Re: Slow Startup

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

Much agreed. I had some systems that had System Works installed that had to
be reformatted because there was just no going back.


"Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Arrrrr" <Arrrrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm searching for some answers regarding my laptop's slow performance.
I'm using a Sony Vaio laptop with 512Mb memory runing XP Home Edition.
The
laptop is just over 18 months old. It was running quite well at one
point.

It got slower after I installed Norton System Work.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Norton has been known to slow systems
down.

I have since removed it [snip]

How did you remove it? I wonder if any of its many tentacles remain.

2) Changed memory managment in Registry to setting 2

Please specify the key you altered.

6) Run Regcleaner, Ad-Aware and several others. Found no issue.

Identify the "several others." Did you run either Spybot Search & Destroy
or SUPERAntiSpyware?

7) Took a day, but I DEFRAGGED my HD

That's odd; defragging shouldn't take that long. Did you perhaps check
your drive for bad sectors?

8) Removed all unnecessary program in Control Panel

Control Panel? Do you mean msconfig?

I suspect your problem is with Norton remnants.


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