XP Pro Very Slow - New Install
last week I replaced my hard rive with a 500 Gb WD drive and did a clean instal of XP.
I'm hooked up to a 6 meg DSL line and have good access.
Windows SP3 and Office 2007 is installed.
Running Symantec Corp AV 10.1.8.0.
When I open Outlook 2007, it takes about a minute to check email for two pop3 accounts on my web server. With the previous install, it took about 10 seconds to check these accounts.
I have 2 Gig Ram, 2- 250 gig partitions on my hd with 80% free space on both. I have scanned for spyware. Virtual memory is managed by Windows. Any ideas on why outlook and Windows in general is so slow?
Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm hooked up to a 6 meg DSL line and have good access.
Windows SP3 and Office 2007 is installed.
Running Symantec Corp AV 10.1.8.0.
When I open Outlook 2007, it takes about a minute to check email for two pop3 accounts on my web server. With the previous install, it took about 10 seconds to check these accounts.
I have 2 Gig Ram, 2- 250 gig partitions on my hd with 80% free space on both. I have scanned for spyware. Virtual memory is managed by Windows. Any ideas on why outlook and Windows in general is so slow?
Thanks for your suggestions.
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The hosts file only has the following line:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
Then THAT's not it, either. Rats.
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Oh, and what about things like Games, MS Office Apps, etc..... They all slow too?
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I just etsted Outlook in safe mode. It seems a bit faster, but just before I launched it in safe more, I closed it and went to the start menu. There was a definate three second delay from the time I clicked start to the time the start menu opened. It's like this PC is running in s l o w m o t i o n. . . .
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I appreate all suggestions. The drivrs have been updated and the system is ruynning much better.
did you disable the add-on for MS outlook?