Slow Performance- Too many processes running

JiffiT,

Many programs have an option under Tools, Options, or Preferences which allow you to specify that you don't want the program to start when Windows starts. For others, see this.

Scan your computer on http://security.symantec.com http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

scan your computer for spyware here http://www.pestscan.com/
Run http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html spybot

run a browser which spyware cannot hijack that easily http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm

If the above fixes fail you would need to run hijackthis

All hijackthis posts need to be posted on the sites listed below not here

http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7
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http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
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http://www.zerosrealm.com/forums/index.php?showforum=4
Zero,Lopus,

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http://forum.gladiator-antivirus.com/
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http://forums.techguy.org/
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Firewall Software:

http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN – Tiny Software Personal Firewall

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp -- Zone Alarm Firewall.

http://us.mcafee.com/root/faqs.asp?search=dell_specific – McAfee Security Center Dell-Specific Pages

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ics/ics/about_internet_connection_sharing_and_internet_connection_firewall.asp -- Microsoft’s web page about the Internet Connection Firewall. It gives some nice background information on how it works and how to configure it.

General Security Info:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/mpsa/start.asp -- Windows Security Checker.  This page checks some aspects of your Windows installation to see if you are vulnerable.

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php -- Instructions on how to examine and modify all the programs that start when the system is booted.  Contains a lengthy list of startup items and what programs they are a part of.

http://www.yourtechonline.com/virus.shtml -- How Not to get an email virus

 

In Win98 go to Start, run, type msconfig.exe, then click on the startup tab, then uncheck what u don't need

Also run scan disk + Disk Defrag after uninstalling anything u don't want.