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Thread ID: 47963	2004-08-10 08:04:00	Slow WinXP and autoexec.nt & config.nt	s1gmeister (5813)	Press F1

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260187	2004-08-10 08:04:00	Hi I run Win XP Home on a P4 with 512 Mb RAM, 80Gb HDD etc... For a few days now, my system has been running v e r y s l o w (i.e. 4 minutes to load up Outlook..??!). Initial Windows error messages on startup mentioned the file "autoexec.nt" & a 16bit app I had sitting around (Bitware Fax). I searched F1, and someone suggested copying autoexec.nt and config.nt from the Windows/Repair directory to /System32 directory> I also used Nortons S/W to blow away Bitware (I no longer use it anyway). Well.....problem solved, but when I switch profiles, the new user profile is on "go-slow" again (but no error message), and when I switch profiles back again, the "go-slow" problem comes back. The only way to get around it, is to reboot, and use only one profile......Help.....	s1gmeister (5813)
260188	2004-08-10 08:13:00	Have you totally cleaned out your registry and have everything pointing in the right direction in all profiles? Cheers Murray P	Murray P (44)
260189	2004-08-10 08:13:00	..by the way, also run Zone Alarm Pro V4.5.594...not that I think it has anything to do with my firewall.....but then again.....	s1gmeister (5813)
260190	2004-08-10 08:15:00	I've used Nortons "One button checkup" to fix any registry errors. Not sure what u mean by pointing everything in the right place in all profiles....?	s1gmeister (5813)
260191	2004-08-10 11:44:00	I used Nortons in the past to try and fix reg errors and believe me when I say it caused many problems with my system afterwards - suffice to say I've never used Nortons again and have been warned since not to use such products as they aren't very successful in what they claim.	PressF1 User (1065)
260192	2004-08-11 07:16:00	Know what you mean.....I don't have a lot of confidence in some of their other utilities either (i.e. scandisk)...... Cheers	s1gmeister (5813)
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