pc... slow

[angelbabe]

Originally posted by Curio
Thanks for the replies Angelbabe & Joan. I also have Norton anti-virus. Isn't Norton supposed to pick up any problems? I update every week.
I always try to "maintain" my pc as best as I can.
Am always willing to learn more though.

Hi curio

this is a very usefull thing to see exactly what is on your pc

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html When you download it, it scans your pc and gives you all the details of what hardware, software programmes you have on your pc. When you have downloaded it and it has scanned your pc, save a copy and send it to me as an atachment. I will pm you my addy.

Here is also a link to a site that explains everything u need or may not need to run. It is an alphabetical list.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_...sklist.htm

Then there is also programmes that load when you start you pc. a lot of them are not essential. go to start, then run...type in msconfig, press ok. this takes you to configuration utility and you will see a few tabs. select start up and there is a list of all the programmes that are starting at boot up. there are boxes with ticks in them. deselect anything you dont want to start at bootup. By unticking any of these will not break anything....it just stops all these programmes from starting when u switch your pc on. you will have to restart the pc when you have unticked everything.