profile, its still the same...
> please advise
You may be running out of system resources and this will certainingly
slow up your computer. There are a number of things you can do to speed
up Windows:
1. Remove all unnecessary startup programs
2. Delete all temporary files
3. Remove all unnecessary services
4. Defrag and clean up the hard disk
5. Check for and remove all mailcious softeware
6. Monitor and check your system resource useage as you load up each
program
Check out the following useful web sites for details and other tips to
help you with your slow computer:
http://www.slow-computer.com
http://slow-computer.blogspot.com
http://pc-freeze.blogspot.com
Hope this helps.
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Data
