Hi,

Chances are good that he's installed all sorts of stuff by now. This would
likely include spyware/malware, programs that have inserted themselves into
the startup axis, and potentially some viruses. Young people and P2P
applications in particular are a dangerous mix. It's not registry errors,
and so-called cleaners are not the solution. Malware cleanup more likely is,
this wite can help:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Also, Norton's software, while highly rated, also is known it inhibit system
performance. Once cleaned up, he may want to look into alternative antivirus
solutions that have a smaller footprint on system resources.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"johnrudgett" <johnrudgett.3ipmxw@winvistaclub.com> wrote in message
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> My cousin's son got the latest model laptop a few months ago. Running
> Windows Vista.
>
> He was thrilled about it - but now he's very disappointed. It seems
> his machine has slowed down a lot from when he first got it. I thought
> he had loaded it with music and videos, but when I looked, he's got over
> 90% of his hard drive free.
>
> What could be causing his machine to run slow? I've heard about
> registry errors causing this problem, and been researching registry
> cleaning software. Came across some review sites, not sure how reliable
> they are. Have you used any of these cleaning software, and can you
> recommend one over the other?
>
> I'd love to help my nephew get his laptop back up to speed again. Oh,
> he has Norton installed for virus scanning.
>
> Thanks for your advice.
>
> John Rudgett
>
> (a concerned uncle)
>
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