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yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <nyroadrage...>
wrote:
>
> First let me say Thank You for all the responses to my email.
>
> I do in fact keep a close eye on what programs start when I turn on my
> machine. In fact I have WinPatrol installed to help me do just that.
Nothing
> has changed in that area even before the desktop icons started
taking so
> long to show up.
>
> And Yes Barry, I did do a defragment of the drive. I have IObit
SmartDefrag
> to help me there. I find it interesting that you say those files are
always
> changing. That is the 1st time in the 3 years I have had this PC
that AVG
> Free alerted me to their change. Maybe an update to AVG has just now
caused
> it to catch the change. It just seems like too much of a coincidence
then
> that I would get that alert at about the same time the icons took so
long to
> show up.
>
> Oh, and before I go, I can't do any changes to the PC involving the
Windows
> CD because I don't have one. I bought this PC at BestBuy with WinXP
Home
> already installed.
what brand and model is the computer? at startup, you may be able to
press f10 (depending upon the model) and do the things you would
normally need an xp cd for. If its not f10, at startup it might say
something about pressing a key for repair.
It may be time to find a little more about your computer, tell what
cpu, ram, harddrive size and free space available.
Also check your memory, try running the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis.
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
.
