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"ship" <shiphen******.com> wrote in message
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: No idea.
: What exactly is "Disck Clean Up" ?
: And is it safe?
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: Ship
: Shiperton Henethe
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: > When was last time you ran disk clean up?"ship" <ship...******.com>
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: > > Hi
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: > > Any thoughts about why my PC is suddenly running dead slow?
: > > It is running Windows XP Pro (SP3).
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: > > 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.
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: > > I have various things installed but which I have now EXITED
: > > including:
: > > Windows Search,
: > > Google Desktop,
: > > Logmein.com and
: > > SpyBot - Search & Destroy.
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: > > I notice in Windows "Task Manager" that even just after on a cold re-
: > > boot, I have 7 copies of "svchost.exe". They are not taking any CPU
: > > time though.
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: > > In fact the CPU is running at about 2-3%. But when I open FireFox, it
: > > takes a VERY long
: > > time to open (about 90 seconds first time, and still about 15 seconds
: > > to immediately
: > > re-open it with nothing else open). Whereas msInternet Explorer
: > > (normally fairly slow
: > > to open now opens in about 8 seconds and re-opens in about 2 or 3
: > > seconds
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: > > I am running AVG Anti-Virus Free (v8.0.138) - but it can't find any
: > > viruses.
: >
: > > Any thoughts?
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: > > Ship
: > >ShipertonHenethe- Hide quoted text -
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