When i go to delete lets say off of desktop. If i right click the thing and hit delete. It starts to delete but it realy does not start then like 5 or so mins later ill get the pop-up "do you want to delete this file" then i click ok and it will start to delete then. Then when i am trying to delete it is realy slow intill the pop-up come with the message.
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When turning on, it takes 5 to 10 minutes to settle down. Once it stops grinding and I try to start any application -- such as Internet Exployer, it takes another 5 to 10 minutes. I have Nortons 360 and another anti-virus application that gives me the indication that all is O.K. How can I speed this machine up
I've gone through a lot of the threads in here and tried a lot of fixes, and I'm still having problems.
I have a Gateway, Windows XP laptop that's about 1 year old. A little over a week ago, it started "running slow". It's slow to start up (takes about 5-10 min), the mouse "sticks" sometimes although that is an intermittent problem, when I have multiple applications minimized (outlook express, firefox, My Documents, AIM), it's slow to toggle between them, and it's slow to open folders in My Documents.
I have ran all spyware-adware programs, defragged, tried everything I know.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI was there today and her pc is soooooo slow! She knows nothing about pc's besides email and IM.First thing I was going to do was to delete all her temp files. Went to start, clicked on run, typed in %temp% and up came 2,049 temp files! Well, duh no wonder it's slow. I was explaining to her what 'temp files' are. But she doesn't even you the internet.The first page of her temp file was as follows:DF1CF4and when I tried to delete them it said : cannot delete ~~ DF1CF4: It is being used by another person or program.As I scrolled through the next few pages they seemed to be all alike, maybe a variance of the last two numbers.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI've noticed that when deleting TIF's via Tools-Internet Options-Delete Files, that it takes far longer with my XP installation than with my old ME install. I see that the space allowed by default is 1192 MB. Is this the optimum size or should that be smaller to avoid accumulating so many files? I really don't recall what the setting was in ME days, but 400 MB seems to stick in my head.
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View 8 Replies View Relatedi was using both window 7 and xp but now i have deleted the drive containing window 7 but still when i turn on my laptop there comes two options to start either window 7 or xp. so how can i delete the option to start window 7
View 9 Replies View RelatedXP PRO suddenly has a noticeable decrease in speed when opening programs. Takes usually 3 minutes to open any program speed is TREMENDOUSLY dimished from last startup. Tried rebooting, ran a program called CLEANER, it deleted temp explorer files,other garbage. But still ridiculously slow opening programs, etc. I have NORTON upto date, also spybot, and adaware all show nothing.
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View 4 Replies View Relatedwith XP - Pro SR on HP media centre. using msconfig and going to start up list I delete MS Messenger & Real audio update ( I NEVER use these) they are the only items that keep coming back even after several reboots etc.
Upon rebooting, I have a program that wants to start a new.net program and I need to disable it or delete it.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI didn't find an existing thread to the topic, so i apologize if the question has already been answered. at one point in time i had a mahjongg game installed on my windows xp run pc. i placed a shortcut on the start menu (above the frequent programs list). somehow or other, the shortcut was not removed when i uninstalled the program. my attempts to get rid of it since then are as follows:
1. when i right click on the icon, and select "remove from this list", nothing happens.
2. i attempt to run the shortcut and it says "the item you selected is not available. it might have been moved, renamed, or removed. do you want to remove it from the list?" i select yes, and nothing happens.
3. i attempt to rename the shortcut and it says "cannot rename file: cannot read from the source file or disk."
4. i open the properties and there is a message in the target type field saying "this is not a valid shortcut". i cannot change any of the fields without getting the error message in #3.
5. reinstalling the game doesn't change anything. i get the same error messages as above.
6. i searched through the registry for anything named "mahjongg", and it doesn't turn anything up.
I have a basic problem with many programs running at start up, how do I stop the ones I don't want to run automatically?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm wanting to write a macro that will run when I start my computer or shutdown my computer. Here's the deal, I use netzero as my ISP. Netzero is constantly downloading ads that show up when I go to log on. Now the ads are using audio which is even more annoying. Anyway, I found out where the files are kept and I know the names. I'd like to write a file that auto exe's when I turn on or off the computer. It would also be nice to have a function key that would operate the auto delete. Any ideas on how to make this work?
View 3 Replies View RelatedIf it is possible, and how to do it, to delete the My Recent Documents which shows up in the Start menu in XP. If that cannot be done easily, is it possible to delete the entries that appear there.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI accidentally made a duplicate? startup folder? on my desktop from my start menu to the desktop. The copy on my desktop works the other (in the drop menu) does not. If you load a program in the start menu? startup folder? upon re-boot it will not start the selected program. My question is how do I delete the? startup?folder in my start menu? When I try it will not allow me to do so. This whole thing isn?t causing any problem. It?s just starting to grate on me.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy hard drive was formatted due to a virus and now when the computer is turned I get an empty file folder every time. I would like to know how to remove this and have it just go directly to my desktop.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am running Win XP on a HP laptop. When I boot up a program always tries to load but it is one that I don't have or have tried to load. It always asks for the disk which I do not have. It is not located in the start folder, so I do not know where to go to delete it.
View 2 Replies View Relatedon the wifes pc xp only a cheap one fron local retail out let but it does her.but drives me mad as my pc is so fast in starting up and hers takes about 2 years if you know what i mean,my pc and my laptop are fast at starting but hers is slow......as i said your able to make a cup of tea before its up and running...i have dissabled some start up programs that i thought may of afected it but to no aval still the same?
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi .friends laptop from switching on till it gets on homepage is taking over 3-8 minutes ,once its on the homepage and internet no problems. ive done the usuall things cleared temp files cookies n browsing history etc also did msconfig and cleared the clutter from start-up he is running xp and uses internet explorer 7 .have noticed that at top of screen it says internet explorer provided by sky broadband ,
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy desktop has been slowing down over time. Start up you could almost make a cup of tea between on button and being usable. Performance picks up, but not what it used to be.Could someone advise me if a problem lies in this area and what to add/remove. Also there are 3 other user accounts, do I have to run seperate logs for these, or will changes I make carry over (ps. I am administrator).
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen I start my computer everything goes fine and fast showing me the what I have got in my computer etc etc. My problem starts when I get the windows xp on my screen and the little moving bar underneath to show me windows is starting up it is taking anything upto 10 minutes before the screen changes to my desktop and allows me to use my computer. I have recently changed my power pack and reforrmated my system.Before everything was fine has anyone any ideas what could be causing this please.
View 18 Replies View RelatedI am having a problem with IE7 startup. It's very slow, takes over a minute to start. After starting it seems to work Ok.No antivirus program will install. AVG is installed but can't find anything. Running safe mode is no help. I may have a virus but can't scan for one.
View 7 Replies View Relatedwhen i run a virus scan using blueyonders pcguard this failed about 3/4 of the way through.The next day when starting up my computer it took about 20 minutes to boot.As i didnt have much to lose i completely formatted the hard drive and reinstalled windows xp. I have not installed pcguard again after a few problems with this so i have chosen avg anti virus and zone alarm.Even after a clean install my problem is still there. I have opended the computer and cleaned any dust and checked that the fans are working and still have long start up problems.I have also run chkdisk and this showed nothing but took about 2 hours.One thing i have noticed is that when windows does start the theme tune is very distorted and crackly.I have now updated to windows service pack 2 still same problems. Im not sure what else i can add as this is my first post at this sort of thing.
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