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Fix Windows system performance problems on slow Windows computers
Automatically troubleshoot and repair Windows performance problems. Improve, optimize and speed up Windows computers and make slow running PCs faster.
Windows XP computer is slow to start up and shut down.
original title: PC is VERY slow It takes awhile on start up and shut down, surfing is pretty slow as well. How do I speed it up?
start up and shut down too slow
My computer start up and shut down very very slow (over 3 minutes)
what windows task manager programs can I safely shut down to improve perfomance ?
I'd like to try to speed up log on time , seems a little slow , seems like something is running in the background at start up , not sure how to find out what it is . Also can I safely shut down any
Windows XP Pro slow start-up and even slower on shut down
Installed clean set-up of Windows and drivers. Reinstalled McAfee, having difficultygetting media players i.e Real player to work properly.