Windows XP Home very slow after installation of SP2

Hi,

a couple of weeks ago I came to this forum cause I needed some popups and other malware removed. It turned out my OS was outdated (http://forums.majorgeeks.com/search.php?searchid=304562). Someone then took me through the whole malware removal tutorial and adviced me to upgrade to SP2. The tutarial helped to got rid of all the malware but since I installed SP2 my computer is so slow. It takes ages to boot or to connect to the internet and open explorer. After 10 minutes or so, everything seems to work on normal speed but with occasional 'freezes' that last about 1 minute.

This is really annoying as you can image. Any suggestions are welcome.

 

Too much crapola in your Startup I'd say. When you boot up you shold only allow the programs to start that you need. Check out whats loading at bootup. The other alternative may be that the XP2 firewall is loading and conflicting with an existing firewall.
HTH
Robert

 

Thanks for answering.

So where can I see what programs are loading on startup?

Also, the windows firewall is not enabled in the control panel, yet when I click 'security centre' it says that the firewall is enabled. When I try to disable it there, it redirects me to 'Windows firewall', which is disabled!?

I also run Norton 2005 but I don't think it has a firewall, or is the 'internet worm protection' a firewall?

 

These are the startup programs. How do I know which ones to disable?
ccApp
SNDMon
qttask
RealOneMessageCenter
jusched
Dragdiag
MSASCUI
ctfmon
Adobe Reader Quick Start

And no, the security center is not a McAfee program. It's where you can change security settings after you install SP2. I mean this: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wscintro.mspx

thanks for your help.

 

From the horses's mouth:
Here is the VPC web page:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
And here is a very nice flash demo that sums up the technology: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/evaluation/vpcdemo.html

Here is the download page:
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4101

If you need any more help let me know!

 

Sorry, everyone, I posted to the wrong thread. Ignore that last entry! [Newbie]