XP Running Really Slow! Please Help!

[TBone]

Recently my computer has started to run extermely slow. I degfragged my HD and did the usual maintenance, uninstalling programs I wasn't using, and it didn't help. Doing simple tasks has the processor up at as much as 100%, CP usage when idle is from 8 to 26%.

I have an Athlon 1.4Ghz and 512 MB RAm so I know its not my copmuter. Any tweaks or ideas would be of great help.

Thanks a bunch!

TBone

 

[allan]

First thing I'd do is run a full virus scan and check for sypware (ad-aware from www.lavasoftusa.com).

 

[xsivforce]

what processes are running in your task manager?

 

[EMPIRETANK]

how big is your harddrive and how much free space do you have left? and what is the speed of your harddrive?

 

[amoebadrew]

my friend had a similar problem, his new system ground to a halt. Turned out scvhost was using 75% cpu, he just did a system restore and it was all better.