Defragging hard disk drives drives frequently, getting rid of unneeded startup items, etc. can help. (The startup items are often things which run in background and use up computer resources. Some are not really needed, and some others do not really need to run as soon as computer boots up & can instead be run manually when you are ready to run them.)

What are the computer specifics and how old is it?

We are using Win Xp, home edition V2002, Service Pak 3. Our email is Outlook Express.

The computer is maybe 3 - 4 years old. It has as AMD 64 Athlon X2.

I reularly do a disc clean up as well as a defrag.

What else can I do?? What other info can I send to you? It has only been a month?? since the computer ws serviced at the retailer form whom we purchased it.


Many thanks for your advice and time.

Mary K