Hi there,

My computer with XP Pro seems to be running very slow.

For example, Start/Program/Folder? (one on a number of folders under this Start Menu listing) can pause for 5-10 seconds one the first showing after booting. Speed depends upon the number of item in the folder, but after the first time, everything is fine.

I use Media Player Classic to watch video clips. Sometimes is starts and closes (after hitting the X) immediately; most frequently nowadays, it take 1-2 seconds to start and about 3-5 to shutdown.

I do have a lot of programs but rarely more than a couple running at the same time. I have plenty of HDD space (the OS is on a 30gb partition with about 25% free; 3 gb fo RAM.) I regularly clean with Ccleaner, Ad-Aware and SpyBot; there are no virus on board and only the occasional tracking cookie.

Apart from a clean install, which I do not really want to do, are there any solutions?

Grateful for any suggestions,

Many thanks,

Rex