slow loading programs at startup

I did the malware forum and was help with fixing a few things but was told that the slow process was not due to malware and to post here. So I am hoping if I can get some help on finding out what could be slowing down the computer. The system tray only has eight icon that loadup and I was told that i have
RAM:
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 149.91 MB

 

A few more details would help.
Spec
OS
Start up programs

 

sorry about not providing enough info first post. but is there a easy way to get that information to a file or do I have to type each one from msconfig?

 

There are not to many so here they are

Intel(R) Celeron(R) M
Processor 900MHz
897 MHz, 504MB of ram

startup through CCleaner msconfig
MsnMsgr
ctfmon.exe
ACU
Windows Defender
RTHDCPL
Persistence
IgxTray
HotkeysCmds
ETDWare
AsusTray
AsusEPCMonitor
AsusACPIServer
Adobe Reader Speed Laucher
SunJavaUpdatedSched
DLCICATS

Thany you

 

512M memory in, I assume, winXP with SP3, it will run slowly.
All the programs you have running there could be safely disabled, use Winpatrol, that you can find here.

What is ACU? I don't see an antivirus in this list.

I would disable MSNMSGR, Windows defender, adobe, ETDWare, (what is this?)DLCICATS, (what's this?), ACU, Sun Java Updater, and probably the ASUS items. If uncertain if any of these are essential to your computer, you can reboot into safe mode and see if any of these are running.

Also, use AVAST for your anti-virus, if you don't have one.

Has Norton or Mcaffee ever been on this machine?:wave:wave

 

The 504MB of ram, which is 8MB less than 512MB, indicates you may be using onboard video and your computer is allocating only 8MB of RAM to the video function. In other words, 8MB of RAM is "shared" with, or reserved for, the onboard display adapter. Onboard means the display adapter, or video "card", is built-in, or integrated, in to the motherboard. If true, this is a major weak point in the system.

If I'm correct about this, you can improve performance by:
1. Adding an AGP video card if you have an AGP slot in your computer.
2. If you do not have an AGP slot, a PCI video card is the next best option.
3. If have neither an AGP slot or an available PCI slot, or you prefer to avoid the cost of a video card, then access your BIOS settings and increase the amount of RAM shared/allocated to the video function/display adapter.

Note: To get some info about your display function, run dxdiag. To run it, click the Windows Start button, select Run and type dxdiag in the Run box.

 

I removed Norton while I was doing the malware forum restarted in safemode and here the process that are running:the only process that run in safemode are
svchost.exe
MsMpEng.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
lsass.exe
services.exe
winlogon.exe
csrss.exe
smss.exe
System
System Idle Process SYSTEM
while in normal mode these are the process that are running:
normal boot

winlogon.exe
System Idle Process
System
svchost.exe SYSTEM
svchost.exe LOCAL SERVICE
svchost.exe NETWORK SERVICE
svchost.exe SYSTEM
svchost.exe NETWORK SERVICE
svchost.exe SYSTEM
svchost.exe SYSTEM
svchost.exe LOCAL SERVICE
spoolsv.exe SYSTEM
smss.exe SYSTEM
services.exe SYSTEM
SeaPort.exe SYSTEM
RTHDCPL.EXE Marvin
MsMpEng.exe SYSTEM
MSASCui.exe Marvin
lsass.exe SYSTEM
jusched.exe Marvin
jqs.exe SYSTEM
igfxex.exe
hkcmd.exe
explorer.exe Marvin
ETDCTRL.EXE Marvin
dlcicoms.exe SYSTEM
ctfmon.exe Marvin
csrss.exe SYSTEM
AsTray.exe Marvin
AsEPCMon.exe Marvin
AsAcpiSvr.exe Marvin
alg.exe LOCAL SERVICE
ACU.exe Marvin
acs.exe SYSTEM

I guess my question would be If you have any idea why so many of the same process are running in normal mode and these process dont need to be running that many times then how do I prevent from loading all the time.

 

The startup items in safe mode I had meant to be looked at with cCleaner, this will indicate what your available choices are.:wave:wave

 

The computer is running at 900MHz. That computer will never be a speed demon. I have a laptop from 2001 that has 1GB of RAM, operates at 1000MHz and is running windows 2000 (less requirements than XP) and it is slow starting up. It is not connected to the internet so it has no security programs.
You just have to accept the fact that a 900MHz computer with windows will be slow.

On the other hand, I have an eeepc running at 900MHz with 1GB RAM running linux and it loads in 30 seconds!

Is your computer a netbook? If so, windows will not run as fast on it. Also, you do want to swap out the 512MB RAM stick for a 1GB stick; that's the first thing I did when I bought mine in January 2008.