I did it, rebooted and reactivated Windows XP. Windows explorer and defrag
still does not work!

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Go to STARTRUN and then enter 'sfc /scannow' without quotes and be sure to
put a space before the /. After the reboot see what you have and post back.
That should fix the programs like defrag and any other system files that are
corrupted. Then we can proceed to troubleshoot the slowdown if it remains.

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"Leiloucan" wrote in message
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Defrag does not work either

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Be sure to defragment your hard drive. You should keep an eye on it for
fragmentation anyway.

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"Leiloucan" wrote in message
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February 20 I begin to notice that my Dell Dimension 8200 took longer
to
start. I tried to open Windows explorer but it took 30 minutes to show
the
files (My computer does the same). Internet explorer works fine as most
other
programs. I suspected a virus or adware. I have Norton AV 2005 active
in
auto
update mode. I tried spybot but the software did not work. I think of a
harware failure and run checkdisk with all otions on. No errors founds.

I tried a system restore to the previous friday. no luck.

I did:
Disable System Restore
in safe mode run scan with Mwav (all options scan)
in safe mode run scan with Ad-AwareSE (use full system scan)
in safe mode run scan with SpySweeper
Enable system restore

A few adware and virus where found and eliminated.

But windows explorer still does not work and the computer still takes
more
time then mormal to startup.

Does anyone has a clue or has seen such things?