Thanks Dwarf,
That's pretty much what I decided to do.
"Dwarf" <Dwarf@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> I assume that you used the upgrade version of Vista. If you did, you might
> be better off performing a clean install. For instructions, please see my
> post 'Clean Install Windows Vista Using Upgrade Media' in the newsgroup
> 'Windows Vista Installation and Setup'. Don't forget to backup your data
> files first - these can then be restored afterwards. The applications
> themselves can be reinstalled from the original disks.
> Dwarf
>
> "Bob Hansen" wrote:
> Quote:
>>
>> Hello Group,
>> This install (home premium) was an overwrite of XP 6 months ago or so. I
>> have a 3.2 GHZ dual core, 2 gigs ram, and a 256 mb video card.
>> I'm having a problem with programs not responding when opening, closing
>> or
>> doing almost any operation. It will even crash while renaming a file.
>> Even
>> when not crashing, programs are slow to open. When I first boot up, Word
>> 2007 takes 30 seconds to be ready to use. Mail opens not responding every
>> time and several other programs do as well.
>> I do disk cleanup twice a week or so and defrag runs once a month.
>> Any help in getting this problem cleared up will be appreciated.
>> Bob
>>