deteriorating speed

[ML]

I have a 3 month old Dell 4550 (Pent. 4, 256 MB), with
Windows XP Prof. and it worked great for a while, but
has gotten slower, and slower and slower........I have
done all the diskclean, defrag stuff faithfully.... would
be grateful for ANY sugestions/advice....thanks

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Does this apply:
Some computers have issues with 811493 causing a slowdown, others do
not.
The issue seems to be a conflict with Windows Update 811493 and
antivirus applications.
Similar issues reported with McAfee, Norton, EZ Trust and possibly
others.
Uninstall 811493 from Control Panel Add/Remove Programs.
If a warning comes up about other applications, ignore it.
Uninstalling through Add/Remove Programs is far better than System
Restore to remove an application or fix.
Microsoft has stated they are working on the cause, so hopefully we
will get some definitive solution real soon.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=819634

Otherwise:
Run an updated virus scan.
Run Disk Cleanup checking all boxes except "Compress old files"
Run Defrag.
If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ (Update if you already have it)
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (Update if you already have it)

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"ML" > wrote in message
...
> I have a 3 month old Dell 4550 (Pent. 4, 256 MB), with
> Windows XP Prof. and it worked great for a while, but
> has gotten slower, and slower and slower........I have
> done all the diskclean, defrag stuff faithfully.... would
> be grateful for ANY sugestions/advice....thanks