System performance

Hi

I’m trying to clean up my computer to improve the overall performance.  I’m working on an old Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) and use IE v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106).

Here’s what I’ve already done:

deleted / cleared history in IE
ran disc cleanup
ran Spybot to clean out spyware
reinstalled IE6.0 and ad-ons
Used TuneUp Utilities 2003 to
-clean disc
-defrag registry
-optimize system settings
and then ran disc defrag

I still have a lot applications in msconfig startup (I've unchecked a lot).  I also have some duplicates (as well as duplicate keys in my registry (denoted by -, right?).

Here is the full report from Hijack this:

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SSDPSRV.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCEVTMGR.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON INTERNET SECURITY\NISUM.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON INTERNET SECURITY\CCPXYSVC.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDTCW.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE
C:\MOUSE\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\SUPPORT.COM\BIN\TGCMD.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCAPP.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CTFMON.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\SPYBOT - SEARCH & DESTROY\SPYBOTSD.EXE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINZIP\WINZIP32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\HIJACKTHIS.EXE

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

ScanRegistry = c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun
SystemTray = SysTray.ExE
EM_EXEC = c:\mouse\system\em_exec.exe
LoadPowerProfile = Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
LoadQM = loadqm.exe
OmgStartup = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\OpenMG\OmgStartup.exe
tgcmd = "C:\Program Files\Support.com\bin\tgcmd.exe" /server /nosystray /deaf
ccApp = "c:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
ccRegVfy = "c:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe"
TaskMonitor = c:\windows\taskmon.exe

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

LoadPowerProfile = Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
SSDPSRV = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ssdpsrv.exe
MSDTC = msdtcw -start
ccEvtMgr = "c:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe"
Nisum = c:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\NISUM.EXE
ccPxySvc = c:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\CCPXYSVC.EXE
ScriptBlocking = "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\SBServ.exe" -reg

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

ctfmon.exe = ctfmon.exe

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C:\WINDOWS\WININIT.BAK listing:
(Created 8/11/2003, 10:33:42)

[Rename]
NUL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCVW.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCVW.DLL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SET1290.TMP
NUL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SET1291.TMP
NUL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\URLMON.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\URLMON.DLL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SET1292.TMP
NUL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSHTML.DLL
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSHTML.DLL=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SET1293.TMP

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C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT listing:

SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS
SET CLASSPATH=C:\PROGRA~1\PHOTOD~1.0\ADOBEC~1
SET PATH=%PATH%;"c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\"

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Enumerating Browser Helper Objects:

Yahoo! Companion BHO - C:\PROGRAM FILES\YAHOO!\COMPANION\YCOMP5_0_2_4.DLL - {13F537F0-AF09-11d6-9029-0002B31F9E59}
NAV Helper - c:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872}
(no name) - C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\ACROBAT 6.0\READER\ACTIVEX\ACROIEHELPER.DLL - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}

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Enumerating Task Scheduler jobs:

Maintenance-Defragment programs.job
Maintenance-ScanDisk.job
Maintenance-Disk cleanup.job
Symantec NetDetect.job
Norton AntiVirus - Scan my computer.job
Windows Critical Update Notification.job

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Enumerating Download Program Files:

[Shockwave Flash Object]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MACROMED\FLASH\FLASH.OCX
CODEBASE = http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab

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End of report, 5,078 bytes
Report generated in 0.235 seconds

Command line options:
   /verbose  - to add additional info on each section
   /complete - to include empty sections and unsuspicious data
   /full     - to include several rarely-important sections
   /force9x  - to include Win9x-only startups even if running on WinNT
   /forcent  - to include WinNT-only startups even if running on Win9x
   /forceall - to include all Win9x and WinNT startups, regardless of platform
   /history  - to list version history only

So here (finally) is my question - is there anything else I can do to clean up my system to make it run more efficiently?

Thanks in advance, litlil