[cybertech]

I don't think deleting those will make any difference but you could try.

Yes I would format and reload.

[karlmd]

I guess I don't know or understand the difference between the "No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option" and what you refer to as the "full format and reload". I went to the other thread you suggested, and followed the link http://www.windowsreinstall.com/. I am not choosing the "To Repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R." I am starting off by following the instruction "To set up Windows XP now, press Enter".

However, while the site refers to a reinstall as a "Repair", those instructions mimic exactly the steps I already followed. So I am guessing I need to follow a different set of instructions to do a "full format and reload". Do I need to post a new message on the Windows XP forum to get assistance with this?

[cybertech]

You can post in the XP forum if you want but indeed it does sound like you started from scratch.
When I say format and reload what I mean is put the CD in and set up XP just as you described. If you get the option to format the drive I would do that too.

[karlmd]

I went through the whole thing twice and didn't see anything about an option to format the drive, so I don't think I had the opportunity to do that. Unlike the first time I did it, this last time it completed successfully all the way to the end (desktop came up after rebooting and it finished copying some files from one directory to another). I still don't think things are quite right. It made an improvement in that I can actually use my profile again, but it is still inconsistent and slow. Any other ideas for anything I could do?

One other idea I had was to switch from McAfee to a different antivirus software. It seems like McAfee really drags the performance down. I temporarily stopped it from running on startup and things seemed to move along a lot more smoothly. (Obviously NOT a good idea to make it a standard practice and have no antivirus running!)

[cybertech]

Load AVG it's free.

[karlmd]

I downloaded the application and ran it. Although there were "zero" infections, the warning count was 62. I assume that I should have the program remove/fix these objects, but I thought I would check with you first. Log file is attached - let me know if I should eliminate everything in the list.

[cybertech]

Yes, you should have AVG fix or remove the objects.

[karlmd]

I wanted to wait a couple days and login a couple different times to make sure that the improved performance was not a fluke. The AVG fixes appear to be legit - performance is back to what I would consider normal (or even good). I am able to open applications and connect to the internet and complete all functions normally and there is no slowdown or performance degredation.
So I think I am good. I will close the thread and make my donation unless there are any other cleanup utilities you think I should try.
Thanks!

[cybertech]

You should be good to go.

[karlmd]

Ok excellent. Thanks again for your assistance!

[cybertech]

My pleasure!