can you please help with this query?

[miss little glitzee]

hello

can you please help with this query?

thanks

i have windows 98,

when i enter in to my profile, it takes ages and ages5-10 minutes to stop loading.

is there anything i can do to speed it up or stop it?

this is only recent

is there a freeware download to help

any help would be great

my computer is a packard bell club 77, about 4 years old.

thanks

[James]

There might be a lot of programs loading up when Windows starts. You can see them by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the keyboard after you start Windows.

You only need explore.exe and systray.exe for Windows to work. However there could be others - like anti-virus and printer control programs - that you want to keep.

To stop a program from starting every time Windows is started you can disable it using msconfig. There's a explanation of how to do this here (http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/).

Before you diable anything though try these steps:

Scan for viruses - online scanner here (http://security.symantec.com/ssc/vc_scan.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=BGTXPWFYJOKMFIDPMSV)

Check for Adware or Spyware running on computer - Download scanner on this web page (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)

Try defragmenting the hard drive also.

Hope this helps you.