"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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If he was pleased with it at the start, then Vista or what is WAS in startup
are not the problem.

Look to programs which the user has installed since the beginning. Right
click on the icons in the notification area and select properties. There may
well be an option to uncheck 'start with Windows'.

Internet Explorer works better of 3rd party toolbars are not installed.

Remove Norton 'Anything' and replace it with AVG or Avast free versions.

Download and install Malwarebytes. Run it in safe mode, then again in normal
mode. Presently, it is the best on the lot.

Get the free version of WinPatrol. Among other things, it pops up a warning
if a program is trying to install itself into Start-up.

Run Disk Cleanup and Defragmenter now and again. Avoid registry cleaners
unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing with them..

Report back after doing al of the above..


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