Slow Bootup And Speed Issues

Bojack · Mar 4, 2005

I am having trouble with very slow bootups and now all the sudden web pages and downloads are very slow. I have run adware se after updating it several times, spybot several times. I then ran my nortons and avg after updating them both first, also went to microtrends. Found nothing. My system info will follow:System Information report written at: 03/04/05 01:04:02
System Name:
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name
System Manufacturer Lan Plus
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 12 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1796 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 5/6/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name
Time Zone Central Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 189.53 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.56 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.05 GB
Page File Space 1.10 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

any help would be greatly appreciated.. I have available upon request a current hijack report. Thank you in advance for any support

chaslang · Mar 4, 2005

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