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bangaroo
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Re: Computer ever so slow!

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I am using Win98, so I may not be explaining things exactly right for your XP system.
What you listed in your last post looks more like System Information, not your running tasks/applications.
Above is a picture of my Running Tasks which many load during Start-up.
You want to get comfortable there aren't any unwanted tasks/applications running, which includes spyware, viruses, and/or trojans.
Start > Run > msconfig >Startup will list everything that is loading during startup.
Here are several different links that can help you understand your running tasks, start-up items, and whether you need them running.
»www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pa···tm#Alpha
»ww2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
»www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/p···ups.html
»www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
permalink · 2002-09-21 01:31:21 · Print · Reply to this

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Re: Computer ever so slow!

Easy way in XP is Cntrl Alt Del, and bring up taskmanager. Look at the CPU usage. Should be less than 5% if you are not doing something. If constantly higher, then something in background is taking all your cpu time. Look in processes running and see what is taking the cpu cycles. This should give you a hint what is going on.
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