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Vickie W. View Member Profile	Jun 15 2008, 08:44 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 15-June 08 Member No.: 216,331	Am running windows xp. 2 wks. ago downloaded google gadgets & did not like how puter slowed down so deleted the whole program. Then downloaded yahoo widgets & puter became worse. Also have a dll come up when rebooting puter that says mywebspace. Nowhere on puter to find this program. So went to regedit & found two dll there but not sure which one to delete or what will happen if I do. So bought registry program called Migo Registry repair. Have not used it yet as something tells me I may cause more problems. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Puter was running good until gadgets became my facination... Vickie

hamluis View Member Profile	Jun 15 2008, 09:06 AM Post #2
Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 5,011 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068	Hi . Sooo...in what situations is your computer slow? Aside from this, what system problems exist? How much RAM is installed? Last time you ran chkdsk and then defragged the C: partition? 10 Reasons Why Your Computer Runs Slow - - http://www.bestsecuritytips.com/xfsection+...rticleid+43.htm Slow Computer - http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22278 Louis

Vickie W. View Member Profile	Jun 16 2008, 03:25 PM Post #3
New Member Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 15-June 08 Member No.: 216,331	Hamlius: I read your response & studied it for a few days regarding my slow computer problem. I decided to use the migo registry repair program. It has worked fine so far. My computer is still slow but it is better than before & I did get rid of a dll that kept poping up. So all in all I appreciate all of your help and advice. Thanks Vickie

hamluis View Member Profile	Jun 16 2008, 03:55 PM Post #4
Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 5,011 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068	Feedback appreciated, happy computing . Louis

sonohuey View Member Profile	Jun 17 2008, 03:01 PM Post #5
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 10-June 08 Member No.: 215,437	How about this step - what programs startup with your computer? Go to Start Menu >>> Run >>> msconfig After you hit enter to start msconfig, click on the tab that says Startup. List everything for us that has a check mark next to it. You would be really surprised what starts with your computer that you have no need of.

hamluis View Member Profile	Jun 17 2008, 03:16 PM Post #6
Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 5,011 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068	Agree about startups...but a better tool for managing/viewing startup items is AutoRuns for Windows - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb963902.aspx , being careful to pay attention to instructions and the information on each tab. MSCONFIG is meant to be a troubleshooting tool, which is also capable of temporary management of some (not all) startup items for the purpose of analyzing system problems. It is not meant to be a means of controlling startup items, regardless of how many persons attempt to use it as such. http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Startup.htm Louis

Billy O'Neal View Member Profile	Jun 17 2008, 09:30 PM Post #7
Big Brother Bill is Watching You Group: HJT Team Posts: 2,841 Joined: 17-January 08 From: Northfield, Ohio Member No.: 184,215	Hello, Vickie W. If you want to deal with startup items safely, you should head on over to Startuplite. It will list things that are optional and okay to remove, as well as reasons for such. You can get that here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/startuplite.php Billy3 -------------------- In the event I fail to reply within twenty-four hours, feel free to send me a PM (By clicking this link). Sometimes things get overlooked... I don't want to overlook ya! Have I helped you? If so, please sign My Guestbook to help me get into college! Join BC.com's Folding Team (#38444)! Help Stanford University find a cure for diseases!

Mary Boo View Member Profile	Jul 2 2008, 09:39 AM Post #8
New Member Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 30-June 08 From: Houston Texas Member No.: 219,593	[font="Arial Black"][/font] QUOTE(sonohuey @ Jun 17 2008, 03:01 PM) How about this step - what programs startup with your computer? Go to Start Menu >>> Run >>> msconfig After you hit enter to start msconfig, click on the tab that says Startup. List everything for us that has a check mark next to it. You would be really surprised what starts with your computer that you have no need of. Here it is startup fm3032 boc426 supur anyi spyware -------------------- GOD BLESS MARY BOO

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