XP Startup- tooooo long!!!

Hi Folks

Can anyone help me with my son's PC please... it simply takes an age to startup. It's running XP Home Edition and is a P4 1.7GHz with 256Meg and a 40G drive.

I know he regularly downloads screensavers etc, and Ihave also noticed Gator appearing often which I remove with the heldp of Adaware.

Another thing about Adaware - I can run it scanning the memory and full registry scan, but when I set it off scanning the C: drive, the prog freezes.

Any help would be most appreciated...

Thanks

John (for Lloyd - my boy!!!)

 

Ditch AdAware, since it's no longer being updated. Get SpyBot, which is still actively being updated.

 

Hi johnwill

Thanks - I will do that! - since when has the plug been pulled from Adaware ??

John

 

since they decided to pour all their effort into adaware 6......5 is now obsolete..........6 is out in feb,hopefully it will assist spybot.....which is now king of the hill