Hi all,
My Dell XPS 410, running WinXP, has a problem (or at least an annoyance) which seems to be getting worse. Very often -- maybe even most of the time lately -- half or more of my system tray icons fail to appear, even though the programs are running. It's very inconsistent, sometimes it's fine, at worst only 2 or 3 of the expected dozen or so make it. And the whole startup program-loading is really bogging down.
I know that it's software related of course, as all is fine when I boot up to my back-up WinXP OS on another partition. But *where* is the glitch??
I scan constantly for viruses, trojans, spyware and all, and also keep the registry clean and defragged.
It would be great if any of you might have some ideas for things I should look for, as any day now I'm going to decide to just bite the bullet and do a clean re-install of Windows. Everything's backed up, of course, but it will take days to re-install all the programs and configure everything again.
I'd be so grateful for any suggestions any of you could pass by me.
Cheers,
papilio
My Dell XPS 410, running WinXP, has a problem (or at least an annoyance) which seems to be getting worse. Very often -- maybe even most of the time lately -- half or more of my system tray icons fail to appear, even though the programs are running. It's very inconsistent, sometimes it's fine, at worst only 2 or 3 of the expected dozen or so make it. And the whole startup program-loading is really bogging down.
I know that it's software related of course, as all is fine when I boot up to my back-up WinXP OS on another partition. But *where* is the glitch??
I scan constantly for viruses, trojans, spyware and all, and also keep the registry clean and defragged.
It would be great if any of you might have some ideas for things I should look for, as any day now I'm going to decide to just bite the bullet and do a clean re-install of Windows. Everything's backed up, of course, but it will take days to re-install all the programs and configure everything again.
I'd be so grateful for any suggestions any of you could pass by me.
Cheers,
papilio