Programs slow to load

[luke]

Hope this is the right plase for this post.

Either just before or after I changed to broadband, some files in word Word or Notepat are slow even up to 13scs, to open, yet others are instant.
Same with Winzip. whether large contents or not.

I defraged the HD.

Never had it on wn98.

Any ideas?

PC:-
CPU 1500mhz
HD IDE 80gb
Ram 512mb
winXPsp2

[Jared]

Have you done a system defrag before?

I would try this and see if it would help solve the problem. Sounds to me like the files are fragmented and need to be put back into one place instead of scattered here and there.

Look under accessories, system tools, defragmenter..

Try this and see if it helps ay..

Also did your broadband software install a virus scanner or something like that? I know some of them come with a virus detectiong system that goes through files when you open them, but it doesn't seem like that since it isn't doing it to all files? hmm....

[Scorpiоn]

Have you done a system defrag before?

I defraged the HD.

[Weather_Man]

Suggest you do a thorough spyware/virus check. Hooking up to broadband opens you up to all kinds of nasties, some of which affect notepad -- notably keyloggers.

Free spyware tools:
adaware
spybot

Online virus scan:
Housecall

[Ivan]

what are the audio card and mobo chipset?

[luke]

NorthBridge :      VIA KT266/333
SouthBridge :      VT8233A PCI to ISA Bridge

Avance AC97 Audio

WinXPsp2 Security system with Windows Firewall
AVG 7 free antivirus

luke

[Ivan]

So it isn't the 'sblive vs Via686' problem

[luke]

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