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Why has my computer slowed to a crawl?

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by capman666

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I downloaded netscape yesterday, since then my computer moves at a crawl. I've tried uninstall and system restore, and I've had no difference. When I go to task mgr. (WinXP), the slightest action sends the CPU (P4, 1.6gh) to 100% for quite a while. I have no clue what happened or what to do. My computer is almost useless at the moment, it took over 20 minutes to get to this site. I had to do it through my e-mail links, because when I try Int Exp., I get "this program is not responding." please help.

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by capman666

Good guess, I talked to Sony tech help all morning, and they couldn't figure it out. The only thing they said was to close everything down and defrag. After I did this everything was moving at lightening speed, when I came back to this page your answer was the first one I saw and my virus scan had not been enabled yet. I clicked out of the internet, enabled my virus scan---back to the crawl.

by handn1_

Hi
Think about this do you have a way to save your important data if so save it and re install Winxp
O' by the way i read that netcape works better on networks not on home computer it the way it was made. you might check it out

by qballrail

I've installed Netscape and have not noticed any difference in PC performance. Although I do run maintenance weekly. Using Norton Utilities, I run Win Doctor and Speed Disk. What you're experiencing sounds more like a fragmentation issue. Try that as well as deleting the contents of your Temp folder.

One other thing I found to be quite useful is MSConfig. Many programs like to embed themselves in the startup routine. Many of which really do not need to be there. Programs such as RealPlayer, msmessenger, many printer programs, WinAmp, etc. All loading these programs on startup serves to do is make them launch a LITTLE faster. In fact, Netscape is one of those programs.

Hope that helps!

by capman666

I did defrag, everything was great untill I enabled my virus scan. I have PC-cillin, it will probably be dropped for Norton Utilities very soon, my father uses it and swears by it. By the way, if at all possible, can you e-mail me about the MSConfig, it's not included in WindowsXP for Dummies. I did have a problem with everything tagging itself to the startup routine.

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