Never thought about off line content until you said something. It took a little while for it to finish deleting the off line. Now I'm going to defrag, it will need it now. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan L. Asche" <jasche45133@aol.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Norton Systemworks > Have you cleaned out the catch? Control Panel, Internet Options, Under > Temporary Internet files click on delete files (and cookies might not be > a bad idea either) check off line content as well. > > Run a system defragmentation? Start, All Programs, Accessories, System > tools, Disk Defragmenter, you can run analysis and it will tell you if > you need to run the defragmenter. > > Checked for spyware? I assume you have a current antivirus program. > > Have you overloaded it with to many programs? You should uninstall any > program you no longer use. > > When my computer starts to get goofy I do the above -- and usually run a > scan disc before defraging --- My computer, right click on the the hard > drive icon, properties, tools, click on check now, restart your computer > for the scan to start. > > Joan Cybolsky wrote on 10/5/2004, 8:58 AM: > > > My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in > > the > > morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there some > > way I > > can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the right > > technical > > terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to do routine things > > like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or can someone > > suggest > > something like that to help me. Or is it time for a reformat? Running > > Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old. > > Thankyou. > > > > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >