Why is my windows XP start up so slow??

Question

I recently bought a new laptop and my cold reboot was so fast. However, once i installed mcaffee security center, my startup became so slow...i decided to uninstall mcafee and i got zonelabs...however my startup was still slow....i did virus scans, spyware, adware, and i also use registry mechanic. I defragged and did harddrive clean several times and i also us msconfig to reduce the amount of programs that start....Even with all this my startup is still slow...I use to use mcafee antivirus that my school provided and my startup was amazingly quick...but once i got mcafee secuirty center my my startup was slow....i dont know what to do...should i reformat my harddrive???

Answer 1

Try to go to --> start--> run --> type msconfig --> startup --> remove the program that u r not going to use....

Answer 2

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Answer 3

mccafee is the problem, mines been the same way since i installed it and i uninstalled it too, still slow, but i use avg antivirus now, got to ccleaner.com and download it, its a registry cleaner plus it cleans up unessary files among other things, it seemed to help my pc a little

Answer 4

Maybe you sould learn to be more patiant you'll find it less kaotic. the box is doing its job so you can do yours .Ihave Tosh. sat. it slow with mcafee but its establising it shields to save your computer from the bad thing s