Re: OT: windows ADD / Remove programs too slow

de Larry Sabo 06/06/2006 11:18

"Annie" <myjunksandforums@gmail.com> wrote:

>The add / remove option of control panel is getting very slow to populate
>the list its about 10 - 15 mins
>
>I have no idea what is going on? it was very normal before just couple of
>seconds to open up the list
>Also, another porblem that i have realised is that suddenly 1 or 2 program
>set up is fired automatically....
>
>I have checked my pc with Avast anti virus, Ad-aware, and spybot but nothing
>serious is found ... still these >weired things happening.
>
>Has anyone ever had such a issue? What can go wrong here?
>Any suggestion please?

I can highly recommend Safarp as a very fast uninstaller. Also, use
CCleaner to clean out your Temp and Temporary Internet files with
every boot. They can slow startup noticably and a lot of, er, crap,
resides in those folders and causes weird things to happen.

However, your main concern is programs trying to in/re-install
themselves. Use Mike Lin's Startup Control to see what is set to start
every startup and try disabling any that look suspicious. You can
easily re-enable them if that doesn't help.

Larry