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Answer» Every time I click on a program I want to use, I have to wait for 15 to 20 seconds before it kicks in. It doesn’t matter if I double click or try to open them with a right click. Everything hesitates. I had my hard drive reformatted in January updating the McAfee virus scan at that time. I developed the Newgenlook trojan and had it cleaned out in April. I had my dial up modem replaced in June. I run my Mcafee scan, Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spyware Doctor, CW Shredder, Registry Mechanic, Dustbuster, & Defrag just about every day.
If you need help with any of these suggestions, quote them and ask. Quote My printer also went on the blink so I purchased a new one. When I tried to install it I got this error message Try TESTING the printer on another computer to see if the problem was caused by your PC or by the printer it self. Gentleman and/or ladies, Thank you for your help. Had a friend look at it and added some ram and new data cables. Seems like I need a new CPU to bring it up to speed. It's like the old girl is just that, getting old. Thanks again. Oh yea Fed that Everest is really nice! Tom Quote Gentleman and/or ladies, Computer parts never grow slower. The user grows more impatient or the OS grows more unstable. Be careful when people try to tell you otherwise and have you buy things to 'speed it up'. If your computer becomes too slow, it is better to reformat the system and install a clean installation of the operating system. Once you have done so, you can install new hardware after you have loaded your most common programs. This way you can see if is due to an unstable OS or if you have simply grown impatient of waiting on the computer. Quote Had a friend look at it and added some ram and new data cables. Someone who really knows what they are doing. Is the HP6450 printer able to run now? First off I’ve been busy for a while so I haven’t been able to get back sooner. Secondly the printer is installed and working and the color is great. Really like it. Here is the latest on my hesitation problem. To refresh the hesitation problem is as follows: When I go to click on a program, e.g. Words or works etc it takes about 15 to 20 seconds to come up. When I move the cursor onto it moves herky-jerky like it’s trying to catch up. Hope I explained it because it is very aggravating. It also interferes with some of the programs and at times I have to reboot because they don’t respond. It was never really resolved but something did happen that might shed some light on it. I received an error the other day concerning my virus scan; sorry I didn’t write down what it said. Basically it said to reinstall the virus program, which is McAfee version 9. Anyway when I rebooted windows said it found a problem with the registry and had to reload, which it did. I uninstalled the virus program and reinstalled it. After rebooting again my hesitation problem was gone. I mean everything worked great. No herky jerky mouse, when I clicked on a program, wham it was there. The only thing is my anti virus index showed it protecting at 50%. I tried to update but had trouble with McAfee. Anyway for the rest of the night everything was cool. I started this morning and everything was still A-OK. Went on the internet and Mcafee started updating automatically which it has been doing. When I rebooted BOOM the hesitation was back. When I thought about it I remembered that we had a storm when I was on about 3 months ago. I heard a pop and lost my dial up modem. Everything else was ok except the windows rebuilt the registry at that time. I had my modem replaced but have had the hesitation problem. It seems to me, remember I am computer illiterate, that the virus scan is downloading something that is interfering with my computer or corrupting the registry or am I wrong. Any suggestions? Please be gentle with the advice, it may take some time before I comprehend what you folks are talking about. You may have to talk me through he repairs, if any, and it may take some time. Thank you, Tom Remove McAfee and install AVG. Turn on the Spybot Teatimer.I removed 21 viruses from a computer I am working on (The people were that own it were confident that it was secure and ran properly) Not to mention the +100 spyware critical objects. It suddenly became a lot faster. Virus scanners AVG Free -- Anti virus scanner Trend Micro Housecall -- Online anti virus scanner. Anti spy/malware Microsoft Antispyware -- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only. Spybot Search & Destroy -- Anti spyware scanner Adaware SE Personal -- Anti spyware scanner Firewalls Use both a hardware and software FIREWALL. Be advised as dual software firewalls may cause problems ZoneAlarm Free -- Free firewall - more user friendly Sygate Personal -- Free firewall - more configuration options Removal tools The following files are not substitutes for the ones described above. They are either diagnostic tools or removal tools for malware of a certain kind HijackThis -- Manual malware remover. Post the HijackThis log generated only if requested! McAfee Stinger -- Virus removal tool. No substitute for a fully functional virus scanner! CWshredder -- CoolWebSearch removal tool. Widely known and persistant Hijacker.I'm going to download the AVG and uninstall McAfee. I use Spybot, Ad-Aware, CW Shredder, & Housecall. I now have 2 questions: 1. Any idea why the McAfee updates would cause the hesitation? 2. What is the best Virus protection? Quote I'm going to download the AVG and uninstall McAfee. I use Spybot, Ad-Aware, CW Shredder, & Housecall. I now have 2 questions: 1. Do they? 2. So far, I found AVG Free to be much more effective and easier to install/uninstall than any of the retail products out there. While McAfee is updating itself it will use up some of your internet bandwidth and system resources, if your computer is old (slow) to start with then this activity will take it's toll. Remember we asked you for your full system details at the start of this thread? (Everest) After you use AVG you won't go back. BTW, have fun uninstalling the McAfee virus. I agree with Fed, AVG is really a great product. Ive used it for 2 yrs now. Before that I used Avast. Take Careremove spydoctor? link for anti-virus free program http://www.majorgeeks.com/AntiVir_Personal_Edition_d955.html never update win98 helps?What all is running in the background? And what are the system specs? |
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