PC Running Too Slow.

aliEnRIK

bootup in SAFE mode and try again (Keep pressing F8 at boot up)

asininity

I'd not recommend installing AVG 8 as that tends to slow things down. Have you stopped the ZA services? Just shut it down. If you want a HIBs like teatimer, winpatrol is good.

shaz77_2

aliEnRIK wrote: »

bootup in SAFE mode and try again (Keep pressing F8 at boot up)

Thanks, this seems to have worked, Zone Alarm has been successfully uninstalled; I have also went into the control panel and switched Windows firewall on as requested.

You indicated that I should switch Spybots teatimer off, what is this and how do I switch it off?

Thanks again.

aliEnRIK

Turn off Spybots 'TEA TIMER' mode ~
Open Spybot
Change Mode (Top) to ADVANCED
Select TOOLS then RESIDENT
UNTICK 'Resident TEA TIMER' (Leave 'SD Helper' TICKED)

tea timer stops certain registries from being changed which is good. But it can also stop legit programs from working (which is bad)

shaz77_2

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Turn off Spybots 'TEA TIMER' mode ~
Open Spybot
Change Mode (Top) to ADVANCED
Select TOOLS then RESIDENT
UNTICK 'Resident TEA TIMER' (Leave 'SD Helper' TICKED)

tea timer stops certain registries from being changed which is good. But it can also stop legit programs from working (which is bad)

That's that now done, thanks again.

System seems to be running marginally better, is there anything else I need to do to it?

aliEnRIK

What happens when you run firefix without addons? (theres a SAFE MODE exe for firefox in the firefox folder)

shaz77_2

aliEnRIK wrote: »

What happens when you run firefix without addons? (theres a SAFE MODE exe for firefox in the firefox folder)

Sorry I'm not sure what you mean by this, How can it be run without addons? I checked the firefox folder to no avail.

aliEnRIK

your program list (START ~ program list) should have both versions there to run