boot up problem.....so slow

annie123

been happening for a few days now, have tried all the recommended virus scans, and now I'm out of ideas.

Its an old computer anyway but it takes 25 mins from turning on to load up and another 5 mins to get a web page to open, then a minute at least for each page to open after that. There is also several seconds delay for using the return key when typing.

If I right click on my hard drive icon, ask it to scan for problems on start up, then after reboot and scan it loads normally and works fine but only for that session.

Your ideas please, its driving me mad.

Thanks
Annie

gave up waiting for the spell checker, after 3 mins still not opened, so sorry if any spelling mistakes.

Money_Grabber13579

Press Ctrl + Alt + Del, go to performance and post up your PF (Page File) usage.

Also post up how much memory you have on your computer, available by right clicking on my computer and going into system information.

Then, what operating system do you have?

[Deleted User]

1. Uninstall all unnecessary programs from Control Panel then restart your computer.
2. Run Windows Update: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ then restart your computer.
3. Run CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com
4. Run an anti-virus scan: http://www.free-av.com/
5. Run an anti-spyware scan: http://www.superantispyware.com/
6, Run an anti-malware scan: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
7. Check the VRAM settings i.e.:

- Click Start, then open the Control Panel.
- Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Under Performance, click Settings.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Under Virtual memory, click Change.
- Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file (virtual memory) settings that you want to change. In almost every case, this will be your C: drive.
- Click to select the "System managed size" option, then click Set.
- Click OK three times and restart your computer.

8. Run a defrag: http://www.defraggler.com/
9. Investigate msconfig: http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/
10. Perform disk error checking: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

geek0

Do you have an up to date antivirus? if so have u tried starting up in safe mode before u scan for problems?

annie123

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

Press Ctrl + Alt + Del, go to performance and post up your PF (Page File) usage.

Also post up how much memory you have on your computer, available by right clicking on my computer and going into system information.

Then, what operating system do you have?

Page file usage, 208mb now I have rebooted after the scan, will do cold start up and get the same report when its slow, couldn't stand it any longer for now , and I use windows XP.
256 mb of ram with an amd athlon processor, all now 10 years old, but it was all working fine a few days ago!

annie123

geek0 wrote: »

Do you have an up to date antivirus? if so have u tried starting up in safe mode before u scan for problems?

I use avira (sp) as recommended on here.

And yes tried safe mode, boots every time with now problems

DCFC79

256mb isnt enough for xp imo, 512 or 1GB would be better

annie123

Deleted_User wrote: »

1. Uninstall all unnecessary programs from Control Panel then restart your computer.
2. Run Windows Update: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ then restart your computer.
3. Run CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com
4. Run an anti-virus scan: http://www.free-av.com/
5. Run an anti-spyware scan: http://www.superantispyware.com/
6, Run an anti-malware scan: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
7. Check the VRAM settings i.e.:

- Click Start, then open the Control Panel.
- Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Under Performance, click Settings.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Under Virtual memory, click Change.
- Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file (virtual memory) settings that you want to change. In almost every case, this will be your C: drive.
- Click to select the "System managed size" option, then click Set.
- Click OK three times and restart your computer.

8. Run a defrag: http://www.defraggler.com/
9. Investigate msconfig: http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/
10. Perform disk error checking: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

Off to work my way through this lot, back in a while!!

Money_Grabber13579

annie123 wrote: »

Page file usage, 208mb now I have rebooted after the scan, will do cold start up and get the same report when its slow, couldn't stand it any longer for now , and I use windows XP.
256 mb of ram with an amd athlon processor, all now 10 years old, but it was all working fine a few days ago!

Yeah you aren't to far away from maxing out your memory! Have you installed any programs in the past few days or updated anything? Even your antivirus program?

Money_Grabber13579

DCFC79 wrote: »

256mb isnt enough for xp imo, 512 or 1GB would be better

I've also got an XP computer with 256 MB RAM lying about and after installing Service Pack 2, it got really slow, and then Service Pack 3 slowed it down a little bit more. Never mind all the other updates!

macman

There may be other problems as well, but to keep a 10 year old PC running XP going for a few years yet you need to upgrade your RAM to at least 512MB.