Lang Murphy

"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
news:580A70B5-8537-4D08-BCC3-5DE1D5C19411@microsoft.com...
> Well, it looks like I have to restart my Vista Home Premium again. The
> disk
> meter frequently goes to and stays at 90% or greater, and anything I
> attempt
> to do takes minutes, not the already unreasonable seconds like it did
> until
> last Wednesday. My old XP Pro is lightning fast compared to this. A
> restart fixes the problem for an hour or so. Task manager does not show
> any
> program other than those showing on the bottom of the screen. I run
> Ad-Aware frequently (it always finds 20 or so) and I'm using Avast to
> prevent any virus. Help, anybody?
>


Start | Run | perfmon

Check the disk section... sort on read or write (read first) and see what's
pounding your HD.

If there's nothing painfully apparent, then... -maybe- your box has
something illicit sucking your resources.

Lang