a couple days ago my computer blue screened
i restarted and now its really slow and takes forever to startup
can someone please help me

acer aspire 5100 3583
1 gb ram
amd turion 64 2.0ghz
windows xp media center edition

also my sounds are slow and distorted

Hi,
It could be one or more of many problems so you need to start to rule them out. Firstly, go to "Viruses, spyware and other nasties" and read the sticky note about removing viruses. Do what is offered there and if your machine is still playing up after that, come back and ask here again.

You might have reached your limit of HDD space. A good rule of thumb is to have (at least) 10% free space on the main Partition.

God bless you Jupiter 2,
Did the poster fill his hard drive to more than 90% after he got the BSOD and that is why it is now so slow?

try defragmentation and also check for errors. right click on the drive and select properties > tools > error checking - check now and when d dialog box opens click on both the checkboxes and click on start.

after this try defragementation...
slowing down of system is due to some missing parts of files or setups present is some of the drives... also do a complete scan of viruses in your windows and system32 folders..

hope this will help to reduce your problem...

Where have I heard that before somewhere.. thats right i just said it!!

Hi,
It could be one or more of many problems so you need to start to rule them out. Firstly, go to "Viruses, spyware and other nasties" and read the sticky note about removing viruses. Do what is offered there and if your machine is still playing up after that, come back and ask here again.

Good one Jupiter 2,
May god continue to bless you.

Hi,
-You might tell us whether you're running an antivirus and if presumably so, which one and whether it is updated as well as the results of a recent full scan.
-You should clean out all your temp files by running atf (all temp file cleaner) available free here;
http://www.atribune.org/index.php?op...d=25&Itemid=25
-Is your disk indeed (almost) full?
-In my experience the bsd is often a failing hard drive (assuming an updated antivirus suite) but you have to do the diagnostics, how old is the hard disk and how long has it run (approx - was it on 24hrs/day or twice a week for example) and is it kept cool and clean etc?
- Assuming an updated anitvirus suite, and not a full disk, then you would want to clean the registry with a good product such as Registry Mechanic which is not free but I've used for years, it works reliably and makes pcs run faster:
http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/
Let us know!

I have found that if the internet updates is turned on, including the options in iTunes, Media Player and several other programs, the computer is constantly searching the internet, even if internet is not connected, at start up.

I turn the "search for updates at start up " off or disable them in each program.

Microsoft Updates and Windows Updates, I disable these also.

At least disable them for this scenario and see if this makes any difference for you.