windows running slow

[adrian]

Hi,
I am currently using winXP, with PIII, 320MB RAM, and the OS has been
installed for less than 1 year, now it's running unacceptably slow.
I've tried everything I can, like defragment, disk clean up, run the McAfee
Quick clean, run the McAfee virus scan, and I am sure there's no spyware in
my computer since I got my McAfee installed.
I found some free stuff like RegClean on the internet, saying that it will
optimize the computer performance, does it really help?
What else I can do to speed it up? Thx.
Adrian

[R. McCarty]

Over time & use, a PC will get slower. In your case, it may be
the McAfee itself that is contributing to the problem. To answer
your question, RegCleaners do not improve the performance of
Windows XP. The list of things to do is quite extensive. Defrag &
Clean out caches are the primary ones. Some of the other big
offenders are Startups, Unnecessary Services, outdated drivers,
keeping every program ever installed.
One thing that will help, is to use a more comprehensive Defrag
program than the one included with Windows. I recommend a
product from Raxco, called Perfect Disk 2000 (Version 6.0)
They offer a 30-day, fully functional trial. If you download &
install "Read the Instructions". Perfect Disk requires a few simple
settings and both a Boot-Time and GUI based defrag on each
of your drives.
http://www.raxco.com


"adrian" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I am currently using winXP, with PIII, 320MB RAM, and the OS has been
> installed for less than 1 year, now it's running unacceptably slow.
> I've tried everything I can, like defragment, disk clean up, run the
McAfee
> Quick clean, run the McAfee virus scan, and I am sure there's no spyware
in
> my computer since I got my McAfee installed.
> I found some free stuff like RegClean on the internet, saying that it
will
> optimize the computer performance, does it really help?
> What else I can do to speed it up? Thx.
> Adrian
>
>

[Yves Leclerc]

McAfee may not catch ever spyware! I use Ad-Aware 6, Spybot and Norton
Anti-Virus 2004. Each catch a few spywares that the other do not!

Y.

"adrian" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I am currently using winXP, with PIII, 320MB RAM, and the OS has been
> installed for less than 1 year, now it's running unacceptably slow.
> I've tried everything I can, like defragment, disk clean up, run the
McAfee
> Quick clean, run the McAfee virus scan, and I am sure there's no spyware
in
> my computer since I got my McAfee installed.
> I found some free stuff like RegClean on the internet, saying that it
will
> optimize the computer performance, does it really help?
> What else I can do to speed it up? Thx.
> Adrian
>
>