Originally Posted by holograph

seriously, you probably have alot of stuff loaded in while while trying to complete a simple tasks.
-i would recomend uninstall all the stuff you never use, i see this very often.
-remove from sturt up all the junk, including weather bug - you still dont get out much.
- some programs requere twiking their preferences or options so they would not load automatically. do that.
- if you're using XP with SP2, install MS anti-spyware, its good.
- btw sometimes norton adn mcafee slows system down, and its pain to get rid of them. ;) btw if norton or mcaffee get infected only format helps.
- after removing all the crap you dont need, run defrag on all your hard-drives. while doing defrag make sure you dont use the computer.
- get more ram