Thanks a lot jer,
I'm wondering if AdAware, SpyBot S&D are the culprits as I've used ZA and AVG
for years on my other pc's without noticing this happening. I'll try the
msconfig and see what happens.

--- In ccugpconline@yahoogroups.com, jerrytt <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> --- In ccugpconline@yahoogroups.com, busterm2 <no_reply@> wrote:
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> > I'm not sure if it's Windows Vista Home, the latest Yahoo, SpyBot Search and
Destroy, ZA, AVG, AdAware or something else but it's really aggravating! I have
to reboot several times a day just to get it to do anything. Has anyone else had
problems with Vista, Yahoo, etc.? I don't know if I should disable any of them
or uninstall some.
> >
>
> Firstly, as we all know, as time evolves and we attempt to try new things on
our computer, these actions will penalize your computer's performance. For each
new program arrives new "weight" to our computer booting up, loading these apps
and its notification/system tray full of "quick-loads", etc. to the computer.
>
> Many more technical people are more prone to this because they LOVE to try new
things: technology, applications (especially when they are free or give
trial-periods, etc. As a consequence to their "addition", they need to restore
their hard drive back to "square-one" when they ran their new computer for the
first time. Most came with restore disks, which are needed to restore everything
to the time of their primary boot when purchased.
>
> Other options are purchasing products which back-up their drive to DVD's or a
second hard drive with "image backup" software like Symantec's Ghost, Acronis
True Image Home 2009, (see August Newsbits for discount), and others, including
Windows Backup in Vista.
>
> If the option is not there for image backups at this time(but certainly a good
choice in the future), consider removal of some of these items which loat at
boot-time. Typing msconfig (at Start, Run)can get you to the Startup tab for
removing some items which are not needed. (you can see them in the right hand
corner of Windows system tray/notification area in Vista) which load in. Thus
unchecking specific (except anti-virus, (ex. Symantec, Mcaffee, etc) and others
would eliminate needless programs from quickstart memory loss. Make a note of
checks that are unchecked firstly in case one is needed to recheck.
>
> Running ad-aware from Lavasoft.com (free) can help get rid of adware which are
memory hogs for adware, and cookie tracking, etc.
>
> Last case scenario if aggravated enough would mean a restore to get a fresh,
clean system and an opportunity to get back performance once experienced. Just
make sure all data, financial files, backups in e-mail, document folder etc. are
saved to CD/DVD away from the system which would format drive and restore.
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