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have a pIV 2.4 ghz with 1 gb of 333mhz ddr ram.
i reinstalled win xp home on my new 200gb seagate hard disk. i installed all windows updates, including sp2. my problem is that ever since ive done that, my computer has become painstakingly slow at times. for example, starting media player has started taking a lot of time, as well as system mechanic. everytime i start them up, the 'busy' led lights up and stays on for the 10 seconds it takes to start the program. and it used to take a flash before i patched windows. i suspected that it was because something was running in the background, but nothing in the task manager is showing up as using an unusual amount of memory. sometimes, the busy light comes on, even though nothing is running.
just recently, i can't seem to be able to use media player at all. every time i start it up, it loads part of my libraby, and then hangs. and it refuses to shut down. anything else that i start up also freezes, and i have to restart windows.
i checked for viruses and spyware, but nothing was detected. what could the problem be?
i reinstalled win xp home on my new 200gb seagate hard disk. i installed all windows updates, including sp2. my problem is that ever since ive done that, my computer has become painstakingly slow at times. for example, starting media player has started taking a lot of time, as well as system mechanic. everytime i start them up, the 'busy' led lights up and stays on for the 10 seconds it takes to start the program. and it used to take a flash before i patched windows. i suspected that it was because something was running in the background, but nothing in the task manager is showing up as using an unusual amount of memory. sometimes, the busy light comes on, even though nothing is running.
just recently, i can't seem to be able to use media player at all. every time i start it up, it loads part of my libraby, and then hangs. and it refuses to shut down. anything else that i start up also freezes, and i have to restart windows.
i checked for viruses and spyware, but nothing was detected. what could the problem be?
