brucemillar
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Hi
My trusty Dell Dimension Win XP SP3 runs so slowly it is becoming useless.
It uses up max CPU on nearly every program you start and I can't see why.
I have run Malaware Bytes - No faults found
CCleaner - all good
I have also run MS Security essentials - No fault found.
De-fragged the disc
Removed ALL games.
I have used Revo uninstaller to remove all unwanted programs and have reduced the Startup files to almost zero with no obvious CPU grabbers left.
It boots fine and goes into the user account fine. Then you try and start a program (lets say Thunderbird) CPY immediately shoots up and it can take up to 2/3 minutes to start. If you look in task manager it shows no unusual process.
Any clues. It used to be a great box. Old but good enough for email and browsing.
My trusty Dell Dimension Win XP SP3 runs so slowly it is becoming useless.
It uses up max CPU on nearly every program you start and I can't see why.
I have run Malaware Bytes - No faults found
CCleaner - all good
I have also run MS Security essentials - No fault found.
De-fragged the disc
Removed ALL games.
I have used Revo uninstaller to remove all unwanted programs and have reduced the Startup files to almost zero with no obvious CPU grabbers left.
It boots fine and goes into the user account fine. Then you try and start a program (lets say Thunderbird) CPY immediately shoots up and it can take up to 2/3 minutes to start. If you look in task manager it shows no unusual process.
Any clues. It used to be a great box. Old but good enough for email and browsing.