I just used REGEDIT to find and remove Adobe Acrobat 3.0 and SpyBeGone.
Acrobat Reader 3.0 has long since been upgraded to Reader 7.0, but 3.0 was
still in the registry. SpyBeGone was also removed, but still had a registry
entry.

I am positive that both of these programs are no longer used, but they
remained in the Add & Remove Programs menu. I don't know if they were
attempting to be loaded on Start Up or not ...





"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07...
>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of
>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of
>different tasks.
>
> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall what
> the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was faster.
>
> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what
> my strategy will be.
>
> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if
> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do
> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on
> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will
> restore from.
>
> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ...
>
>
>

 

I just used REGEDIT to find and remove Adobe Acrobat 3.0 and SpyBeGone.
Acrobat Reader 3.0 has long since been upgraded to Reader 7.0, but 3.0 was
still in the registry. SpyBeGone was also removed, but still had a registry
entry.

I am positive that both of these programs are no longer used, but they
remained in the Add & Remove Programs menu. I don't know if they were
attempting to be loaded on Start Up or not ...





"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07...
>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of
>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of
>different tasks.
>
> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall what
> the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was faster.
>
> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what
> my strategy will be.
>
> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if
> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do
> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on
> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will
> restore from.
>
> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ...
>
>
>

 

I just used REGEDIT to find and remove Adobe Acrobat 3.0 and SpyBeGone.
Acrobat Reader 3.0 has long since been upgraded to Reader 7.0, but 3.0 was
still in the registry. SpyBeGone was also removed, but still had a registry
entry.

I am positive that both of these programs are no longer used, but they
remained in the Add & Remove Programs menu. I don't know if they were
attempting to be loaded on Start Up or not ...





"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07...
>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of
>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of
>different tasks.
>
> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall what
> the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was faster.
>
> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what
> my strategy will be.
>
> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if
> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do
> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on
> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will
> restore from.
>
> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ...
>
>
>

 

Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message news:45afd2e1$0$7864
> Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>
> Earle

 

Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message news:45afd2e1$0$7864
> Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>
> Earle

 

Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message news:45afd2e1$0$7864
> Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>
> Earle

 

Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message news:45afd2e1$0$7864
> Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>
> Earle

 

Do an internet search for WinASO, and get that program. Whenever my laptop
starts to take a long time opening up menus or programs I run that program
and let it clean my registry. Once the registry is cleaned you should let
WinASO defragment the registry. It also has a registry optimizer. Unless
you pay for it, you can only fix 10 problems at a time, which isn't too bad
unless you have hundreds of errors.

The other option is to watch outside to see when the 14 to 18 year old
neighbor kids get home. You can usually hire one of them to fix it up for
$20 or so depending on how bad it is. Just make sure the kid is a computer
geek.

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:yqQrh.9544$Wz.3408@trndny06...
> Thanks.
>
> I have defragged and error checked since Christmas. Still slow.
>
> I have 13G of Used Space and 24G of Free Space. 375K RAM. The 'puter came
> with 128K, and I added 256K, the total is 384K, but displays as 375K.
>
> The machine is running McAfee Security Suite, 2006 (or 2007, I forget
> which) that was recently (Thanksgiving, 2006) installed. the machine was
> slow before McAfee was installed, and I was thinking it was "virually
> enhanced" then, and that's why I put the McAfee in. My b-in-law has signed
> up for FiOS (fiber optic internet), and that comes with a security suite
> that I am going to be setting up. Therer are two versions, one is free and
> the other is a fee-service. I have the same fiber optic service, and my
> wife bought the fee-service security suite for three of our machines, but
> my machine still is using the McAfee Suite and seems to run fine. (I
> replaced Norton Security with the McAfee back in November -- at the same
> time I installed the McAfee in my b-in-law's machine. My machine runs
> okay, his machine is slow -- the machines at my house that have the
> fee-service security offered by the IP run fine.)
>
> I suspect (still) that my b-in-law's machine might have a virus. I use the
> built-in Defrag that comes with Windows, but I haven't a utility that
> cleans the Registry. I have a strong suspicion that my troubles are in the
> Registry, but I am not smart enough to know what is a Registry Requirement
> and what is a Bogus Registry Entry.
>
> Do you, or anybody else, know if I can reinstall XP using a different copy
> of the OS than the one that came installed on the machine?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "YouGoFirst" <yougofirst@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:aHPrh.416019$Fi1.402281@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> You should first get a registry defragmenting program. The program
>> should also look for errors in the registry. (I use a program called
>> WinASO to both defragment and check for registry errors.) Another source
>> of pain and anguish is the anti-virus program. The more recent versions
>> of Norton suck up immense computing resources. You can turn off a bunch
>> of scans that Norton does, and that helps. You should also defrag the
>> hard drive.
>>
>> Part of the problem is that as XP has been upgraded by MS it eats up more
>> and more resources.
>>
>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07...
>>>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of
>>>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of
>>>different tasks.
>>>
>>> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall
>>> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was
>>> faster.
>>>
>>> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what
>>> my strategy will be.
>>>
>>> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if
>>> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do
>>> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on
>>> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will
>>> restore from.
>>>
>>> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

Do an internet search for WinASO, and get that program. Whenever my laptop
starts to take a long time opening up menus or programs I run that program
and let it clean my registry. Once the registry is cleaned you should let
WinASO defragment the registry. It also has a registry optimizer. Unless
you pay for it, you can only fix 10 problems at a time, which isn't too bad
unless you have hundreds of errors.

