my computer is fairly new, and has more memory than i'll eer need {340GB in total over 2 hard drive - second {40gb} is for music and so nothing to do with the runnong of my pc - and my 300gb hard drive i have only used 13 gb!}

i am running XP home edition
serivce pack to - up to date
i have norton installed along with norton go back {which i know slows down a pc but not this much as it has just started!}

my pc used to run fine, even when running programs like norton, nero, P2P etc etc...

but now when i  run, windows media player, WLM BETA
my pc will freeze up and runes VERRRRYYY SLOOOWWWW

it even causes my media player to "skip" when playing songs
my internet browser {firefox or IE} runs slow when i am loading a page
but all of this never used to happen

hope you know what is wrong...and il post a screenshot of my taskmanager proces list if needed.

cheers!

Ok, RAM and the processor matter more in this aspect then the HD's...But since it's fairly new, i guess it has a minimum of 512 Mb of ram and a processor >= 2Ghz..
Try making spyware scans and virus scans... Plus uninstall all the useless stuff you have..

Oh and, the wlm beta is quite laggy.. it eats lots of ram .. (at least for me..) try no to use betas, but stable reliable programs..

do a Spyware/Adware scan

and check the program that loads on start up

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my computer is fairly new, and has more memory than i'll eer need {340GB in total over 2 hard drive - second {40gb} is for music and so nothing to do with the runnong of my pc - and my 300gb hard drive i have only used 13 gb!}

i am running XP home edition
serivce pack to - up to date
i have norton installed along with norton go back {which i know slows down a pc but not this much as it has just started!}

my pc used to run fine, even when running programs like norton, nero, P2P etc etc...

but now when i  run, windows media player, WLM BETA
my pc will freeze up and runes VERRRRYYY SLOOOWWWW

it even causes my media player to "skip" when playing songs
my internet browser {firefox or IE} runs slow when i am loading a page
but all of this never used to happen
and loading aplications takes ages
annnd switching aps. takes a long time - like re-opening my media player to skip tracks and then going back to my WLM convo

hope you know what is wrong...and il post a screenshot of my taskmanager proces list if needed.

cheers!

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Plus uninstall all the useless stuff you have..

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do a Spyware/Adware scan

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and check the program that loads on start up

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you may want to try this http://www.magictweak.com/magicut.htm Smilie

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how do you mean?

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look at this picture, Magic Utilities manages the programs that loads at windows start up



they maybe a program (spy, or adware) loading with your windows, you can stop it from load

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type 'msconfig' in the run dialog, select startup and look at the stuff that loads on startup, sometimes it can be full of crap that slows your computer from the moment it turns on

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type 'msconfig' in the run dialog, select startup and look at the stuff that loads on startup, sometimes it can be full of crap that slows your computer from the moment it turns on

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how do i know if they shouldnt or dont need to start up?

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normally you just need the Antivirus to get loaded, that's what i do just the antivirus to make the startup faster

BEWARE!! that sometimes doesnt work! with my older system my computer became dependant upon a few programs upon strtup and when i rebooted doing that it messed up the disk, and all of the data on it, id recommend keeping the very base ones running just to make sure

you may want to try this http://www.magictweak.com/magicut.htm

i considered formatting it to eliminate and un-necassary files on startup
but thats much to much hassle really and i CBA!
i usually stop things starting up with my PC

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i considered formatting it to eliminate and un-necassary files on startup
but thats much to much hassle really and i CBA!
i usually stop things starting up with my PC

BUT!!!

[align=left]the problem isnt when starting up
it seems to be later

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Smilie have you checked your system heating/cooling?? it might be some form of overheating....

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Smilie have you checked your system heating/cooling?? it might be some form of overheating....

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dont think it is i have 2 8 cm fans in the case and a SILENT PURE POWER psu fan, {which is FAR from silent }

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overheating wouldnt really cuase the pc to run slow. it would make the pc swithc off/restart in most cases
open the task manager (CTRL + ALT + DEL) and see what processes take up the most CPU Usage and the Most Memory and post them on here
or even better take a screenie of your current processes

ok..
here they are ...


and....

As you can see, Windows Live Messenger is taking up alot of your RAM. Try closing it and see if it runs any faster. It should do.

Also, how much RAM do you have? Right click My Computer > Properties and it should say 'X MB amount of RAM'

Hi.

How about downloading TuneUp Utilities trial version. it helps to really get rid of junk and change a few settings and did speed up my computer.

http://www.tune-up.com/download/tu2006/

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Also, how much RAM do you have?

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Might be a stupid question, but, do you have WindowBlinds5 installed on that computer?

A more stupid question is, what is WindowBlinds5?

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what is WindowBlinds?

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A more stupid question is, what is WindowBlinds5?

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I'm sure he would of noticed if he started using WindowsBlinds5 and then suddenly went slow.

I think it's down to WLM.

as far as i know i dont have windows blinds

i know WLM is sloooowww because emoticons dont load well when sending
and popening the emoticon has crashed it many times
but WLM is always running yet my PC isnt always slow...just most of the time, usually after a bit of running time

Sounds like you have a virus/viruses.  You have tons of processes running.  You need to control+alt+delete off the wahzoo.  If the scans are taking forever boot into safemode and then run the virus software.  That is all I can really think of.

To find the culprint (instead of doing all sort of measerements without knowing what the real cause it), as soon as your PC starts to run slowly take note of all the programs which are currently visible on your taskbar....

Second, press CTRL-ALT-DEL to go to the task manager and open the processes tab (this might take a while, but wait for it!).

Then look at what process is taking all the CPU time (it would be the one with the highest number in that CPU column, appart from "System Idle processes"). You can sort the column by clicking on the header instead of scrolling thru the list. If possible, also take a screenshot...

After that, close the process in question by right clicking on it and choosing "Kill process tree".

And tell us what process it was and post the screenshot you've saved.

PS1: when saving the screenshot, save it as a GIF? JPG or PNG, not as a BMP!

PS2: But indeed, you have a hell of a lot processes, which, I bet, you don't need half of them...

PS3: I see you're running Windows Media Player all the time? If it got corrupted it sometimes freezes up your whole computer, just like you described.