Win XP Toooo Sloooow

[htwo]

A friends computer crashed while running MS Media Player.
When i got there the "Blue Screen of Death" was displayed.

I used the Win XP home disk to repair and reinstalled Media Player. all systems seem to be operational but it takes forever for windows to boot.

I ran register mechanic and found 1000± errors. It fixed about 580.

What are the odds the full version of Reg.Mech will fix this problem?

 

[traycee]

If it were me and there were that many errors I would save my data, format the computer and reload the OS.Then it would run like new again.

 

[electronicsfreak]

Registry mechanic will help but it wont help that much. My advice do a full system scan with an antivirus. Id reccomend ewido or housecall. Also check your items in msconfig as alot that usually get checked in there does not have to be checked. Also make sure your using enough ram for windows xp. Also after running antivirus I would reccomend running hijack this as well.

To run hijackthis, download to your computer, extract to desktop or prefered folder. Open it up, choose do a system scan and save a logfile and post the logfile on here. Dont reccomend checking anything unless you know exactly what your doing as most items are legit.

Ewido

http://www.ewido.net/en/

Housecall

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Hijackthis

http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html?tag=lst-0-1

 

[electronicsfreak]

Traycee, no offense but after a long time of using a computer just deleting images will eventually add up to that. When you get errors it does not mean there bad just means theres a registry key there for a file that no longer exist or is in another location. That is usually how most of the keys form. So formatting would solve it temporarely but within a few months would have that many again.

 

[NickCat11]

htwo,

The odds are probably +90% that registry mechanic will fix all the errors, but this may not be the solution to the problem. Lots of things can slow the boot time of the computer. I would first check to see what programs are loading up when you boot. On the desktop, click run, type the word msconfig and then at the bottom check selective startup. Then go to the startup tab and uncheck any unnecessary programs that may be loading up when the cpu boots (example, AOL). Then I would defragment the drive. This is under accessories, then system tools. Also, how much RAM does the cpu have? That also could slow things down drastically. Another option could be if your friend knows when the cpu worked optimally last, you could do a system restore to that date. That is also under accessories, system tools. Hope this helps.

Nick

 

[NickCat11]

electronics, your're a fast typer, 2 responses before i could get one typed!