XP booting very slowly and programs unable to run

Question

Hi:

Since the past two days, my XP machine does not seem to completely boot and the hour glass remains all the time. I have checked for viruses and adware from the safe mode and the chkdsk also shows the hard disk is fine. I have tried repair using the original XP bootable CD. But the problem remains.

The task manager showed one version of SVCHOST was 25000K and took up 99 of the CPU usage. Could that be the problem. If so how do I resolve it? Thanks.

glaforte · Answer

Taken from answersthatwork.com:

An integral part of the operating system, leave alone â€“ multiple instances of SVCHOST is a normal occurrence.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

jamez kann · Answer

Scan your computer on http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - Trend Micro
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ - RAV
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/ - Panda
scan your computer for spyware here http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ or http://www.pestscan.com/
Run http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html spybot

tune up tips
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.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/
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http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
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http://forums.net-integration.net/
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XP booting very slowly and programs unable to run

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