after reading about slow computers, i decided that my computer had slowed down considerably for no real reason. i have 22 gig on a 500 gig HD, a quad core processor with 3 meg of ram, etc.
when i had a mess on the last machine, i ran TuneUp, and it repaired a number of problems. so i did a full copy to an external, downloaded TuneUp, and ran it. it found a number of nuisance/background programs to remove, fixed a little of this and that, and probably increased the speed of page loading in FireFox 3 fold or 4 fold. big difference. CAVEAT: i had run a similar program a couple years ago. it found some 200 errors in my registry. after i cleaned them all out, the machine would not boot, and could not be repaired. i had to reload XP, programs, and data. http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/ i am not affiliated with tuneup. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************