something is causing very slow start up Hi Bob, make sure you have the service Superfetch running and next try to speed up the boot with the help of my guide [1]. This trains the advanced prefetcher in Windows 7. This increase the boot performance a lot. All other tweaking tools are useless. Only use this method with this Microsoft Toolkit. If this doesn't speed up the boot process, follow my guide [2] to make a boot trace and compress the boot_BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER_1.etl as 7z or RAR and upload it to your Skydrive [3] and post the link here. I take a look at the trace, maybe I see what's wrong with your Windows. André [1] http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=140262 [2] http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=140247 [3] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

how do i locate, and render inop programs running in the back ground. my computer is running so slow. i have used both security co's to scan for bad guys, none found. maintanance also located no problems. something is causing very slow start up, and regular use . any ideas? bob

Your first option would be to start your computer in safe mode with networking. If your computer performs well speed wise in safe mode then it is one of the services or drivers that is slowing down your computer. IF in safe mode your computer is still slow, I'm afraid you have recover it from the DVDs or the recovery Partition, but my advice is to always have the recovery DVDs created if you are going to alter the system in such a major way. In the case that in safe mode was faster: You can use the computer management console (start -> right click on your computer and select manage from the pop up menu.) And there look in the performance tab. System diagnostics data collector sets and so on. There you can create system monitoring sets to see which service program is running abnormally. You would havet o read a bit about the performance console. there is no quick way to it. try technet. You can try a more direct approach with process explorer from Sysinternals and there you can suspend suspected services from receiving CPU frames. if your computer is radically improving after a service suspension then the previous service might be the culprit. Anoter alternative is msconfig. disable all the start up tools from the start up tab, then continue with services. its a bit of detective work, but it can be done. Good Luck.Please do not forget to select the best answer if it helps you! The Ultimate computer newbie guide since the discovery of spoon feeding! The Computer Manual dot Com

Someone delete my post on this thread, Andre, did you delete my post? This is Not cool....Please do not forget to select the best answer if it helps you! The Ultimate computer newbie guide since the discovery of spoon feeding! The Computer Manual dot Com