My Computer takes 4 ever to load

[kcksteve]

like the title jus wondering why whenever i click my computer it takes about a minute for everything to come up, i have defraged run spyware/antivirus yet still messed up.
Specs:
Laptop Dell Inspiron 1501 (should have never bought it)
1.6ghz Turion X2
2gb of Ram
5400 rpm 120gb HDD
Windows XP

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by kcksteve

like the title jus wondering why whenever i click my computer it takes about a minute for everything to come up, i have defraged run spyware/antivirus yet still messed up.
Specs:
Laptop Dell Inspiron 1501 (should have never bought it)
1.6ghz Turion X2
2gb of Ram
5400 rpm 120gb HDD
Windows XP

What AntiVirus? What SpyWare Cleaner?

Grab HiJackThis 2.0 and post the scan log here.

[Supergrover]

How old is the install of XP?
#1 reason I format often is xp's registry gets bloated after awhile.
You could be having a driver problem at bootup, have you logged when you bootup?
I used to use bootvis to check what was booting.

[kcksteve]

C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0\Adobe Premiere Pro.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\steve\LOCALS~1\Temp\Adobelm_Cleanup.00 01
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = Windows X’s Shrine
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {140BD8E3-C167-11D4-B4A3-080000180323} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {A6984C00-C6EB-11D4-B4A4-080000180323} - C:\PROGRA~1\Rapidown\rapi310.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Broadcom Wireless Manager UI] C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLTRAY.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LClock] C:\Program Files\LClock\LClock.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [USB2Check] RUNDLL32.EXE "C:\WINDOWS\system32\PCLECoInst.dll",CheckUSBController
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [amd_dc_opt] C:\Program Files\AMD\Dual-Core Optimizer\amd_dc_opt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StartCCC] C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SigmatelSysTrayApp] stsystra.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [BgMonitor_{79662E04-7C6C-4d9f-84C7-88D8A56B10AA}] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\lib\NMBgMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'Default user')
O8 - Extra context menu item: Baixar com o Rapidown... - C:\Program Files\Rapidown\rapidownGet.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Baixar tudo com o Rapidown... - C:\Program Files\Rapidown\rapidownGetAll.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download Using &BitSpirit - C:\Program Files\BitSpirit\bsurl.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Rapidown - {57E91B47-F40A-11D1-B792-444553540011} - C:\Program Files\Rapidown\rapidown.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Rapidown - {57E91B47-F40A-11D1-B792-444553540011} - C:\Program Files\Rapidown\rapidown.exe
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {20A60F0D-9AFA-4515-A0FD-83BD84642501} (Checkers Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary...r.cab56986.cab
O16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary...t.cab56907.cab
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: Autodesk Licensing Service - Autodesk - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762# # (Bonjour Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Firebird Server - MAGIX Instance (FirebirdServerMAGIXInstance) - MAGIX® - C:\Program Files\MAGIX\Common\Database\bin\fbserver.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: mental ray 3.5 Satellite (32-bit) (mi-raysat_3dsmax9_32) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\mentalray\satellite\raysat_3dsmax9_32server.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - CACE Technologies - C:\Program Files\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe
O23 - Service: StarWind iSCSI Service (StarWindService) - Rocket Division Software - C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exe
O23 - Service: Dell Wireless WLAN Tray Service (wltrysvc) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE

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my xp installation is about 2 months old, i am using spybot s&d and AVG

[jdrom17]

It's Dell. Reformat that clean. It's probably full of Dell bloatware.

Could try running CCleaner along with it's registry cleanup too. It's free.

[kcksteve]

yah it came with vista so i formated it rite away and put fresh xp on it so yah all dell crap is gone

[Mysteryous]

If you want to speed up your computer, use this. It worked for me.

You dont necessarily have to reinstall XP periodically.

Also try AdAware and AVG Antivirus 7.5.
Paired with a router with a well trained firewall (like mine) and you got yourself a fortress. So far I have been threat free for over 6 months on the same install of XP.

Good luck.

[kcksteve]

i am running avg and spybot s&d and affter running them and finding a few problems (spyware) i still get the problem. ps Mysteryous it when i try and view "My Computer" that i get the slow down

[Robscix]

There is a bit of a trick, well actually a setting. open "My Computer", click "Tool" -> "Folder Options" -click the "View" pane. Now, at the top it says "automatically search for network folders and printers" -> Uncheck this.

It does help shave about a second or two off the "My Computer" load time.

let me know if it helps.

[Shadowmeph]

when you look in task manager how many programs are running? myself I very rarely have more then 21 programs running at one time unless I am gaming online thats when I cut it back to 15-16 things running. you most likely have allot of crap running in the background