Re: PC is horribly slow after installing XP Home SP2

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From: Andre Da Costa (andred25_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:34:01 -0700

Restart in Safe Mode, do a disk clean up and also defrag the hard disk.

How to use Disk Cleanup >>> try this first
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

Click start > run > type in: "msconfig" without quotes > startup (tab),
uncheck any unnecessary programs that might be starting up with the system.

Clean your prefetch:
http://www.tunexp.com/tips/maintain_your_computer/clean_your_prefetch_to_improve_performance/

Restore Performance:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx

Andre
<Mitch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> After "upgrading" to SP2, it takes about 10-15 minutes to fully boot.
> The hard drive just runs and runs.
>
> After it's booted up, switching between tasks can take 1-2 minutes!!!
>
> Every app takes minutes to launch!
>
> I've done a full virus/spyware scan, cleaned up and defragged all
> drives. I'm not sure what else to check.

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