Since I installed SpywareBlaster I hardly ever need to run Ad-aware and SpyBot (they find little if anything). Bil PC 1000 M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator http://magpulser.com Mammoth Lakes, CA 760-924-1000 Sunday, September 18, 2005, 7:03:43 AM, you wrote: HsT> Ed, have you run AdAware and SpyBot? HsT> I run them every week. Seems to keep that problem to a minimum. HsT> Sorry it took me so long to answer this but my Norton is set to begin it's HsT> AV scan at 11:00pm on Fridays. I let it do a complete scan this time and it HsT> finished up at about 6:00pm Saturday. So I didn't use the computer all day HsT> yesterday. HsT> Russ Hoyt HsT> Hoyt's TV HsT> Exeter, NH HsT> ----- Original Message ----- HsT> From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> HsT> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> HsT> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:02 PM HsT> 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/ >> HsT> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HsT> This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm HsT> Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation HsT> Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". HsT> 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/