reformat time again?

[tvdang7]

hi i just reformated like 4 months ago. and it seems like i need another. my start up is very slow. i dont have any thing really that starts up. Just Xfire and wireless card and yet it still takes a while after entering the desktop on start up. did msconfig and mostly everything off.

but is it just me or do we need to reformat almost every 6 months (or more stuff installled) to get it faster on start up. i have many of the new games and defrag and disk clean up when ever i have a chance.

i REALLY like the fast boot of a freshly installed XP anyone else?

 

[DonDon]

Sounds like you mike be picking up some adware on the net. I have not had to reinstall Windoz for slow performance in some time now. But I aggressively clean my startup with Hijack This.

It will list everything that is running during startup. It takes a bit of research the first time through to identify all of the items, and to sort the good from the bad, but it works. If you have a question about a particular line, just type the name of the file or service or whatever into google and you can usually get an idea what it is. Or post it here and I can try to give you some guidance. Basically, if I can't id it, it goes bye bye.

If you want something more automagic, you can always do the old standbyes, Adaware, Spybot, and AVG Antivirus. All free, and they get decent reviews.

But just remember, EVERY program you choose to install to your system will slow down the startup forever after. Even uninstalling them can leave behind extraneous junk. There is no way around it other than buying a newer faster system periodically.

Don