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My laptop has been running slowly lately, so I've taken a couple of steps to redress that. Now I'd really appreciate your help/suggestions to get it running smoothly again.

1. I have done the following:

a. Full system scan for virus (using Norton 2007)
b. Full system scan for spy/adware (using Norton 2007, is Norton good enough or do I need a dedicated spy/adware detector?)
c. Defragmented the drive

2. I want to do the following:

a. View and control which programmes run at start-up (I'm running XP SP2). How do I do this?

3. Does anyone have any other suggestions which I could implement, to make my laptop run as fast as it used to.

Thanks for your time, and I appreciate any suggestions you might have.

London-Uk



[ This Message was edited by: london-uk on 2007-03-20 00:06 ]
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Posted: 2007-03-20 01:03:49
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2. Click on the Start button and then Run. In the box typr msconfig. A new window will open. On the top click the far right "startup" tab. In there you can disable what starts up when you start windows.
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Posted: 2007-03-20 02:04:04
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Try Spybot Search & Destroy.
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Posted: 2007-03-20 04:14:36
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Thanks for that
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Posted: 2007-03-20 10:20:55
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can you reinstall windows... normally sorting things out... just dont go installing loads of crap on it

be careful when using msconfig matey - you can cause major problems...

thats if you dont know what youre stopping etc
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Posted: 2007-03-20 11:23:24
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Yeah, I had considered reinstalling windows, but don't really fancy doing that and having to reinstall all the other programs i run. Thanks for the warning about msconfig though
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Posted: 2007-03-20 11:29:47
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I'd also recommend this great little program, make sure you install all updates before you run the scan. No better!


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Posted: 2007-03-20 12:44:38
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couldn't agree more, mate. Whats more is its. free

@London
maybe you should also try "cleaning" the registry?

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[ This Message was edited by: Horonaim on 2007-03-20 12:49 ]

[ This Message was edited by: Horonaim on 2007-03-20 12:51 ]
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Posted: 2007-03-20 13:49:07
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Delete all temporary files

Manually check your computer for crap that you don't want and remove/uninstall it

Make sure Spybot, anti-virus and firewall are up-to-date

Spyware scan and remove, followed by a full computer virus scan

Disk clean-up followed by defragmentation

Restart computer

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Posted: 2007-03-20 14:06:56
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Spybot - great little program.

Could get rid of Norton - it's notorious for itself slowing down computers. Try a different anti-virus software if possible and see if it runs more quickly.
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Posted: 2007-03-20 16:50:43
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