stranglehold
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This problem has always been present since the day I hooked everything up.
The pc is a Dell Dimension 2400 P4 2.66Ghz with 128 meg ram. I got the system new from a ebay re-seller and I suspect that might be the source of my problem.
I run and always have, zone alarm to keep most of the spyware off of the pc. I also use Norton AntiVirus. I also periodically update and run AdAware 6 and Search and Destroy 1.2.
The slowness is on nearly every action. Minimize and maximize, open, control panel - everything. For example, I just clicked on Start and then Internet. It took nearly 10 seconds before I had control again and could click on "stop" for example. Switching between open programs usually takes a second or two, and sometimes as many a 7 or 8. Control panel takes 9 or 10 seconds most of the time).
I would estimate that the pc I use at work(400Mhz Dell Dimention) is 3x as fast as this one. The major difference is that I am running Win98 on the older one and this one is running XP. Memory is comperable.
Short of throwing away WinXP and using Win98, or just doing a new install of WinXP, what can I do to locate and fix this?
I have put up with this for nearly 6 months and have finally reached my limit.
Any help is appreciated.
The pc is a Dell Dimension 2400 P4 2.66Ghz with 128 meg ram. I got the system new from a ebay re-seller and I suspect that might be the source of my problem.
I run and always have, zone alarm to keep most of the spyware off of the pc. I also use Norton AntiVirus. I also periodically update and run AdAware 6 and Search and Destroy 1.2.
The slowness is on nearly every action. Minimize and maximize, open, control panel - everything. For example, I just clicked on Start and then Internet. It took nearly 10 seconds before I had control again and could click on "stop" for example. Switching between open programs usually takes a second or two, and sometimes as many a 7 or 8. Control panel takes 9 or 10 seconds most of the time).
I would estimate that the pc I use at work(400Mhz Dell Dimention) is 3x as fast as this one. The major difference is that I am running Win98 on the older one and this one is running XP. Memory is comperable.
Short of throwing away WinXP and using Win98, or just doing a new install of WinXP, what can I do to locate and fix this?
I have put up with this for nearly 6 months and have finally reached my limit.
Any help is appreciated.