Based on what you've told us so far, it could be many different things. "She's done a safeboot" does not explain anything. It's what you do after a safe mode boot that counts. Is the system still slow in safe mode? Has she scanned with all of the antivirus and antispyware programs in safe mode?
The Performance and Processes tab of Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) are your friends. Look for low amounts of Available Physical Memory, or large numbers for Commit Charge Total. Look for Processes using high percentages of CPU. Does the hard drive light stay turned on continuously (or nearly so) while the system is being slow? If so check in Event Viewer under System for errors. A failing hard disk could cause the behavior you describe. I've got Itunes installed but never use it. I'll have to try uninstalling and see what happens. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Macklin Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Computer running slow My friend's wife Dell Celleron 2.4 Ghz has been running very slow lately. For example, she tried bringing up the calculater a few minutes ago by clicking Start - Run - and typing calc. Took 50 seconds. Everything else running slow as well though. She's done a safeboot. She runs 3 or 4 different spypware removal programs daily and AVG anti-virus. Uninstalled programs not used, and even one she does (iTunes for her iPod) because that was causing more problems than anything else. She didn't have to reinstall iTunes though. She deleted the download, deleted the directories, and even did a search looking in hidden and system folders to look for iTunes and deleted them. It re-installed it's self on reboot. Oh well, she did want it back. Just wanted to uninstall to see if iTunes was the problem. She doesn't want to put a lot of time into fixing it because she's getting a new one in a month or 2 (not Dell or Gateway, something nice and upgradable) but I'm getting it after she transfers what she wants to keep. :) Any ideas what might be wrong? -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
