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@bu44y wrote:

Something is causing all of my applications to launch very slowly.  We're talking 60 sec+ at times.  Once the app is open, no problems.  Tried several things; no luck.  Have 768 Mb RAM, running P4 1.6 Dimension 4400.  Any ideas?

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Hi,

What version of Windows you have?
What programs starup with Windows?

If you have a lower version of Windows than XP there is a memoru bug with systems having more than 512MB of system RAM. You can read bout it and find the simple fix at the bottom of the page here.
To help you sort out the startup programs you can look here -
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
and here -
http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM

Mis Dos Centavos,
Darrell
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I should have mentioned that I'm running XP home edition.  Not much in startup, hot sync for my PDA and power reg scheduler.  Also, I'm on RR broadband.

Thanks for your dos centavos. 

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@bu44y wrote:

I should have mentioned that I'm running XP home edition.  Not much in startup, hot sync for my PDA and power reg scheduler.  Also, I'm on RR broadband.

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Hi again,

Do you have an updated virus scanner?
Take a look at adaware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

You might also look into the Internet Explorer settings for "Install on Demand". Make sure that both boxs are unchecked.
Nothing was installed to cause this? Just started all at once?

Mis Dos Centavos,
Darrell
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My virus scan is up to date and I ran Adaware.  Hard to pinpoint the exact time it happened but the last three things I did on this machine were install RR broadband, a personal firewall, and a networking app for work.  The app is now removed.

bu44y:

I have 2 suggestions:  1) do a System Restore prior to the point you noticed things going wrong and 2) Double check your firewall settings to make sure "trusted" applications are not marked as "blocked" applications.  Worth a try.  

 

Thank you both for the suggestions. It just dawned on me to try disconnecting my broadband connection. What do you know, that's what was causing the slowdown. It started flying again like it should. Now I need to find an optimizer for broadband.

Thanks again. Happy new year to all.

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@bu44y wrote:
Thank you both for the suggestions. It just dawned on me to try disconnecting my broadband connection. What do you know, that's what was causing the slowdown. It started flying again like it should. Now I need to find an optimizer for broadband.

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Hi again,

That's very strange. I can't see any reason why the slow downs would go away just by unpluging your broadband connection.
Do you have cable, DSL, or T1?
My first thought in this is that you have either a virus or trojan that is causing your problem. When you disconnect the connection it can't talk back to whoever wrote the thing.
But, I could be wrong.

Mis Dos Centavos,
Darrell
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You bring up a good point. I recently had 2 trojan alerts from Norton Firewall where the IP address was my own. I just did a full scan a couple of days ago and nothing showed up (Norton). How do I find the trojan?

I am on cable.

I've got *exactly* the same problem (Dimension 8300, 3Ghz, 1Gb RAM)
Just tried unplugging ethernet and bingo Director starts up in 2s instead of it's usual 30s. Did you ever get this sorted?
I've ran NAV religiously from day 1 and would swear the computer's clean... but who knows, maybe not?!!

Cheers,
Rich