ship wrote:
> Any thoughts about why my PC is suddenly running dead slow?
> It is running Windows XP Pro (SP3).
>
> I last updated it about 20 days ago. And then it started running slow
> about 2 days ago.
> I have now installe dall the latest patches but it is still dog-slow.
>
> I have various things installed but which I have now EXITED
> including:
> Windows Search,
> Google Desktop,
> Logmein.com and
> SpyBot - Search & Destroy.
Something obviously happened 2-3 days ago. It might have been an
automatic update. It might have been something you purposefully or
accidentally did. (Do you recall anything in particular?)
If your issue is not malware-related (malware should always be ruled out
first), the first thing I would suspect is logmein.com. See:
https://secure.logmein.com/forum/tm....mpage=1嗄
I doubt exiting will fix your problem. A process or two are probably
still running in the background. Use msconfig or Autoruns to disable
logmein and see what happens.
Maybe the problem is with Windows Search.
Maybe the problem is with a recent Windows update. You can uninstall the
most recent updates (assuming they occurred in the past couple days) and
try a System Restore to three days ago.