Re: Very slow running computer even in safe mode

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Defrag isn't needed within XP. I would start by checking what is running in
the background.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"s05s" <UseLinkToEmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "" wrote:
> > Can anyone help me out with this, have windows xp
> > professional, and all of a
> > sudden it is loading and running very slow, takes 15 minutes
> > just to get all
> > of desktop up. have norton anti virus and outpost firewall and
> > i have a
> > microsoft spyware program all installed on it, What do i look
> > for now??
> > --
> > Thanks For The Help
>
> Have you defragmented lately? If your drive is excessively fragmented,
> it may be a reason for the slow startup, system slowdown. Also clean
> out junk, you could run disk cleanup and then defrag.
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