Need some help

[Raddog1645]

Im not sure if this question should go here or hardware but here goes.

Recent my puter has started taking a noticeable amount of time between opening and closing applications, listening to music, checking email etc etc. I have scan disk and defrag with in the last month or so. I have current definitions for my virus software and ran the system about two weeks ago and was clean. What should I do or check now??? Could the hard drive be starting to go???

OS XP Thanks R.
AMD 1800+
MSI K7T Turbo
768 megs DDR
G4 ti 4200
WD 7200rpm 40 gig

 

[linney]

Try disabling any unrequired services that are running in background.

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease (Q310419)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q310/4/19.asp

HOW TO: Set Performance Options (Q308417)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q308/4/17.asp

Why it takes years to display right-click drop down menu?
thread779-277803

Some freeware or free trial programs you can play with to see if they help.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml

RegVac from

http://www.superwin.com

Spybot

http://security.kolla.de/

Ad-aware

http://www.lavasoft.nu

The last two will check your computer for spyware and adware.

 

[Raddog1645]

I will check this stuff out..thanks alot

 

[bullhlms]

Linney, and Raddog1645, You might want to take a look here for comments on registry cleaners:thread779-423151.

 

[linney]

Any use of any Registry cleaner is always risky and requires careful use and plenty of backups just incase.