My computer is running slowly. It takes excessive time to do tasks that it originally did faster.
It also takes several minutes to shut down.
The operating system is XP and so I ran the Defrag but this has not made much difference.
The XP programme MsMpEng.exe, which according to Google, is a Microsoft programme that protects against spyware and trojans, runs for several minutes when I start the internet.
I also have Norton anti virus and the free version of the Sygate Personal Firewall.
I downloaded the free version of "Uniblue Registry Booster". It did a scan and found 698 faults in the registry.
It repaired 15 of them, but wants me to pay for the full version before it will do the rest.
I'm dubious about repairing the registry as I've heard comments that registry cleaners should be treated with caution.
Some years ago, I did some manual registry cleaning, but it was time consuming and potentially dangerous for my level of knowledge. I'm not a novice, but I'm certainly not an expert.
Any advice will be appreciated.
It also takes several minutes to shut down.
The operating system is XP and so I ran the Defrag but this has not made much difference.
The XP programme MsMpEng.exe, which according to Google, is a Microsoft programme that protects against spyware and trojans, runs for several minutes when I start the internet.
I also have Norton anti virus and the free version of the Sygate Personal Firewall.
I downloaded the free version of "Uniblue Registry Booster". It did a scan and found 698 faults in the registry.
It repaired 15 of them, but wants me to pay for the full version before it will do the rest.
I'm dubious about repairing the registry as I've heard comments that registry cleaners should be treated with caution.
Some years ago, I did some manual registry cleaning, but it was time consuming and potentially dangerous for my level of knowledge. I'm not a novice, but I'm certainly not an expert.
Any advice will be appreciated.