re: Win.XP Home Problems Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:26 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Norm (1501 messages posted) Could be a number of things. Sometime a certain program can cause this behavior if it conflicts with something else. The number of programs Windows loads can affect slow start up also. Lower amounts of Ram(memory)can also be a factor. A virus or malware can cause slowness. Here are a couple of places to start. First is a Google search on Windows Startup Programs. Second is a Free Malware Scanner to download and run. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=windows+startup+programs&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=Windows+startup&fp=3d121c88310e67e3 http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Written in response to: Win.XP Home Problems (Dean Gammon Sr.: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 9:37 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Win.XP Home Problems (Dean Gammon Sr.: Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 9:37 am) re: Win.XP Home Problems (Norm: Thu, Mar 11, 2010, 12:26 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum