Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 …-11D3-8B8E-00104B3E656F} (SBCRecorderPlayer Control) - [url]https://www.vodafone.net/VoiceRecorder/SBCRP.cab[/url] O16 - DPF: {7D1E9C49-BD6A-11D3-87A8-009027A35D73… Backdoor.Win32.Loony.m Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 …-11D3-8B8E-00104B3E656F} (SBCRecorderPlayer Control) - [url]https://www.vodafone.net/VoiceRecorder/SBCRP.cab[/url] O16 - DPF: {7D1E9C49-BD6A-11D3-87A8-009027A35D73… Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by jbennet What are your system specs? Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 Windows XP SP2 Pentium 4 2.66 GHz 512 RAM Is this what you mean? Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by jbennet I think its clear, it jist has a load of crap set to load on startup which is probably what is making your PC slow hang around for a while and hopefully "crunchie" will take a look. hes real good at spyware/malware etc... Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 Cheers, I'll await Crunchie's reply. Crunchie has sorted all my promlems in the past :) Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by crunchie I agree with jb. Use msconfig to disable unneeded startups. Also, you may want to clear out all your temp folders, Prefetch folder and defragment your hard drive. Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by jbennet Things like realplayer and adobe acrobat especially. They are set to load on startup and slow the PC down. Check that your [I]Start -> All Programs -> Startup folder [/I]is enpty too. Some programs like to put speedloaders there which are bad if you have under 1gb ram e.g[I][COLOR=red] "O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk … Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by gerbil You might want to use hijackthis to fix these two entries. The first is a random downloader pest which will tie up your web connection. O16 - DPF: {70BA88C8-DAE8-4CE9-92BB-979C4A75F53B} (GSDACtl Class) - [url]http://launch.gamespyarcade.com/soft...ch/alaunch.cab[/url] O16 - DPF: {FEE1002D-90A5-4A5D-AABE-01803FFBCF7A} - [url]http://ps.itv.mop.com/… Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 Hi again I've done everything asked of, but it's still starting up very slow. Takes a couple of minutes to load up. The computer seems to be working ok, maybe a tad slow. Thanks again for any further help. Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by thunderstorm98 where it takes a time, in logo screen or welcome screen ? Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 [QUOTE=thunderstorm98;414656]where it takes a time, in logo screen or welcome screen ?[/QUOTE] Both, the black windows screen, and it takes ages for the comp to load after the welcome screen too. Thanks Re: Windows XP - Start up very slow Hardware and Software Information Security by thunderstorm98 Well its happening due to resource holes which caused by malicious infection and WMI performance adapter unable to manage them. Remove any unknown startup key through msconfig and if you are not familiar with try it through Ccleaner its very sharp on registry and its free [URL="http://www.piriform.com"]www.piriform.com[/URL] Otherwise … Re: Backdoor.Win32.Loony.m Hardware and Software Information Security by gerbil Urk... see if this helps: ==Get CCleaner from [url]http://www.ccleaner.com/[/url] - and put it in a new folder. You should aim to keep this one for general use. I set it from the installation checkboxes to only open from the recycle bin. It's neater that way. Now run CCleaner from the recycle bin rclick menu using its default settings [if you… Re: Backdoor.Win32.Loony.m Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 Hi I've already used Ccleaner, but I ran it again, it removed anything it found. I ran the online Panda scan, it said I had no problems, it also didn't give me a log. I'll look into doing this Windows Repair now, thanks. Re: Backdoor.Win32.Loony.m Hardware and Software Information Security by atky2004 It wouldn't let me do the windows repair. I ran the install XP disc, it checked my computer, it said I can't reinstall Windows cause SP2 had been updated. Anyone got any tips, this is driving me crazy. My PC takes about 4 minutes to boot up. I've also done a malware scan with a tool off the microsoft site, that found nothing. This backdoor … Re: Backdoor.Win32.Loony.m Hardware and Software Information Security by gerbil AVG AS should clean most trojans. Run CCleaner before you scan so that it does not list your cookies etc.... ==GET AVG antispyware 7.5 here.. [url]http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5[/url] or here.. [url]http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-spyware-…