From my last question (about swap files), I noted that I have a computer with Windows XP Professional whose speed has grinded to a halt. Here are some other issues:
* Regularly doesn’t complete loading everything, so I have to do a cold boot much more often than I’d like to (warm boot doesn’t do anything, neither does Ctrl\Alt\Delete).
* When I try to remove programs using the control panel, there’s no list of programs unless I change the drop-down menu to something like last used.
* Yesterday when it booted all the way through, my son’s AOL account came on in the middle of a IM “conversation” (one of his friends was querying who he thought was my son as to whether he was here)…also, his list of buddies came up.
Should I remove, then re-install AOL IM? Will that mean that my son will need to re-populate his “buddies” list (I know, a small price to pay if it clears up the rest of this)???