Performance deterioration

[adrian]

Hi,

I've had my computer for almost 3 years now and I'm beginning to get frustrated by a noticeable deterioration in performance. Specifically, videos in Windows Media Player no longer play smoothly, stuttering every 4 seconds or so. Also, music playing in MusicMatch skips when I open Internet Explorer.

Startup is also slower, both booting into the Windows login, and subsequent login to Windows. I use XP, by the way.

I've posted my HijackThis log, which seems quite large.

Does anyone have any ideas for improving performance? I've heard Norton software is slow, and also that SP2 has a slowing effect on performance. Is this true? I've had my Norton software since I bought the computer, but have upgraded it since. Could this be contributing to the slow performance I'm seeing?

I'm thinking about wiping my hard drive clean and reinstalling Windows from scratch, but I'd prefer not to as it would obviously take me a lot of time with all the subsequent reinstallation of software, and given the age of my computer, I'm not sure whether this would solve my problem.

I'd really appreciate any help or advice anyone might be able to give me.

Thanks

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Turnoff system restore, and boot into safe mode.

Run HJT and let it fix the following(if there).

O8 - Extra context menu item: Search &Dictionary - C:\Program files\Lexico\Toolbar\dictionary.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Search &Thesaurus - C:\Program files\Lexico\Toolbar\thesaurus.htm

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - (no file)

O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Chess - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/ct1_x.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Go - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/gt1_x.cab
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Graffiti - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/grt5_x.cab
O16 - DPF: {0E8D0700-75DF-11D3-8B4A-0008C7450C4A} (DjVuCtl Class) - http://www.lizardtech.com/download/files/win/djvuplugin/en_US/DjVuControl_en_US.cab
O16 - DPF: {0EB73E39-8AD4-43E8-8FBA-0165C2CCDB8B} (GameControl Class) - http://www.midasplayer.com/midasa.cab
O16 - DPF: {41F17733-B041-4099-A042-B518BB6A408C} - http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52...pple.com/borris/us/win/QuickTimeInstaller.exe
O16 - DPF: {4E62C4DE-627D-4604-B157-4B7D6B09F02E} (AccountTracking Profile Manager Class) - https://moneymanager.egg.com/Pinsafe/accounttracking.cab
O16 - DPF: {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42CA-8532-2D05CB959537} (MSN Photo Upload Tool) - http://spaces.msn.com//PhotoUpload/MsnPUpld.cab
O16 - DPF: {75565ED2-1560-4F15-B841-20358DE6A0D1} (ImageControl Class) - http://c.ancestry.com/cab/ImageViewer/MFImgVwr.cab
O16 - DPF: {90A29DA5-D020-4B18-8660-6689520C7CD7} (DmiReader Class) - http://support.euro.dell.com/global/apps/systemprofiler/PROFILER.CAB
O16 - DPF: {AB29A544-D6B4-4E36-A1F8-D3E34FC7B00A} (WTHoster Class) - http://install.wildtangent.com/bgn/partners/shockwave/honeycombs/install.cab
O16 - DPF: {AC7399DE-3DFE-4E6C-B14E-C9543F70713A} (eValue8Downloader Control) - http://195.169.220.65/eValue8Downloader.ocx
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/msnmessengersetupdownloader.cab
O16 - DPF: {D719897A-B07A-4C0C-AEA9-9B663A28DFCB} (iTunesDetector Class) - http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/detection/ITDetector.cab
O16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - http://utu.popcap.com/games/popcaploader_v5.cab
O16 - DPF: {E87F6C8E-16C0-11D3-BEF7-009027438003} (Persits Software XUpload) - http://adrianturner.bulldoghome.com/ps/infoboxs/docstore/XUpload.ocx
O16 - DPF: {F0E2D69A-DC2F-4E9B-A993-684FB1C21DBC} - http://dictionary.reference.com/tools/toolbar/lexico.cab
O16 - DPF: {F58E1CEF-A068-4C15-BA5E-587CAF3EE8C6} (MSN Chat Control 4.5) - http://fdl.msn.com/public/chat/msnchat45.cab
O16 - DPF: {F7DC2A2E-FC34-11D3-B1D9-00A0C99B41BB} (Zoom Class) - http://www.zoomify.com/download/zoomify305.cab

When done, boot into normal mode.

Go HERE and do exactly what it says.

Delete all temporary files including internet temps and cookies.

Then post a fresh HJT log.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[luv2playcs]

Hmm.

i tink u got virus,u runnning Windows XP Sp2??Get AVG Free at free.grisoft.com.if u r running windows xp,without sp 1 or 2 or win 98 n me,get sygate personal firewall.get this startup control at http://www.download.com/Startup-Control-Panel/3000-2094_4-1539340.html?tag=lst-0-2 then select download




email me at luv2playcs@gmail.com if got more probS

pls also include wat is show in the startup control panel