[mikester]

USe MS free tool before you reload. It's also helpful to get a second opinion via spybot search & destroy.

If all of that STILL doesn't find anything to improve the speed you need to look at what programs are being loaded at startup.

Assuming you're using windows XP (the hardware you have might be helpful) hit the start button, then click run and type in msconfig. Click the okay button and then check out the tab labeled "Startup."

These are all the programs that load at startup (after the login) and if there is a ton of them it can slow things down.

Careful here as you could disable antivirus...stuff like that - important stuff. I always turn off things like ituneshelper, qthelper, things that are clearly "extra." They are designed to make THAT program load quicker when choosen but it's at the detriment of every other program and general use.

Lame