I've been experiencing very long delays in XP when trying to open mp3 files, word docs, bring up the start menu, and right clicking things to bring up the drop-down menu. Anyone have an idea of what might be causing the delays? :|

Hi,

You may have a program that is hogging all your processor. Right click on the task bar and select "Task Manager" - hit the "Processes" tab and then the CPU at the top - this will show you what programs are using in terms of the processor. Does anything look strange there?

I am having the same problem. When I try to open my music folder it is really slow. In the task manager my pop up blocker runs at 98-99, is this normal? I have about 10 gigs of mp3s. I copied my cds to my hard drive. I just recently added a few more cds. Would this also cause the computer to run slow?

Hi there and welcome to PCHF.

No, your pop-up blocker should be un-installed and go find another one (XP SP2 has a great one). The quantity of data shouldn't slow down your PC - have you defragmented the hard drive lately?

Also could you post a hijack this log... It canbe downloaded from my signature..save uit to your documents and click on hijack this.. click scan and create log... save the log as a text file and upload it on a new reply and I would be happy to move the log to the correct forum.. Hengis is correct XP SP2 built in pop-up blocker is great... No need for a second one..Or one that takes up that much cpu power...

I have took all the suggestions from this forum to speed up my computer (defrag, CCleaner, clear prefetch file, etc.). My popup blocker is Stopzilla. I have spybot, adaware, avast antivirus, spyware blaster, and spyware guard. All but Stopzilla were installed by a pc repair shop about 6 months ago. This "slow down" just happened after I put the last few cds on my hard drive a couple of days ago. Since then my pc has been really slow. Sorry Pooface I don't mean to hijack your post.

you can do the same as I mentioned above Robk1173 , but post a new post in the hijack this forum....All those prgrams are great but somthing is slowing you down...Adding music will not slow your system down...