My PC takes about 10mins to fully load so I can use it!

I have don't all the usual, scan and delete any unwanted stuff, changed the programmes when PC starts up etc etc

Pc is getting terrably slow in general as well
Any help would be great

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Originally Posted by olliejames

My pc takes about 10mins to fully load so i can use it!

I have dont all the usual, scan and delete any unwanted stuff, changed the programmes when pc starts up etc etc

Pc is getting terrably slow in general aswell
Any help would be great

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What Operating System do you have.
These are the few reasons computer take longer to load the OS
1. There will be few services which start while the computer starts which may not be listed in the startup programs
2. The disk space may be low
3. the memory on the system may be low

I have Windows XP. Its ben okay for a while but then randomly gets reaaaaly slow

What are your PC Specs? What kind of software are running on startup?

When was the last time you did some serious system maintenance on your machine ?
Here's my usual C&P for cases like this:

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Originally Posted by Curlyben's maintenance tips

When was the last time you did some serious maintenance on your system ?

System maintenance includes:
Defrag
FULL patching
Virus scanning
Spyware scanning
removal of rubish files

Defrag is an inbuilt function in XP.
Open My Computer > Right click C: > Tools Tab and its there.

To make sure everything is running fine run both anti virus and anti spyware apps in normal AND safe modes. (make sure that they are updated first ! ;)) (AVG is good and free AV)
(A couple of good removal tools are Spybot and Adaware)

ALso an on line virus and spyware scanner is Trend Housecall

Just a note; actively running two AV's on one machine can cause problems.
So if you are thinking about it make sure your current one is disabled first.
Same thing applies to online scanners as well.

Removal of junk files is easy with CCleaner a free app that does exactly what

If all this fails then a repair install may be in order:

Here's the official Micro$oft way of doing it,
and Here's one with screen shots.

Basically this installs windows over the top of your current setup.
So you don't loose any information you already have.

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This lot should resolve your issue.