Slow Running Computer...

In January, when I bought my Dell Vista Premium Laptop, I would
run Norton and see there were over a thousand "things" cleaned or deleted.
Then the number exceeded ten thousand. Now, the first of March, the number
of files (?) scanned by Norton exceeds two-hundred thousand!!! I must believe
that this trend is contributing to my computer's slow-down. I run Norton and
Registry mechanic daily, to keep things tidy, and just downloaded Spybot
Search & Destroy today.
I have two questions: what is it that I am accumulating that
grows in such geometric proportions, that Norton scans? and, presuming this
may be the cause of my slow-down, how can I correct it? Muchas gracias!!!!!
-Sig PS: running 2 gigs & dual core AMD turion 64. Don't run any games, and
don't have any photos yet. No vid's.
--
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care...

probably just norton.

it causes problems for lots of people.

you need to run the special uninstaller from the norton web site to get rid of it.

install either avg or avast, both free and excellent virus programs.








"Sig" <> wrote in message news:E80BC172-13DE-4190-AAA9-...
In January, when I bought my Dell Vista Premium Laptop, I would
run Norton and see there were over a thousand "things" cleaned or deleted.
Then the number exceeded ten thousand. Now, the first of March, the number
of files (?) scanned by Norton exceeds two-hundred thousand!!! I must believe
that this trend is contributing to my computer's slow-down. I run Norton and
Registry mechanic daily, to keep things tidy, and just downloaded Spybot
Search & Destroy today.
I have two questions: what is it that I am accumulating that
grows in such geometric proportions, that Norton scans? and, presuming this
may be the cause of my slow-down, how can I correct it? Muchas gracias!!!!!
-Sig PS: running 2 gigs & dual core AMD turion 64. Don't run any games, and
don't have any photos yet. No vid's.
--
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care...

I have vista business installed on a new NEC laptop with a fast processor and
2gb ram the internet,it takes up to 3.5 minutes after switching on before I
get acces to internet,my old desktop does it in about minute.It appears to me
tha alot of time is taken by just loading a lot of programs which I do not
need.
ny suggestions?
--
Wilhelmust


"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> probably just norton.
>
> it causes problems for lots of people.
>
> you need to run the special uninstaller from the norton web site to get rid of it.
>
> install either avg or avast, both free and excellent virus programs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Sig" <> wrote in message news:E80BC172-13DE-4190-AAA9-...
> In January, when I bought my Dell Vista Premium Laptop, I would
> run Norton and see there were over a thousand "things" cleaned or deleted.
> Then the number exceeded ten thousand. Now, the first of March, the number
> of files (?) scanned by Norton exceeds two-hundred thousand!!! I must believe
> that this trend is contributing to my computer's slow-down. I run Norton and
> Registry mechanic daily, to keep things tidy, and just downloaded Spybot
> Search & Destroy today.
> I have two questions: what is it that I am accumulating that
> grows in such geometric proportions, that Norton scans? and, presuming this
> may be the cause of my slow-down, how can I correct it? Muchas gracias!!!!!
> -Sig PS: running 2 gigs & dual core AMD turion 64. Don't run any games, and
> don't have any photos yet. No vid's.
> --
> Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care..

"Wilhelmust" <> wrote in message
news:9A2FC99A-4313-465D-81C2-...
>I have vista business installed on a new NEC laptop with a fast processor
>and
> 2gb ram the internet,it takes up to 3.5 minutes after switching on before
> I
> get acces to internet,my old desktop does it in about minute.It appears to
> me
> tha alot of time is taken by just loading a lot of programs which I do not
> need.
> ny suggestions?
> --
> Wilhelmust
>

Do not hijack a thread. Start a new one for your problem.

Start>Programs>Accessories>Run> type in: miconfig >Ok> see what is at
startup, and then do a selective startup.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Wilhelmust" wrote:

> I have vista business installed on a new NEC laptop with a fast processor and
> 2gb ram the internet,it takes up to 3.5 minutes after switching on before I
> get acces to internet,my old desktop does it in about minute.It appears to me
> tha alot of time is taken by just loading a lot of programs which I do not
> need.
> ny suggestions?
> --
> Wilhelmust
>
>
> "mikeyhsd" wrote:
>
> > probably just norton.
> >
> > it causes problems for lots of people.
> >
> > you need to run the special uninstaller from the norton web site to get rid of it.
> >
> > install either avg or avast, both free and excellent virus programs.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sig" <> wrote in message news:E80BC172-13DE-4190-AAA9-...
> > In January, when I bought my Dell Vista Premium Laptop, I would
> > run Norton and see there were over a thousand "things" cleaned or deleted.
> > Then the number exceeded ten thousand. Now, the first of March, the number
> > of files (?) scanned by Norton exceeds two-hundred thousand!!! I must believe
> > that this trend is contributing to my computer's slow-down. I run Norton and
> > Registry mechanic daily, to keep things tidy, and just downloaded Spybot
> > Search & Destroy today.
> > I have two questions: what is it that I am accumulating that
> > grows in such geometric proportions, that Norton scans? and, presuming this
> > may be the cause of my slow-down, how can I correct it? Muchas gracias!!!!!
> > -Sig PS: running 2 gigs & dual core AMD turion 64. Don't run any games, and
> > don't have any photos yet. No vid's.
> > --
> > Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care..

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Avast is vista compatible.

