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by oz_media
Obvious answer: Does the PC speed up when you uncheck the noted start-up items?
Run an adaware scan, you can download it free from here: http://www.lavasoft.nu I'll bet you have a tonne of unknown crud running and reporting your surfing habits etc.
by thechas
It might just be a bad NIC.
The primary difference between safe and normal mode is that many drivers are not loaded in safe mode.
If it is not the NIC, I would check other hardware that the driver does not load in safe mode.
Another possibility is if this PC has IE6 or DirectX9 and an older video card.
If either update is installed, you need at least a new video driver.
If an updated driver is not available, I would start by trying a new video card.
Chas
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