Ed, have you run AdAware and SpyBot? I run them every week. Seems to keep that problem to a minimum. Sorry it took me so long to answer this but my Norton is set to begin it's AV scan at 11:00pm on Fridays. I let it do a complete scan this time and it finished up at about 6:00pm Saturday. So I didn't use the computer all day yesterday. Russ Hoyt Hoyt's TV Exeter, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:02 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Windows XP Home. > Anyone know how to get rid of "crap" in Windows XP Home, without > reinstalling the whole works. > My XP is starting to be "flaky"...if I hit "My Computer" may take 3 to 4 > minutes to show me the screen. > I have been using Symantec's System Works to fix files that may have > become > un-linked. > > It there a part of Windows XP that will check your OS...and get rid of > files > that slow down your computer. > > Miss-linked files, or a general check? > > -Ed- > > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > teltek@xxxxxxxxx > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/