I did the typical stuff to clean up my computer. I used CCleaner to clean up, and then TuneUp Utilities to scan, then clean up and defrag the reg, then I did a defrag. I used AVG and Spysweeper last week. I turned off Dell Auto Support, Auto Windows update and Remote Desktop/Assistant. I cleared some auto-update stuff from the startup processes for things I don't use very much using msconfig. Temp files and prefetch are gone. Does anyone have any tips to make me go faster. I wanna go fast! I included a HijackThis log in case it helps. Thanks a lot.

Here is the log I said I posted in my post.

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hijackthis.log (9.1 KB, 3 views)

moved to HJT forum.

log is pretty clean. please close all other applications, start hjt again, click 'perform system scan only', place a tick next to the following and click 'fix checked'

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://bfc.myway.com/search/de_srchlft.html

what are your system specs? Processor, ram, etc.....

thanks,

v

I took care of MyWay via HJT. My system info is below. I'd be interested in upgrading hardware if it would make a noticeable difference. I added some RAM yesterday. When I bought my notebook it only had 512mb (256 in each of two slots), so I pulled one out and replaced it with 1G, so now I'm at 1.25G. I want a faster notebook, but I'd rather put more money into the one I have then buy another. Any suggestions?

Dell Inspiron 600m
Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.6 GHz
Gode Name: Dothan
Frequency: 1600 MHz
L1 cache: 8 KB
L2 cache: 2048 KB
Memory: 1280 MB (42% used)
Mainboard: Dell Computer Coporation 0X8957
RAM: 1.25GB

Let me know if you want anything specific. Thanks a lot.

Derek

Disable any start up items you can and any services that aren't being used and keep up on the defragging/scans