win. slow slow cant do anything!!

[ault73]

Hello i am using win 2000 & it is running very very slow, it has taken 30 min. just to boot up I am trying to uninstall the printer that I had installed before it stared acting this way,. & it is taking ,me forever *& I get an error. any Ideas as to what this might be?? bad mem. stick?

 

[zmaster]

Definitely uninstall the printer you've installed. Then reboot. If it takes forever to load up again. Download and install these programs. Ad-aware and spybot.

Spybot
Ad-aware

Run these programs. Run a defrag. And then reboot again. Then see how its performing. Post back with how you go.