I have Mcafee anti virus, spybot, spyguard, and ccleaner, everythin i can have for my comp to be ok hopefully... its wen i switch it on , it takes ages to let me do anything, access start menu, internet, files folders, like at least 20 mins... Can sum1 please recommend me in the right direction ? It's a Dell inspiron 6400 and had it a year ? wat should i do its really gettin on my nerves.. :(
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Look at your start menu - how many programs are loading automatically?
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Ethel Mon 06/10/08 19:30
Start - run
Type
msconfig
in the box. Then click the startup tab.
How many programs are listed there?
tinaandliz Mon 06/10/08 19:35
Question Author
I have defrag'd - there is 25 programs runnin automatically? !!
tinaandliz Mon 06/10/08 20:01
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am i allowed to disable some of the ones i dnt want runnin automatically?
missspeedy23 Mon 06/10/08 20:04
I know when my internet was running slow they told me to disable all the startup services apart from Microsoft office
On the MSconfig as above - on the services tab tick hide all microsoft services then select disable all then on startup click disable all - made it a lot quicker for me as I had loads
tinaandliz Mon 06/10/08 20:09
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I dont have microsoft office on there so i enables them all.. LEts see how that goes :)
Ethel Mon 06/10/08 20:12
Don't disable all.
You will disable your firewall and antivirus, possibly your keyboard and mouse...
If there is stuff there you recognise but know you don't need on startup, disable that.
It tells you what everything in your startup is for, what it does, and if you can safely disable it.
You can enable/disable within the program too
tinaandliz Mon 06/10/08 21:02
Question Author
thanks hope this helps :)
markh1972 Mon 06/10/08 21:05
mcafee may be the problem here my friend uses it and its slowed down his comp......personally ive got windows one care designed for vista and its ace!!
tinaandliz Mon 06/10/08 21:21
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Mcafee i've never had a prob with.. as its been on the computer since we had it.. and no probs so far.. :)
tinaandliz Mon 06/10/08 22:31
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Ok so restarted after all the advice given , and its still slow :( Help :(
missspeedy23 Mon 06/10/08 22:59
Is your hard drive 2GB - how much of it is in use? If you've loads of programs/music etc on and not a great % free then that will make it run slow.
ACtheTROLL Mon 06/10/08 23:14
I think it's just a trade off
riding bareback is fast but dangerous
you've saddled yourself with protection
safe and steady
even then - 20 mins is VERY steady
it's probably either diskspace
(how big - what spare?)
a driver
or a network error
unless
is your HDD constantly churning while its starting?
how much ram is fitted?
ACtheTROLL Mon 06/10/08 23:17
and are any of your scanners set to scan of startup?
tinaandliz Mon 06/10/08 23:25
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Raaaaaaa slow down u lot lol... how do i check wat my free space is ?
trish432 Tue 07/10/08 00:23
Just click my computer and point to the drive, it should tell you how many gb you have and how much free space.
missspeedy23 Tue 07/10/08 07:40
Go to start - computer - then look for the C drive - it should say for example 40% free then 33.8 free of 83.8 GB
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