Go to http://www.symantec.com to get the Norton uninstall tool, or put
in the

Norton disk, and select uninstall.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Sig" wrote:

> In January, when I bought my Dell Vista Premium Laptop, I would
> run Norton and see there were over a thousand "things" cleaned or deleted.
> Then the number exceeded ten thousand. Now, the first of March, the number
> of files (?) scanned by Norton exceeds two-hundred thousand!!! I must believe
> that this trend is contributing to my computer's slow-down. I run Norton and
> Registry mechanic daily, to keep things tidy, and just downloaded Spybot
> Search & Destroy today.
> I have two questions: what is it that I am accumulating that
> grows in such geometric proportions, that Norton scans? and, presuming this
> may be the cause of my slow-down, how can I correct it? Muchas gracias!!!!!
> -Sig PS: running 2 gigs & dual core AMD turion 64. Don't run any games, and
> don't have any photos yet. No vid's.
> --
> Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care...

Sorry about that I am new and still feeling my way around.Greetings
--
Wilhelmust


"Bob" wrote:

>
> "Wilhelmust" <> wrote in message
> news:9A2FC99A-4313-465D-81C2-...
> >I have vista business installed on a new NEC laptop with a fast processor
> >and
> > 2gb ram the internet,it takes up to 3.5 minutes after switching on before
> > I
> > get acces to internet,my old desktop does it in about minute.It appears to
> > me
> > tha alot of time is taken by just loading a lot of programs which I do not
> > need.
> > ny suggestions?
> > --
> > Wilhelmust
> >
>
> Do not hijack a thread. Start a new one for your problem.
>
>

No problem, we have all been there.

"Wilhelmust" <> wrote in message
news:8F32DF7C-73FE-43F6-9575-...
> Sorry about that I am new and still feeling my way around.Greetings
> --
> Wilhelmust
>
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Wilhelmust" <> wrote in message
>> news:9A2FC99A-4313-465D-81C2-...
>> >I have vista business installed on a new NEC laptop with a fast
>> >processor
>> >and
>> > 2gb ram the internet,it takes up to 3.5 minutes after switching on
>> > before
>> > I
>> > get acces to internet,my old desktop does it in about minute.It appears
>> > to
>> > me
>> > tha alot of time is taken by just loading a lot of programs which I do
>> > not
>> > need.
>> > ny suggestions?
>> > --
>> > Wilhelmust
>> >
>>
>> Do not hijack a thread. Start a new one for your problem.
>>
>>

Thank you Sig,
I followed your suggestions and did install the new virus protection
software Avast
after using the Norton removel software.
I have decided to install windows XP on a new partition I just created and
revisit the vista problem later.
Greetings from Sydney
--
Wilhelmust


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>
> Avast is vista compatible.
>
> Go to http://www.symantec.com to get the Norton uninstall tool, or put
> in the
>
> Norton disk, and select uninstall.
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Sig" wrote:
>
> > In January, when I bought my Dell Vista Premium Laptop, I would
> > run Norton and see there were over a thousand "things" cleaned or deleted.
> > Then the number exceeded ten thousand. Now, the first of March, the number
> > of files (?) scanned by Norton exceeds two-hundred thousand!!! I must believe
> > that this trend is contributing to my computer's slow-down. I run Norton and
> > Registry mechanic daily, to keep things tidy, and just downloaded Spybot
> > Search & Destroy today.
> > I have two questions: what is it that I am accumulating that
> > grows in such geometric proportions, that Norton scans? and, presuming this
> > may be the cause of my slow-down, how can I correct it? Muchas gracias!!!!!
> > -Sig PS: running 2 gigs & dual core AMD turion 64. Don't run any games, and
> > don't have any photos yet. No vid's.
> > --
> > Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care...

check the program running in the TRAY, Notification area .
select the properties of the ones you do not need running and check/uncheck the option for run/do not run at startup.

is a start.








"Wilhelmust" <> wrote in message news:9A2FC99A-4313-465D-81C2-...
I have vista business installed on a new NEC laptop with a fast processor and
2gb ram the internet,it takes up to 3.5 minutes after switching on before I
get acces to internet,my old desktop does it in about minute.It appears to me
tha alot of time is taken by just loading a lot of programs which I do not
need.
ny suggestions?
--
Wilhelmust


"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> probably just norton.
>
> it causes problems for lots of people.
>
> you need to run the special uninstaller from the norton web site to get rid of it.
>
> install either avg or avast, both free and excellent virus programs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Sig" <> wrote in message news:E80BC172-13DE-4190-AAA9-...
> In January, when I bought my Dell Vista Premium Laptop, I would
> run Norton and see there were over a thousand "things" cleaned or deleted.
> Then the number exceeded ten thousand. Now, the first of March, the number
> of files (?) scanned by Norton exceeds two-hundred thousand!!! I must believe
> that this trend is contributing to my computer's slow-down. I run Norton and
> Registry mechanic daily, to keep things tidy, and just downloaded Spybot
> Search & Destroy today.
> I have two questions: what is it that I am accumulating that
> grows in such geometric proportions, that Norton scans? and, presuming this
> may be the cause of my slow-down, how can I correct it? Muchas gracias!!!!!
> -Sig PS: running 2 gigs & dual core AMD turion 64. Don't run any games, and
> don't have any photos yet. No vid's.
> --
> Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care..