XP SP3 3gb Ram
Hi all,
Have l been having probs. or what!  Everything just slowed down to a snails pace. Just clicking on My Computer and then on the C disk icon took over a minute to produce a display of files.
Have run everything under the sun virus wise and file CLEANING wise and all was clean.
So started to delete some hefty programs which l haven't used for ages and also found quite a few that l didn't realise existed. So l'm now on a manual clean up mission.
Things are now looking up (and speeding up!).
Now doing a search on "apple" there are quite a few entries for this. Excluding "applets" do l really need anything on XP that relates to Apple or can these all be deleted. I've already REMOVED Apple QUICKTIME (as this can easily be downloaded again should l require it). I don't use i-tunes etc. but does XP require anything from Apple to be loaded for it to function correctly?
Regards
WTC
1) Yes, you can delete Apple apps
2) Unless you are almost out of hd space, the number of apps on your system has nothing to do with performance. You need to first run a full scan with both your anti virus utility and MalwareBytes (both of them, not just one). Then you should try a clean boot and see how the system runs. If it runs smoothly post back and we'll talk about the next step.Thank you Allan.
Am l stoopid or what!
First of all thanks for the INFO. I've now learnt from you that the apps aren't the problem, but it's amazing what junk builds up from installing and uninstalling programs over the months, so for me it's good just to declutter as much as possible now and again.
Have run all the scans as l said before, but........ and here's the stupid bit, the machine NEARLY ground to a halt again and when l finally got the files to show up in My Computer, there was no F drive attached! Its drive light was still on and there had been no warning message. So unplugged it and reconnected and all is now fine, as it used to be!
Sorry to have been a pain but at least l've learnt something and have also got rid of some more programs.
Regards

  Quote from: willythecat on April 29, 2010, 08:09:58 AM

when l finally got the files to show up in My Computer, there was no F drive attached!
 

Thank you Allan.
Am l stoopid or what!
First of all thanks for the info. I've now learnt from you that the apps aren't the problem, but it's amazing what junk builds up from installing and uninstalling programs over the months, so for me it's good just to declutter as much as possible now and again.
Have run all the scans as l said before, but........ and here's the stupid bit, the machine nearly ground to a halt again and when l finally got the files to show up in My Computer, there was no F drive attached! Its drive light was still on and there had been no warning message. So unplugged it and reconnected and all is now fine, as it used to be!
Sorry to have been a pain but at least l've learnt something and have also got rid of some more programs.
Regards