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cousin80
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_ 		7. September 2005 @ 20:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a Compaq presario 2100 notebook amd with windows xp installed. My problem is
that it my computer runs very slow at times mainly when I restart it. After I restart it I cant use it for like two hours. I tried to fix the problem by doing a clean reinstall of my OS so I
formatted my hard drive an reinstalled my OS. It took so long to load I had to leave it running
overnight and it was done in the morning. It used to take about 30 min.when it was done the next morning I started my computer up and it was still running slow.
I figure this narrows out being a spyware problem or OS problem but not sure. another thing
I saw was when I looked under my my system properties it is supposed to say 1.79ghz 448mb
of ram and when it is running slow it says 518mhz 448mb or ram. I do not know what is causing but any help will be great.
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rugripper
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_ 		8. September 2005 @ 07:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
get adaware from download.com might help.or try lavasoft.com thats who makes it works great.you can try search for perfect disk 7 from the internet good defragmenter there both free trials .hope this helps
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cousin80
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_ 		8. September 2005 @ 08:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I did a clean reinstall of windows xp this should have got rid of any spyware or viruses on my computer. Am I right?
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ddp
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_ 		8. September 2005 @ 12:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
go into your bios to see what the settings are for the cpu.
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DMW
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_ 		8. September 2005 @ 13:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sounds like a power saving issue to me.

Is there an option in the bios, as ddp suggested?

Also check for any power saving software, some laptops, not all, come with software that will drop the cpu speed to allow longer battery life.
Have you got any strange icons in your systray near the clock? could be one of those.

Hope it helps.
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cousin80
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_ 		8. September 2005 @ 16:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have not played in the bios much so I dont know a whole lot about
it but I will check. I also forgot to mention that when my compuer is cold it makes a funny churping noise that sounds kind of like a cricket. It only does it a couple of times then stops but it never did this before. Ever since this noise it has been acting up. I am quite sure it is not an operating system problem because it runs slow with know operating system installed.
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cousin80
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_ 		9. September 2005 @ 04:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I woke up this morning and fired up my computer to check my email now it wont even boot into windows. When i turn it on a black screen comes on for about 5 min. then it just shuts down i think whatever my problem was it just got worst. probably time for a new computer I guess I better start saving.
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