XP Pro .......S...L...O...W...!

[ACK_h8r]

@guru-666

Nonsense. No one needs anti-virus/spyware software running all of the time checking every single file what gets accessed, this singly is the cause of many peoples "my machine takes a while starting up" and lets not even mention the amount of un-needed program running at start up.

As saying that i am glad people use so much crap that their machine runs slow, i make more money unticking a few "dont start with windows boxes" than anything else computer related and people are well happy thinking i have made their machine faster ).

[ACK_h8r]

Nearly all of the recommendations here are just way over the top and are for the paranoid, the only thing the OP needs is to use common sense while using his computer. Instead of installing tons of system hogging software that will come back and haunt him.

Sorry op but if you listen to these guys your machine will end up screwed and need fresh installing again. Reminds me of the {bleep}s who recommend codec packs.