Programs take a long time to open

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Ian Bright

I am running Windows XP home edition on a standalone
laptop. It now takes between 5 and 20 seconds to open an
application ie Word, Internet connections etc.

Does anyone have any ideas what it could be??
 
Add some memory my xp performs better with more memory I am using 512Megs
and this work better than when I had 256. Turn off some of the extra
features appearance freatures. Right click My computer click properties
click advance tab click first setting button at top in performance section
and uncheck the feature that you do not need. Best performance selection
works great for me.
Good luck.
 
How long since you defragemented the disc?? Try and see if that works.

Right click on the c: drive in windows explorer, and do the disc cleanup.
The go to the "Tools" tab, there you will find the defragmenter utility.
Click on it and follow your nose.
 
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