Slow when running some Windows applications 1

[Comp2008]

My computer is very slow when some Windows applications are running. I defragmented and fixed bad sectors of the C: drive, I deleted open and running applications through regedit, I removed all the unnecessary programs, cookies, temp files, scanned and fix antivirus. It is slow only with Windows applications, especially with Microsoft Word and Excel. Other applications and Internet browsers run with a reasonable speed. Do you know anything else that I can do?
Thank you in advance.
plaguna

 

[xlhelp]

Have you checked to see if you have any disconnected drives?

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[Comp2008]

Yes I have. All the drives are connected.
By the way, the computer's specifications are:

Dell Optiplex GX280
Windows XP Pro version 2002
Service Pack 2
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
2.99 GHz 0.99 GB RAM
Microsoft Office 2007

Also, I have another computer with the same specifications and It doesn’t have this problem

Conp2008

 

[xlhelp]

There could be al lot of things that slow down the computer. Since only office is subjected to the slow down, a good idea would be to check if there are any add-ons; such as adobe pdf maker. That has been known to cause grief, to put it mildly.

If you are running an Anti-virus program, it could be making sure your file is virus free. Especially if it's Norton, then you need to disable the office plug-in.

Do a search in this forum for "DDE message". There are posts that explain correct settings for file types.

If those are not the causes then you might want to EnableShellDataCaching. You can search for that term on a search engine. A word of [red]caution[/red] though; if you don't know what you are doing, I wouldn't touch the registry.



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[Comp2008]

Great information. I’ll follow your advice.
Thank you.

comp2008