Programs opening slowly AGAIN

[Terry]

Hi.
You all are my last hope (before I resort to a hammer).
Have Off 97 & Win 98SE. My unit is barely a yr old and has
Pentium IV processor & AMD Athlon drive. Word, Outlook
Express, "File" menu, properties of files on my standalone
& server take 30 seconds & often longer to open. Recently
switched from Outlook to Outlook Express which was
temporary "fix" to the same prior problem. Here is what
I've done so far: Cleaned out temp files & cookies;
cleaned out "spies"; removed unused progs from start menu;
cleaned out all email containing links to websites;
cleaned out Outlook; temporarily disabled background virus
scan & spy scan software; scanned drive for errors &
degragged the drive. Still no luck! My local "techies"
cannot find or fix the problem permanently and it's
driving me bananas. Am I missing something? Thank you so
so much--if you can help.
Terry

 

[Rich]

You might have either ad-ware/virus/spy-ware etc. on your machine.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No, you have either an Intel Processor OR an AMD processor. There ain't no
such beast as an AMD drive - AMD does not make drives.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Terry asked:

| Hi.
| You all are my last hope (before I resort to a hammer).
| Have Off 97 & Win 98SE. My unit is barely a yr old and has
| Pentium IV processor & AMD Athlon drive. Word, Outlook
| Express, "File" menu, properties of files on my standalone
| & server take 30 seconds & often longer to open. Recently
| switched from Outlook to Outlook Express which was
| temporary "fix" to the same prior problem. Here is what
| I've done so far: Cleaned out temp files & cookies;
| cleaned out "spies"; removed unused progs from start menu;
| cleaned out all email containing links to websites;
| cleaned out Outlook; temporarily disabled background virus
| scan & spy scan software; scanned drive for errors &
| degragged the drive. Still no luck! My local "techies"
| cannot find or fix the problem permanently and it's
| driving me bananas. Am I missing something? Thank you so
| so much--if you can help.
| Terry