What slows Windows down?

[LNCPapa]

An interesting read that many people here should take the time to look at. The important results are here:

http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/3

but if you want to read from the beginning of the article go here:

http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/1

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Absolutely brilliant mate.

I hope every member will read those links.

Sticky perhaps?

Regards Howard

 

[altheman]

Lol, Norton is at the top. Anybody surprised?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Nope, not really lol.

Resource hogging crap

Regards Howard

 

[IH8PunkRok]

i have like 7 of those things on my comp
no wonder its so slow
-rok

 

[ThePhantomPain]

Hehe certainly, I had a lightningfast laptop and now it's as slow as a racingsnail.
What do you think runs on it, yup yup Norton Internet Security.

 

[DelJo63]

What slows Windows down?

toungue in cheek: attempting to use it :giddy:

 

[alidabiri]

i knew norton will be number one at least on one thing. lol. i got rid of it 2 years ago. the only thing i have is bit defender. what do you all think about avast? is it pretty good? or crappy?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

I`ve been hearing some very good things about Avast, although I`ve not tried it myself yet.

Check out this thread HERE.

Regards Howard

 

[WiggyUK]

Wow I have 17 of those apps on my main machine lol. At least ZA isn't on there

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I noticed VMware Server adding a couple of seconds to startup time too (not that it would be a big deal to me), so I changed the VMware services startup types to manual.

Fortunately I still have a fast hard disk drive :giddy:

 

[korrupt]

I agree with some of those, however, everything you do is gonna use system resources....? I believe the only things that should be on that list are things that are constantly running in the background, such as norton. I dont think programs such as photoshop etc should be on there.

Regards,

Korrupt

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Applications that attach something to Windows Explorer can slow the system down after startup too. For example WinRAR / WinZip context menu has to be loaded when Explorer window opens, and if it's paged out, well, slows down. The same with "New..." right-click menu, applications can add a lot of things there.

 

[jammy_gee]

lol norton, says it all just had to agree with everyone Has anyone emailed the results to symnantec? Good job on posting the link

 

[hnsexeter]

I'm not totally susrprised - been telling my customers for 2 years to get shut

I use AVG and Spyware Terminator, the XP Firewall or NAT Firewall is all anyone needs in that department.

If you want to download AVG + Spyware Terminator (free and updates free) you can find them here www.pcpoorly.com (on the left hand side of the page

Chris
(PC Poorly Ltd)

 

[greenflash]

dont forget to check updated version

link: http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_really_slows_windows_down/1

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Thanks for the update mate.

Regards Howard

 

[Rik]

So its official, NORTON IS CRAP!!!!!!!!

 

[howard_hopkinso]

So its official, NORTON IS CRAP!!!!!!!!

Were you ever in any doubt lol.

Regards Howard

 

[Rik]

Er, nope Howard not for 1 second!!!!

Soooo, who's for starting up LAN, League Against Norton???????????

 

[Wolfbane]

Sounds about right, I was a little surprised about Kaspersky but very nice read thanx.

 

[Charlie06]

Very interesting thread...makes you wonder how they keep selling Norton at the prices they do...when you can get the likes of AVG on a free download!!

 

[Jungchen]

Kaspersky rules

I use Kaspersky internet Security 6 and it works just fine...
Norton is crap indeed !! It took me some time to erase it from my computer and eventually I had to reinstall the OS...

 

[imfamousQ]

Hey Guys,

I use Avast and it's great. It's light on the Windows XP and it does not slow down the computer. What's better is that it has strong network shields!! I recommend it strongly!

http://avast.com

 

[unclebobee]

Windows Slowdown

Until lately, I have had good success using BOOTVIS to speed up my PC loading....but lately it hasn't been so good...dunno rhy...I think it is a Microsoft program...Do a Google search to find it...Hope this helps.....