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Now i know you all will tell me off big time, but please be gentle ,
i need to sort out my pc one bit at a time , my pc is slow i have no anti vi,
now i know there are free ones but pc is even slower with one,
so i need to get rid of things that i dont need, but dont know what i can and cant get rid of or , stop running at start up . if any one can help to get me started i would appreciate it very very much
im running windows xp
i media 4706
pakardbell

thankyou again.

Start - Run

type "msconfig" in the box (without the quotes) and ENTER

Click on the 'STARTUP' tab and list all the applications that have a 'tick' beside them (you can hit 'Prt Scn' and copy/paste the image to 'Paint' and post it here if that's easier).

When we see the list we can advise on what processes to 'stop' (remove the tick) and then you can reboot - hopefully running a lot faster.

Then you can run a program called CCleaner (free download) that removes unwanted files.

After these steps you should be running quite a lot faster.

last resort would be to reload Windoze XP and all your applications - bit drastic though.....

Thankyou kellys- eye especially for quick reply. Now i will have a good try at this it will take me a while to get back to you . But it is a good start . I once took this pc to pc- world and as it did not come with a bootable cd they mabe me a floppy, that i still have, and i have used it 3 times since, i also had to make 3 master copy cd's .So if i were to reboot again back to factory settings i dont know if i would need an updated bootable floppy as my updates have took me to service pk 3. Anyway i will get started on your first advice, and the practice is good as i would like to sometime in the future get a newer pc so might as well learn on this , hope this all makes sense,
your help is very valuable

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Ive tried to print screen i hit the print screen button and nothing has happened, also it wont let me copy and paste

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