The other option is to watch outside to see when the 14 to 18 year old
neighbor kids get home. You can usually hire one of them to fix it up for
$20 or so depending on how bad it is. Just make sure the kid is a computer
geek.

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:yqQrh.9544$Wz.3408@trndny06...
> Thanks.
>
> I have defragged and error checked since Christmas. Still slow.
>
> I have 13G of Used Space and 24G of Free Space. 375K RAM. The 'puter came
> with 128K, and I added 256K, the total is 384K, but displays as 375K.
>
> The machine is running McAfee Security Suite, 2006 (or 2007, I forget
> which) that was recently (Thanksgiving, 2006) installed. the machine was
> slow before McAfee was installed, and I was thinking it was "virually
> enhanced" then, and that's why I put the McAfee in. My b-in-law has signed
> up for FiOS (fiber optic internet), and that comes with a security suite
> that I am going to be setting up. Therer are two versions, one is free and
> the other is a fee-service. I have the same fiber optic service, and my
> wife bought the fee-service security suite for three of our machines, but
> my machine still is using the McAfee Suite and seems to run fine. (I
> replaced Norton Security with the McAfee back in November -- at the same
> time I installed the McAfee in my b-in-law's machine. My machine runs
> okay, his machine is slow -- the machines at my house that have the
> fee-service security offered by the IP run fine.)
>
> I suspect (still) that my b-in-law's machine might have a virus. I use the
> built-in Defrag that comes with Windows, but I haven't a utility that
> cleans the Registry. I have a strong suspicion that my troubles are in the
> Registry, but I am not smart enough to know what is a Registry Requirement
> and what is a Bogus Registry Entry.
>
> Do you, or anybody else, know if I can reinstall XP using a different copy
> of the OS than the one that came installed on the machine?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "YouGoFirst" <yougofirst@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:aHPrh.416019$Fi1.402281@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> You should first get a registry defragmenting program. The program
>> should also look for errors in the registry. (I use a program called
>> WinASO to both defragment and check for registry errors.) Another source
>> of pain and anguish is the anti-virus program. The more recent versions
>> of Norton suck up immense computing resources. You can turn off a bunch
>> of scans that Norton does, and that helps. You should also defrag the
>> hard drive.
>>
>> Part of the problem is that as XP has been upgraded by MS it eats up more
>> and more resources.
>>
>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07...
>>>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of
>>>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of
>>>different tasks.
>>>
>>> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall
>>> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was
>>> faster.
>>>
>>> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what
>>> my strategy will be.
>>>
>>> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if
>>> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do
>>> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on
>>> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will
>>> restore from.
>>>
>>> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

Do an internet search for WinASO, and get that program. Whenever my laptop
starts to take a long time opening up menus or programs I run that program
and let it clean my registry. Once the registry is cleaned you should let
WinASO defragment the registry. It also has a registry optimizer. Unless
you pay for it, you can only fix 10 problems at a time, which isn't too bad
unless you have hundreds of errors.

The other option is to watch outside to see when the 14 to 18 year old
neighbor kids get home. You can usually hire one of them to fix it up for
$20 or so depending on how bad it is. Just make sure the kid is a computer
geek.

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:yqQrh.9544$Wz.3408@trndny06...
> Thanks.
>
> I have defragged and error checked since Christmas. Still slow.
>
> I have 13G of Used Space and 24G of Free Space. 375K RAM. The 'puter came
> with 128K, and I added 256K, the total is 384K, but displays as 375K.
>
> The machine is running McAfee Security Suite, 2006 (or 2007, I forget
> which) that was recently (Thanksgiving, 2006) installed. the machine was
> slow before McAfee was installed, and I was thinking it was "virually
> enhanced" then, and that's why I put the McAfee in. My b-in-law has signed
> up for FiOS (fiber optic internet), and that comes with a security suite
> that I am going to be setting up. Therer are two versions, one is free and
> the other is a fee-service. I have the same fiber optic service, and my
> wife bought the fee-service security suite for three of our machines, but
> my machine still is using the McAfee Suite and seems to run fine. (I
> replaced Norton Security with the McAfee back in November -- at the same
> time I installed the McAfee in my b-in-law's machine. My machine runs
> okay, his machine is slow -- the machines at my house that have the
> fee-service security offered by the IP run fine.)
>
> I suspect (still) that my b-in-law's machine might have a virus. I use the
> built-in Defrag that comes with Windows, but I haven't a utility that
> cleans the Registry. I have a strong suspicion that my troubles are in the
> Registry, but I am not smart enough to know what is a Registry Requirement
> and what is a Bogus Registry Entry.
>
> Do you, or anybody else, know if I can reinstall XP using a different copy
> of the OS than the one that came installed on the machine?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "YouGoFirst" <yougofirst@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:aHPrh.416019$Fi1.402281@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> You should first get a registry defragmenting program. The program
>> should also look for errors in the registry. (I use a program called
>> WinASO to both defragment and check for registry errors.) Another source
>> of pain and anguish is the anti-virus program. The more recent versions
>> of Norton suck up immense computing resources. You can turn off a bunch
>> of scans that Norton does, and that helps. You should also defrag the
>> hard drive.
>>
>> Part of the problem is that as XP has been upgraded by MS it eats up more
>> and more resources.
>>
>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07...
>>>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of
>>>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of
>>>different tasks.
>>>
>>> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall
>>> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was
>>> faster.
>>>
>>> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what
>>> my strategy will be.
>>>
>>> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if
>>> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do
>>> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on
>>> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will
>>> restore from.
>>>
>>> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>