[iceberg]

My Dell Laptop with Windows XP Professional seems to take about 10 minutes to startup and another 10 when I shut down. I suspect that it is Spyware (or whatever) that is causing it to slow down. I'm thinking about re-formatting the C: drive and reloading the poker stuff.

Anyone else's computer slowing down?
Does spyware affect WiFi performance?
Any recommendations?

I've been putting off any downtime 'cause I like to play so much.

[hayden1009]

I would wipe the hard drive and reload as if its day one and see if that speeds things up....and be more careful what you download ...

[sensei24]

That's a good ideea.
I have the same problem as iceberg.
I never thought of reload it as it is day one.

[amb5565]

You might try to run a Clean Up program on it. I don't have a laptop with Windows XP Pro on it but our computers at work are all Windows XP Pro networked and we have a program called Clean Up! that gets rid of all the junk cached files. I never knew they kept so many!!! It gets rid of all the junk and it really speeds things up. You might try this before clearing everything and starting over.

[Texas72]

Clean up is good, also try a program called HiJack this -
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3...-10227353.html

You run it and it creates a log file, which you then post to a forum (such as http://www.pcguide.com/vb/) where people who know what they're doing will review the log and tell you what to kill.

I've done this several times and it's always helped.

[iceberg]

Hey thanks for the info guys. I did try the Cleanup program and it is under Start>AllPrograms>Accessories>SystemTools>DiskClea nUp. It has seems to have helped. I'll try that Hijack This after the League is done.

[Yearbookpoker]

I am a computer geek and hate virus programs and spyware programs...technically because they are viruses themselves. I also don't need them because I can take the infections off myself. As for you slowing up if you have windows update still on I would suggest turning it off. That checks for updates all day long and slows your processor down a lot. I hate windows update so much I deleted the registry key for it. LOL, bye bye.

[ILLINI1A]

Originally Posted by Yearbookpoker

I am a computer geek and hate virus programs and spyware programs...technically because they are viruses themselves. I also don't need them because I can take the infections off myself. As for you slowing up if you have windows update still on I would suggest turning it off. That checks for updates all day long and slows your processor down a lot. I hate windows update so much I deleted the registry key for it. LOL, bye bye.

Thanks for the advice...I use a Dell Laptop everyday, and was having the same problems as Iceberg, so I turned Windows Update off and it instantly sped it up...I am still also thinking about cleaning off the C drive, but Norton hasnt found any Virus's and also I used Ad-Aware quite often...But we will see how things go...

Again...thanks for the advise...even if you are a Stinkin Astros Fan...LOL

Ernie

[iceberg]

Another way to speed up the time is to increase the memory. My Dell came with the 256, which I swapped with a 512 and now it runs much faster. Price was only $60. Cheap considering a new laptop would cost about $1K.

[godlikev]

i had that problems to...even on my 3000+ 1gb ram amd..but i found a great anti-virus/spywear..and now i don;t have problems.. the site 9is www.grisoft.com ...now i don;t have problems anymore( i hope guru will not be upset for postig a site)...and if she/he is...erase my post...
oh and the soft is free to.