Help - my computer is running slow

UNless I run c cleaner and comando cleaner 3-4 times per day, it takes up so much memory that it locks up. I went to Msconfig and saw that I had 4 programs cduring startup that didn't need to run, unchecked them, hit apply and then went back to main window of msconfig and they showed up again. I tried to clean them with C cleaner tools and no luck there. I have 1 GB RAM with Pentium 4 so should do just fine . Is there any rogram would give you guys info on what is going on and then you could help me out here?

 

I am running Windows XP service pack 3. I downloaded the startup program. What do I have to do to make it work? Also, I downloaded the startup stopper program from the same website. In ref to other memory, I have the following:
free physical memory 283 mb
free virtual memory - 1996 mb

 

I did not see it when I did a right click of MY Computer, but I did find it when I did Belarc Analysis - It said I had 137.42 GB Usable and 78.92 free

The 4 files I had running stopped running after I installed the Startup program you requested

 

And it is XP Home with 896 MB RAm available

 

See your RAM and hard disks space.

There are programs as Mil Shield http://www.milincorporated.com/pics/ms_feat_shot2.jpg that successfully frees the disk space and speeds your PC.

 

Th other questions
1. Is there a program that I can run that will generate a log file to help you guys understand what is going on with my computer?
2. I typically have around 50 processes running when I boot up. THat seems to be too many. How do I know which ones do not need to be running and how do I stop them.
3. I have a file called rundll32 that gets upwards of 150,000K memory usage

 

How do I know which programs are security programs? THat is why I thought I could send you guys something to tell you what I have. Help me out here - what am I looking for?

 

Another thing, you said you have cCleaner, if you go to the tools section and click startup, take a picture of this page and post here.(Hold down ctrl, press print screen, open paint program, click edit, then paste, save file and attach to your post).
Don't use cCleaner to stop any programs though. But we can tell you which programs you can stop with StartupCPL, (yes, I know he could follow this procedure with the StartupCPL, I just don't happen to have that program and I don't remember which tab he should look at).
One way to determine which programs are absolutely essential to your machine is to follow the above procedure after booting into safe mode, only essential programs, for the most part, are loaded. This is the exact procedure I use in my senior classes.

 

here is the page of startup listing startup programs

 

Not sure what that is a picture of, but it shows only 5 programs running. If that is accurate, that's not your problem. But could you try that again out of the cCleaner page. Should look like the attachment.

 

That is correct - that is all that CCleaner showed for startup. What else could it be? Another person said security programs but I do not know how to tell what security programs or firewalls I Have running. TYpically, I run between 60-80% of ram with internet on and sometimes it maxs out but is sooooooooooooooooooooooo slow.

 

Well that eliminates the most likely cause. You can try a defrag, though I doubt that'll help. I'd run both the Norton and Mcaffee uninstall tools, then from a cmd prompt a SFC /scannow. Then chkdsk /f program. That would eliminate the most common conflicts/system/HD suspects.
Does it run faster in safe mode?
Still bad? Starting to sound a lot like malware.
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407
That would be your next step. :major
Hope this helps.

 

Still slow could I have too many securuty programs on my computer - if so, tell me how to figure it out. I know I haave come up on many sites which either have a little box with a Red X in in or some pretty colors in it. I do not want to have to defrag every day and should have to....

 

Is it only slow on the web? If so, what browser are you using?
Can you start in safe mode with networking? Any difference?

 

IE 8.0 and when it runs and I open say a word document, it is also slow