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Posted 5/11/2008 1:23 PM

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Hey,

I've been trying to figure out this problem and I'm completely lost now. There are programs, mostly games, that previously used to run just fine on my computer(Halflife, MOH, MOH: PA, CnC, etc), and suddenly now, I get sluggish and choppy performance in all of them, to the point where some of the games are completely unplayable. I even get sluggish installation of programs on my computer(some taking almost two hours for what used to take 20 minutes).

I know my system meets all the necessary requirements for the games, especially since they used to run just fine. I frequently Defrag my system, and run Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware to keep my system clean. I've also recently run an anti-virus scan which found no problems. I've previously posted a HijackThis log in another forum, and there were no issues found in the log.

I don't know what to do at this point? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My system is:

Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

3.20 gigahertz Intel Celeron

1014 Megabytes Installed Memory(2 512mb chips)

Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family [Display adapter]

SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC

250.06 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
68.37 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

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RichieUK

Posted 5/12/2008 5:50 AM

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Welcome

Try the following:
Disconnect from the internet.
Click on Start>Run,type msconfig then press OK
Under the 'Startup' tab uncheck EVERYTHING,then restart your pc.
If everything seems to be back to normal,start adding items/entries back by rechecking the boxes one at a time.
Restart your pc in between each one.
Using trial and error,keep doing that until you find the problem program/process.
*Note*
Don't forget to make sure your antivirus and firewall are running before you reconnect to the internet.

I've also recently run an anti-virus scan which found no problems. I've previously posted a HijackThis log in another forum, and there were no issues found in the log.

Download Trend Micro HijackThis 2.0.2 to your desktop:
Double click on HJTInstall.exe,it will prompt you to extract hijackthis.exe to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis.
When the install is complete,HijackThis will automatically launch.
When the license agreement appears,select "I Accept" and then click on the "Do a system scan only" button.
When the scan is complete,click on the "Save Log" button,then save it to your desktop.
Copy and paste the entire contents of that log into a new topic in the HijackThis Logs forum, not here.

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