Excuse a newbie on this, but I approach reformatting and re-installing XP HOME with some trepidation.
Over the past couple of weeks my PC has slowed down to a crawl - I mean opening applications or starting programs is like click the mouse then go for lunch
I've run your recommended programs for getting rid of nasties and I'm fairly certain that the computer is clean of all viruses/spyware/adware etc. Unused programs have been uninstalled, the hard drive defragged, the registry CLEANED and optimized but all with no effect.
So my last hope is a reformat and re-install of XP - it's an OEM version and I have the disc and key plus I've backed-up almost everything on DVD and an external hard drive.
I REALISE it's like asking 'how long is a PIECE of string' but would/might(?) this solve my problem

XP Home
Sempron 2300
1G RAM
2 x 80G Hard DrivesA reinstallation probably would speed things up as long as no hardware faults are present. If you don't likethe idea, carry out the procedures listed [highlight]in this post[/highlight] and post a Hijackthis logfile here when done.Well, as I thought,the PC seems clean
The results of Hijack this are attached.
Is there any way I can determine hardware faults? as it looks as if a reformat/re-install is the only solution at the momentI can see from this logfile that the procedures that I pointed to have not been carried out so we don't know if any viruses are present.
How many anti virus programs and firewalls are installed?

You can fix the following but before doing so, move Hijackthis to it's own unique folder as already instructed.


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