A defrag was done last nite, the temp files was cleaned as was the disc
cleanup..
It is not an upgrade from Win Vista- it came on the Toshiba laptop-with Win
Vista Home Premium.

I have disabled a ton of start up items but for some reason they are still
starting up- ie. yahoo IM, MSN Im, AOL im....

In my other answer below , I answered all the computer questions that my
brain can understand. I have no idea what you mean by discreet or onboard
graphics.
ALL I do know is the computer CAN support AutoCad ....which is not loaded yet.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
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> Could you give us some information about your computers specifications such
> as Processor speed, amount of memory, type of graphics - discreet, onboard.
> Do you have a lot of applications installed, have ran a defrag lately,
> cleaned out temporary file directories, cleaned up your disk. Is this an
> upgrade from a previous version of Windows or Clean install. Have you
> checked your Startup Options and disabled unnecessary startup options?
>
> Open Run command
> Windows Key + R (or search for the 'Run' from the Start menu Instant Search
> field
> type in MSCONFIG
> Hit Enter
> Go to Startup (tab)
> Uncheck any unnecessary programs that are starting up with the system.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com[/url]
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
> "andy" <andy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3171BCD3-897C-4795-ACC3-DA9D1D455D8E@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > When I turn on my computer, I have 5 names on Vista...After the computer
> > boots up and I click on one of my user names, it goes to that name and
> > loads-
> > in the process of loading, the screen goes black- flashes off-goes on and
> > you
> > see the desktop and then goes black again and then it fully loads.
> >
> > I use McAfee Antivirus..I downloaded POGO.com games and that is when all
> > hell broke loose...Then I downloaded Windows Live One Care on a trial
> > basis...
> >
> > I have no idea what to do to make this work better and faster...
> >
> > I had a new hardrive put in a month ago and the computer is only 6 mos
> > old.
> >
> > HELP
> >
> > Andy[/color]
>
>
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