Re: OT (re my wife's XP has become painfully slow)

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Author: Michael
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Subject: Re: OT (re my wife's XP has become painfully slow)
Have you tried ctrl+alt+del | Task Manager | Processes and see what is
using all the memory and CPU ?? I would start here. I to ran XP with
Norton (never a glitch!) and T-bird | Firebird and NEVER had an issue. I
would start with virus scan, spyware scan (search google), kill processes!!

Art wrote:

>--- Anthony Boynes <> wrote:
>
>
>>--- Josef Lowder <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Sorry to bother y'all with this question, but I wondered if any
>>>of you nice folks could offer suggestions to remedy this severe
>>>slowdown. Might defrag or killing off some temp files help?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I would recommend ditching Norton Anti-virus. It used to be good but
>>in
>>recent years has become bloated and a source numerous problem in
>>itself -
>>in my opinion. Personally I now like F-Prot when it comes to a
>>Windows
>>virus scanner. Trend Micro is another good choice.
>>
>>
>Hi Anthony,
>
>I have an NIS sub. Are you suggesting I go with F-Prot? If so,
>would it be cheaper than my current sub of $39.9 for my annual
>subscription? If so, what assurance do I have that I will not
>be compromising my network security?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Art
>
>
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