notebok got suddenly very slow

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hallo
my notebook (windows xp home) suddenly got so slow that it takes minutes, sometimes half an hour for every action (if it works at all), i can't work with it like that. it started after i was online to read e-mails (but there were no suspect mails). the anti-virus program doesn't find anything. what can that be? i'm not very clever with computers and i don't know what to do.
 
Hard to say without looking at it:

1. check for nefarious programs with something like ad-aware from lavasoft
2. check what processes are running and consuming cpu (ctrl-alt-del,
task manager, processes tab)
3. check event log for any events which may give hints
4. hardware fault? (laptops are susceptible to this due to it's
portability and getting bashed over the years).
5. corrupt files/drivers or something ... run chkdsk
6. move back to a previous system check point (via System Restore).

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
hallo
my notebook (windows xp home) suddenly got so slow that it takes minutes,
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sometimes half an hour for every action (if it works at all), i can't work
with it like that. it started after i was online to read e-mails (but there
were no suspect mails). the anti-virus program doesn't find anything. what
can that be? i'm not very clever with computers and i don't know what to do.


here's things you could try, maybe them help incase there might be some
spyware or trojans in your system.

Here's 5 steps that EVERY computer owner should do (or have, for last two
steps) if they want to make sure their system is not infested with spyware,
trojans and viruses... And even these steps are not 100% perfect.

1. first download download spybot seek & destroy from
http://security.kolla.de
install it, UPDATE it, and RUN it...

2. second, AdAware from www.lavasoft.de install it, UPDATE it, RUN
it...
--- sofar you should have quite spyware free system not always 100% free
though ---


3. third, download spywareblaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html install it, UPDATE it
and RUN it...

--- after this you should have system that's protected from some spyware
stuff, not ALL though ---


4. get yourself virus killer if you do not have... www.grisoft.com has free
virus killer it you bother dig up more their site to download free version,
install, UPDATE and run it...

--- after this your system should be protected from most viruses ---


5. get yourself FIREWALL if you do not have it... Usually free firewall like
ZoneAlarm (www.zonelabs.com) will do just fine...

--- and after this step, you should beable to see when something in your
system tries to connect outside from your system etc ---


1st and 2nd steps are both good programs, but I never trust only one of them
myself because I am bit too paranoid with my network security. So I run
both.. both are good, but nothing is perfect so better be sure...

spywareblaster "protects" your system from spyware etc. so it's also good
idea to run it also...

Virus killer and firewall are usually VERY important part, If you have winXP
you might have it's inbuilt firewall on, that helps some, but it does not
show outbound connections that are sometimes very good to "notice"

and remember to UPDATE/RUN those programs regularly just to stay safe
side on things...
 
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