very slow performance problem on xp

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karsten ray

i am not that computer literate or friendly but i am having
major problems with my system. for almost a month now, my
computer programs have been responding very slowly. no
matter what i click on or program i try to use, it takes
forever it seems to come up on the screen. i have done the
updates from windows but i don't think any of those patches
were ones that would fix my problems.
example: i would click on outlook express, it takes a long
time for it open. the same with once i'm in the program, it
takes a while to for something to happen. every program is
responding like this. can you or someone advise me on what
to do?
 
karsten ray said:
i am not that computer literate or friendly but i am having
major problems with my system. for almost a month now, my
computer programs have been responding very slowly. no
matter what i click on or program i try to use, it takes
forever it seems to come up on the screen. i have done the
updates from windows but i don't think any of those patches
were ones that would fix my problems.
example: i would click on outlook express, it takes a long
time for it open. the same with once i'm in the program, it
takes a while to for something to happen. every program is
responding like this. can you or someone advise me on what
to do?
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1. Increase your memory to 512MB.

2. Defragment your hard drive.

-- Bob Day
 
if you're using winxp/win2000 and have got a svhost process running that
takes up about 90% of cpu capacity you should do a virus check with up to
date virus definitions.
mike
 
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