Haven't been here in awhile, slow.....

[FLW]

bear with me, haven't been on this forum in awhile but it has helped me in the past. My computer seems awfully slow. I have Windows 7. Running AVAST antivirus. I did a msconfig and which of these are really not needed at startup. The ones I have checked are, AIO OSD, JAVA, ADOBE, FATrayMon, Cyberlink Power DVD, DataSafeOnline, Dell Wireless and HDAudioControl Panel.
Anything else I should check out? My computer is approx.2 years old. Really don't do much on here except emails, FB, etc.

[Welshjim]

FLW--I would not think you would need any of those at start except Dell Wireless.
I wrote this some time ago but it still may help. (Note the website http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
It will help you decide what to keep at start and what not. You enter the program's .exe at the sysinfo.org website and you get the .exe from the end of the entry in msconfig's Command column.)

1) Have you scanned the PC for viruses, spyware, etc.? (Be sure to use programs with updated reference definition files.) Delete whatever these programs recommend. And if you did find such malware, you should also probably install and run MalwareBytes. It may find bits and pieces which were left behind
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
2) Disk Cleanup. There are several ways to reach it. One is Start|All Programs|Accessories|System Tools|DiskCleanUp. That will start a scan of the PC to tell you what files might be deleted or compressed. (The scan takes a while.) I would certainly delete Temporary Internet Files, Temp files, Downloaded Program Files. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312 for details.
3) Then I would run ErrorChecking. (left click on MyComputer||right click on C:\ drive icon (assuming that is your hard drive)|Tools|Error Checking. Check the box "Automatically fix file system errors". Click Start (within the error checking window). You will be told to reboot. Do so. Error checking will then run as part of the reboot. It can take a while.
4) Start|Run|type MSCONFIG|OK|Startup tab. Windows actually needs very few thirdparty programs (the ones you see in msconfig) to run at start. Antivirus, Firewall, Antispyware, programs associated with wireless connections such as mouse, network, etc. would be among the few. Uncheck the box to the left of any program you feel you do not need at startup. Click Apply. This site will help you make decisions what you do and do not need http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
5) Run Disk Defragmenter. ((left click on MyComputer||right click on C:\ drive icon (again assuming that is your hard drive)|Tools|Disk Defragmenter|Defrag Now click Analyze) Unless the analysis shows defragmentation is not needed, proceed to run Defragment. That also takes a while.

[FLW]

Thank you, I will look into this tomorrow.