ok, basically I start up the pc, and then if i click on anything, feck all happens for about 2 mins, then anything i've selected suddenly starts working.

Any clues on whats going on? it's fine once the pc has been on for a short while

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LINUX : If it was any good, they'd charge for it.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandad, not kicking and screaming like his passengers...

pc is still loading up a process? , ctrl alt del after starting and c whats eating your cpu cycles
you can use msconfig in the run box,then you can then unclick items in startup to try and find out whats doing it.

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I would be interested to know that one I get the same problem. Tried defrag, virus checks, spyware, sorting out the start up programs... but nothin

Done all that already to try to sort it out, plus I tried using one of them registry doctor thingies to try to clean that up incase that was the problem.

Really bugging me, cos you try pressing the button for stuff 2 or 3 times thinking that it didnt work, try a different program to see if that's working.
Then a couple of mins later the whole screen just suddenly whirrs into action and all the programs start up at the same time, 5 x firefox etc....

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LINUX : If it was any good, they'd charge for it.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandad, not kicking and screaming like his passengers...

is it OK in safe mode?

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feed the hamster more Redbull mate

When ever that happens (Dam Downloads ) I feel the best thing is a fresh install if all else fails

All well and good if you have the original XP disks, mines preinstalled by mesh computers and i'd rather not have to go through all that crap.

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LINUX : If it was any good, they'd charge for it.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandad, not kicking and screaming like his passengers...