Programme responds lately in XP

[gurujee]

Hi

Recently I gave my 4 year old acer laptop to service center for servicing. after that i am facing a problem like after booting some programs taking a long time to open. If i opens firefox, sometimes it takes 5-10mins to open. during that many programs responds similarly. And after some minutes all of a sudden all programs opens one by one.

I have windows xp, 1gb ram, 15gb free out of 40gb in C.

what could be the problem ???

 

[Sujeet]

Use Clceaner and Clean your System.
The install a good Antivirus like Avast and do full system Scan for Virus.If that proves too time consuming then you can use MALWARE BYTES and do quick system scan and cleanup.

 

[dashing.sujay]

Is it a problem with firefox only? Did you tried reinstalling?

 

[meetdilip]

Remove unwanted programs from start up and check.

 

[Minion]

gurujee,

I think you are using firefox 3.x upgrade to firefox 4 faster startup.which antivirus do you have?

 

[pkkumarcool]

i too hav same problem with firefox..

 

[Sujeet]

gurujee,

I think you are using firefox 3.x upgrade to firefox 4 faster startup.which antivirus do you have?

Why Not Firefox 11??
@OP move to Opera.!Its more Memory Efficient and will definitely help you since you 1GB of RAM only.

 

[gurujee]

Is it a problem with firefox only? Did you tried reinstalling?

yes i have reinstalled windows and programs after recieving laptop from service center.

this problems occurs occasionally like 5 out of 10 times. and when it occurs, in my observation, all programs behave same way except opening my computer or control panel...

gurujee,

I think you are using firefox 3.x upgrade to firefox 4 faster startup.which antivirus do you have?

Why Not Firefox 11??
@OP move to Opera.!Its more Memory Efficient and will definitely help you since you 1GB of RAM only.

i have avg internet suite and firefox 11.

 

[meetdilip]

Check free RAM before opening Firefox. Latest version of Firefox are a bit heavy on memory.

 

[root.king]

remove avg its a useless and slowdown any pc.
And control the startup programs
use kav

 

[Sujeet]

yes i have reinstalled windows and programs after recieving laptop from service center.

this problems occurs occasionally like 5 out of 10 times. and when it occurs, in my observation, all programs behave same way except opening my computer or control panel...





i have avg internet suite and firefox 11.

I would recommend you to install Avast AV in place of AVG.
Much better Performer.

If you want to go paid get Pro Version of Avast.

 

[Minion]

Why Not Firefox 11??
@OP move to Opera.!Its more Memory Efficient and will definitely help you since you 1GB of RAM only.

firefox 4 is much faster than firefox 11.and for antivirus go with ad-aware 10 very very light on resources.

 

[gurujee]

installed ans scanned cc cleaner. the problem hasnt arisen till now. lets see.

 

[Sujeet]

Its Fine Now then.
Maybe it was a issue with registry and junk files.

 

[gurujee]

The problem still persists..

Tomorrow i will buy Avast and see if it is for antivirus....

 

[pranav0091]

Open up task manager ans see if any program is consuming excessive memory or CPU.

Check this when you are facing the issue of slow starts.

 

[topgear]

@ gurujee - scan your HDD for bad sectors - if it's a seagate drive use seatools dos version.

 

[Vignesh B]

More than a malware isssue, I think its hardware related.
As stated earlier check your hard disk for errors. Also run a memory test.
Though am not ruling out any malware attack.

 

[montsa007]

Disable startup programs that are unwanted using CCleaner
Clean up temp files using CCleaner
Do a registry cleanup

 

[gurujee]

@ gurujee - scan your HDD for bad sectors - if it's a seagate drive use seatools dos version.

ok..i have western digital.

More than a malware isssue, I think its hardware related.
As stated earlier check your hard disk for errors. Also run a memory test.
Though am not ruling out any malware attack.

i dont know , but is it not for ram or something...

Disable startup programs that are unwanted using CCleaner
Clean up temp files using CCleaner
Do a registry cleanup

i have done that already , but not solved.