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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #30 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:15 Chopsdad wrote on 14. Oct 2008 at 22:13: After shutting down and restarting per Bandit advice I note "Norton antivirus detection is out of date and turned off" Is this a factor? probably no..
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #31 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:16 did your license with norton expired
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willyboy Omega Knight Offline Can Do !! Posts: 1286 Leeds. West Yorks Gender: Drives: 98.3.0 V6 Elite-or-99 2.0CD	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #32 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:16 Chopsdad wrote on 14. Oct 2008 at 22:13: After shutting down and restarting per Bandit advice I note "Norton antivirus detection is out of date and turned off" Is this a factor? you could well have a virus in that case
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #33 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:19 even if there's a virus my money is on ie broken registry..viruses or trojans rarely slow down a pc to that extent..I passed similiar paths many time..
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Chopsdad Omega Baron Offline Keep it clean! Posts: 4066 Bouncy Castle in Carlisle Gender: Drives: VW Passat 1.9 TDI Est	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #34 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:22 cem wrote on 14. Oct 2008 at 22:16: did your license with norton expired No, the licence is good for another 200 days
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #35 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:24 Let the Norton stay then..if you play up with it, will bring other problems..
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Chopsdad Omega Baron Offline Keep it clean! Posts: 4066 Bouncy Castle in Carlisle Gender: Drives: VW Passat 1.9 TDI Est	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #36 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:32 cem wrote on 14. Oct 2008 at 22:24: Let the Norton stay then..if you play up with it, will bring other problems.. Ok. Firefox downloading as we speak.
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Re: Slow computer - please help.
Reply #37 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:45

Not sure Firefox is any better - I just got this message

Network Timed Out

The server at www.omegaowners.com is taking too long to respond.

The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the browser has stopped waiting for a reply.

* Could the server be experiencing high demand or a temporary outage? Try again later.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.
* Still having trouble? Consult your network administrator or Internet provider for assistance.

I also need some plug ins for other sites, so I'll play around and let you know how it's going tomorrow.

Thanks guys Thumbs Up!

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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #38 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:52 Ok..Last things coming to my mind try this http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/17/fix-for-poor-network-performance-in-windows-vis....
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Re: Slow computer - please help.
Reply #39 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:55

I,m sorry but this isnt help as such but... I dumped Winblows 4 years ago for Linux,I have never looked back.

From my experience helping others with clogged up xp and vista installs,the so called 'Free' Norton was a big factor in the Equation.
All I do is remove all the personal data on to a usb hard drive and strip the OS back to a bare install-then install Clamav.
The next step is to convince the user to set up a user account and stop using the bloody thing as Administrator all the time!
The only time you should log in as Admin is to do updates or install some new software etc.

Eddie

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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #40 - 14. Oct 2008 at 22:59 cem wrote on 14. Oct 2008 at 22:52: Ok..Last things coming to my mind try this http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/17/fix-for-poor-network-performance-in-windows-vis.... if you can reach, check this adress info important..
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jimbobmccoy Junior Member Offline Posts: 146 outer london Gender: Drives: 2 litre auto	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #41 - 15. Oct 2008 at 08:04 apart from the known speed issue caused by norton, is the pc speed ok when not web browsing? Does it take a long time to boot (the time from when you enter your password, the screen goes blankish, till the time the desktop is up, and all icons are present)?
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Plomien Omega Knight Offline Rescue the beer and drink the maiden Posts: 1724 Swansea Gender: Drives: 2.5 V6 Tourer	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #42 - 15. Oct 2008 at 10:17 download advanced windows care from http://www.iobit.com/beta.html once installed click the big blue care button, also in settings set pc to top performance to get best out of it
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dbug Omega Lord Offline Dont knock Linux! Posts: 7822 Northants Gender: Drives: 98 V6 Elite auto	Re: Slow computer - please help. Reply #43 - 15. Oct 2008 at 10:34 Sounds like u got something nasty on there which is nicking bandwidth - changing browser unlikely to help if thats the case. Try and get hold of Hijack this and run - save output as log file. If u pm me then & email log file 2 me I may be able to identify issue and help.
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Re: Slow computer - please help.
Reply #44 - 15. Oct 2008 at 13:30

Chopsdad wrote on 14. Oct 2008 at 22:45:

Not sure Firefox is any better - I just got this message

Network Timed Out

The server at www.omegaowners.com is taking too long to respond.

The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the browser has stopped waiting for a reply.

* Could the server be experiencing high demand or a temporary outage? Try again later.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.
* Still having trouble? Consult your network administrator or Internet provider for assistance.

I also need some plug ins for other sites, so I'll play around and let you know how it's going tomorrow.

Thanks guys Thumbs Up!

Errm. I responded earlier with 'uninstall SpyBot', did you do it? The latest version of SpyBot installs a resident program which checks the content of everything 'web related' that you do. Try it, I take it you've got the original in your Download folder.

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