Re: opening files takes too long...

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Hey Jim!
I could be wrong, but it sounds like your processor is working overtime
because of all the programs running in the background (that could be
malware or spyware, but most likely just unnecessary resident
programs). If your familiar with [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Del], that will show
you all the programs running in the background.

A lot, in fact MOST, of software installed is programmed to startup
when Windows starts and run in the background constantly. Examples
are, MSMessenger, WinZip, AOL (and many of it's components), etc. This
is extremely inefficient for OS performance. They consume and waste
precious processor time and resources, and should be disabled from
starting during Windows startup. The easiest way to do this is by
opening up [Start] > [Run] > and enter "msconfig" (w/out the quotes),
and hit [ENTER]. Go to the STARTUP tab at the end, and you can DISABLE
a surprisingly great number of these programs.

***You have to know what is safe and often recommended to disable, and
the easiest way to do that is to write down each STARTUP ITEM name on
the left, and do a GOOGLE search for each one. Ideally, you want to
shutdown as many options as possible which will greatly free your
processor's resources.
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Another possible solution could be that there is malware running in the
background, such as a virus, spyware, or trojan horse. If this is the
culprit, than more than likely it only effects you when you have
Internet connection, and the suspicious program is utalizing your
processor to either upload or just transfer data from and to your HD to
others on the net using your processor as a slave bot, like the borg.

Regardless, be aware of all proggies running in the background, and
also make sure you did not accidently give firewall access to a
malicious bogey resident program.
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And my 3rd and final conclusion is that i'm completely clueless and
need some sleep and apologize for wasting your time ~ !

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