PSR8000

My computer's been really playing up lately. When the windows XP screen appears when loading Windows, it takes, up to 5 minutes sometimes before it has loaded to the desktop screen. Then it takes an ion to load everything else, and the computer is generally slow at everything.
I have nothing that is running in the background that is slowing it down, also I don't have many things in my startup tray. Also done virus check, spyware, etc Then defragged my harddrive. Also updated drivers etc...

I think it could be a motherboard or CPU problem, but don't wanna upgrade until im sure.

Can anybody tell me what the problem could be? Would really appreciate it

Many thanks

PSR

holyjunk

hell is slow???? ok...... and you might want to do a registry clean. Here is a good, free link to one
-http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4191.html

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bigdogz4u2

Or you can try "System Mechanic"...

You can Download a 30-day Trial Version by clicking below link,

http://www.iolo.com/sm/6pro/index.cfm

It very effective and checks everything on your computer to ensure that your computer is problem free.

Arm_Pit3

Start run msconfig Startup,/Services(hide all microsoft)

Shady

why hide ALL microsoft services ?

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PSR8000

thanks for your help guys, i'll use all the programmes mentioned! I'll write back to tell of the results
Cheers

PSR

holyjunk

Because then you can't check off anything that needs checked to run your computer. And Pc eye I use reg cleaner too and ya it is good too.

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pentium 4 1.5GHz
512mb pc133
19inch crt monitor
Radeon 9200se
X-Fi Extreme Music
LOGITECH Z-5300E!!
*family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

PC eye

Most of the MS background services like svghost.exe, services.exe, winlogon, and others including explorer have to remain running or the system would stall. The idea of hiding those items is to prevent accidentially disabling the essential services when going to troubleshoot installed programs. Running a good registry cleaner every once in awhile also helps in cleaning out useless entries in the registry that can effect overall system performance.

PC eye

I think the one you are referring to is the RegCleaner if I am correct as well as other freeware and shareware utilities. http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads15.html
System slowdowns can also be attributed to an overheating problem. Some free monitoring programs like SpeedFan can be a help in alerting you when temps are climbing or voltages are incorrect. http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
Have you updated the bios at all?

holyjunk

no ccleaner was the one

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pentium 4 1.5GHz
512mb pc133
19inch crt monitor
Radeon 9200se
X-Fi Extreme Music
LOGITECH Z-5300E!!
*family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.