BleepingComputer.com: Computer (VISTA) runs EXTREMELY Slow

My wife's computer running on VISTA is running extremely slow. It is brutally slow logging on (15-20 minutes) and can take a long time toload programs, etc. I loaded Autoruns and there are a lot or things that load at startup but I am fearful to make changes without advice from an "expert" and it seems there is more to it as slow as it runs.

I realize this is a very broad "problem" and would appreciate some ideas on ways to determine and fix potenital issues.

Thanks for any help.

Please download MiniToolBox and run it.

Checkmark following boxes:

• List last 10 Event Viewer log
  
• List Windows version, partition and memory size.

Click Go and post the result.

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Download Autoruns for Windows: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
No installation required.
Simply unzip Autoruns.zip file, and double click on autoruns.exe file to run the program.
Go File>Save, and save it as AutoRuns.txt file to know location.
You must select Text from drop-down menu as a file type:



Attach the file to your next reply.

Here is the result from MiniToolbox:

iniToolBox by Farbar
Ran by Sheila at 2011-04-05 21:40:38
Windows Vista ™ Home Premium Service Pack 2 (X86)

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========================= Event log errors: ===============================

Application errors:
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Error: (04/05/2011 08:50:41 PM) (Source: Windows Search Service) (User: )
Description: The entry <C:\USERS\SHEILA\DOCUMENTS\TURBOTAX\2010 DEMARS T FORM 1040 INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURN.TAX2010> in the hash map cannot be updated.

Context: Application, SystemIndex Catalog

Details:
A device attached to the system is not functioning. (0x8007001f)

Error: (04/05/2011 06:20:08 PM) (Source: MsiInstaller) (User: SYSTEM)SYSTEM
Description: Product: Scrapbook Factory Deluxe 4.0 -- Error 1706.No valid source could be found for product Scrapbook Factory Deluxe 4.0. The Windows Installer cannot continue.

Error: (04/05/2011 05:59:34 PM) (Source: Application Hang) (User: )
Description: The program iexplore.exe version 8.0.6001.19019 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel.
Process ID: df8
Start Time: 01cbf3e434a9bc0b
Termination Time: 0

Error: (04/05/2011 05:58:48 PM) (Source: Application Hang) (User: )
Description: The program qw.exe version 18.1.7.8 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel.
Process ID: 1678
Start Time: 01cbf3e409b0d1ab
Termination Time: 653

Error: (04/05/2011 06:24:44 AM) (Source: Bonjour Service) (User: )
Description: Task Scheduling Error: m->NextScheduledSPRetry 10150236

Error: (04/05/2011 06:24:44 AM) (Source: Bonjour Service) (User: )
Description: Task Scheduling Error: m->NextScheduledEvent 10150236

Error: (04/05/2011 06:24:44 AM) (Source: Bonjour Service) (User: )
Description: Task Scheduling Error: Continuously busy for more than a second

Error: (04/05/2011 06:24:42 AM) (Source: Bonjour Service) (User: )
Description: Task Scheduling Error: m->NextScheduledSPRetry 10148864

Error: (04/05/2011 06:24:42 AM) (Source: Bonjour Service) (User: )
Description: Task Scheduling Error: m->NextScheduledEvent 10148864

Error: (04/05/2011 06:24:42 AM) (Source: Bonjour Service) (User: )
Description: Task Scheduling Error: Continuously busy for more than a second


System errors:
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Error: (04/05/2011 05:24:37 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (User: )
Description: Parallel port driver%%1058

Error: (04/04/2011 04:53:35 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (User: )
Description: KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Error: (04/04/2011 04:44:08 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (User: )
Description: Parallel port driver%%1058

Error: (04/04/2011 06:07:20 AM) (Source: yukonwlh) (User: )
Description: Driver has encountered an internal error

Error: (04/04/2011 06:07:20 AM) (Source: yukonwlh) (User: )
Description: Driver has encountered an internal error

Error: (04/04/2011 00:40:59 AM) (Source: disk) (User: )
Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.

Error: (04/04/2011 00:40:45 AM) (Source: disk) (User: )
Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.

Error: (04/04/2011 00:40:41 AM) (Source: disk) (User: )
Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.

Error: (04/03/2011 02:16:29 PM) (Source: Service Control Manager) (User: )
Description: Parallel port driver%%1058

Error: (04/03/2011 02:12:52 PM) (Source: DCOM) (User: )
Description: {C2BFE331-6739-4270-86C9-493D9A04CD38}


Microsoft Office Sessions:
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Error: (10/22/2009 07:34:33 PM) (Source: Microsoft Office 12 Sessions)(User: )
Description: ID: 0, Application Name: Microsoft Office Word, Application Version: 12.0.6504.5000, Microsoft Office Version: 12.0.6425.1000. This session lasted 37 seconds with 0 seconds of active time. This session ended with a crash.

Error: (10/22/2009 07:33:14 PM) (Source: Microsoft Office 12 Sessions)(User: )
Description: ID: 0, Application Name: Microsoft Office Word, Application Version: 12.0.6504.5000, Microsoft Office Version: 12.0.6425.1000. This session lasted 11 seconds with 0 seconds of active time. This session ended with a crash.

Error: (10/22/2009 07:32:40 PM) (Source: Microsoft Office 12 Sessions)(User: )
Description: ID: 0, Application Name: Microsoft Office Word, Application Version: 12.0.6504.5000, Microsoft Office Version: 12.0.6425.1000. This session lasted 4677 seconds with 3960 seconds of active time. This session ended with a crash.

Error: (04/12/2008 03:14:34 PM) (Source: Microsoft Office 12 Sessions)(User: )
Description: ID: 1, Application Name: Microsoft Office Excel, Application Version: 12.0.6300.5000, Microsoft Office Version: 12.0.6215.1000. This session lasted 58813 seconds with 60 seconds of active time. This session ended with a crash.


========================= End of Event log errors =========================

========================= Memory info: ====================================

Percentage of memory in use: 89%
Total physical RAM: 1013.32 MB
Available physical RAM: 105.11 MB
Total Pagefile: 2476.93 MB
Available Pagefile: 753.18 MB
Total Virtual: 2047.88 MB
Available Virtual: 1960.68 MB

======================= Partitions: =======================================

1 Drive c: (SQ004328V04) (Fixed) (Total:147.58 GB) (Free:41.22 GB) NTFS

I've attached the Autoruns.txt file.

Thanks for your help!!

To start with:

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You may have hard drive problem.
There is also a lot of startups and a lack of RAM. Vista runs much better with at least 2GB of RAM installed.

Let's start with checking your drive....

Run hard drive diagnostics: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287 (or http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28744&hl=hard+drive+diagnostic)
Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.
Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn .iso file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), to make the CD bootable.
For Toshiba hard drives, see here: http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=ServicesSupport/FujitsuDrivesUSandCanada/SoftwareUtilities#diagnostic

Note : If you do not know how to set your computer to boot from CD follow the steps HERE