I run XP on my laptop and whenever I do a full re-boot rather than just starting from the hibernate mode I seem to get either a whole load or one big programme that runs in the background dragging down the speed of the already slow processor in my Sony TX3. I can see from WinPatrol what is in the start menu and there are loads of things, but I don't know what I can disable and what not to disable..................... any help would be great. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Same here Tim

Ever so ofton i get i widows error message saying something like

Explore has a error Debug???

I don't use explore

I'v looked in the corntor panle / add and remove programs but can't find any thing in there ad shouldn't be RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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in my experience, virus checkers are the biggest culprits of slow machines - Norton being the worst

otherwise, instead of checking running programs, try checking the processes running - this relates more directly to resource usage.

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Jay have you tried running spybot search and destroy/ PC Tools Spyware Doctor/ or PC Tools Registry Mechanic? They are all available for free trial download or purchase with regular updates. I have all 3 and run them regularly - only spybot search and destroy runs on the start up. Take a look here www.pctools.com and here www.spybot.info. I have found that running these regularly in addition to the AVG Grisoft antivirus suite and firewall I rarely get problems/computer infections.

For anybody else who reads this - I have also got an error message that say that the computer cannot find "virtual device -emu" when I boot up. The virtual device this refers to was installed with an electronic chart/mapping system and when it was uninstalled something seems to have been left behind....................... any ideas how I can find the bit that cannot find the virtual device so i can remove that too? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Tim wrote:

computer cannot find "virtual device -emu"

Is there a virtual Rod Hull installed on your laptop too, Tim?

Difficult to try and troubleshoot these sorts of problems without being there to be honest...  

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