Do you connect to WWW via DUN or DSL? Is the PC networked? Did you install a program that may have caused this slow down to commence? Can you try restoring to a previous date when your PC was not infirm? If networked, take a look here and see if this applies to your situation: (Look for the heading -"Application Slow-Downs in Windows XP" and don't be misled by the word linux in this URL): http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/47.htm#linuxtips HTH, armando (I HATE XP) On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:00:11 -0700, "Richard Matthew" wrote: > > Hello learned ones > > Time again to pick your brains. I'm running XP Home, > with plenty of disc > space, and 512 mem.Here are the symptoms: When I click > on "My Computer," > "IE," "Control Panel," "My Documents," and any number > of others, the > response time is generally about 11 seconds. Once I'm > *in* any of those, > everything's normal. > > No spyware, no trojans, no viruses. On safe mode, all > of the above (except > IE of course) respond instantly. When I uncheck "Load > Startup items" on > msconfig, problem still remains. When I *Unchecked* > "Load System Services" > everything was perfect. > > Any ideas as what to do next? Any and all help would > be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Richard > > VIEW ARCHIVES @ //www.freelists.org > > UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to > triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in > the Subject field. > > To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to > //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk > > Contact List Owner - dbcfour@xxxxxxx ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com VIEW ARCHIVES @ //www.freelists.org UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk Contact List Owner - dbcfour@xxxxxxx