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Old 17-06-2008, 08:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hii friends.

I have a PC with the following configuration:

Windows XP Professional (5.1.2600) Service Pack 2
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60 Ghz
L2 cache: 32 KB
memory: 1016 MB

Recently, it has been working at a very sluggish speed and hangs very often. Often, as soon as I start up, the desktop items do not respond until I restart.

Sometimes, I need to restart my PC a number of times before I can do any work.


My startup items include:

H/PC Connection Agent (For connection to internet)
ctfmon.exe
PC Tools Firewall
AVG Antivirus
Diskeeper Defragmenter
Threatfire


I tried using the following tools to improve my PC performance but all in vain:

Ccleaner
Windows Care
Eusing Registry Cleaner
Glary Utilities
TuneUp Utilities 2008


Since I am not an expert when it comes to computing, I though of posting it here so that I can know how to solve my problem.
Any help will by greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance !
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Old 17-06-2008, 08:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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there can be a lot of reason for slow down...

one option is to create a new user account from cpanel and move all your desktop/mydocuments to your new account, delete the older one.

I have tried this shortcut in some systems and found the system to be more responsive and faster(sometimes almost as same as new installation)
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Old 17-06-2008, 08:45 PM   #3 (permalink)
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^^^ I use only 1 account (the administrator account)

So, even if I create a new one, I won't be able to delete the older one as the admin account can't be deleted.
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no issue...create a new user account just dump the older one..normally administrator wont be noticable @ login..else use TweakUI Power Toy for Windows XP to hide the admin account.
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^^^ Thanks.

I'll do that if I don't find any way to get rid of my problems.

For now, I am looking for some effective way to fix all my problems in the same account itself.
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Old 17-06-2008, 10:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
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In task manager, check which process is consuming too many resources

Try uninstalling a few things, software.

Keep only one antivirus AVG or threatfire, the two will not work well together (may be thats the reason of sluggishness !!)

U know what, sometimes upgrading Windows does the trick. ( takes time, but works)
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^^^ Thanks.

I'll do that if I don't find any way to get rid of my problems.

For now, I am looking for some effective way to fix all my problems in the same account itself.
over a period of time windows os becomes incompetent and hostile
but trust me this is the shortest and effective way for resolve this.

before I used to run similar softwares for registry cleaning, defragment, startup removal, and so on...the difference these tricks would help anyone is negligible(in most cases).

and yes give a try..you gonna lose nothing even if its not going to work.
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