My computer is taking forever to load. What's wrong?

It could still be spyware that is not noticed, or low ram because of a number of programs running. All in all the best solution for this is to go ahead and back up the things you want to keep and reinstall XP. windows XP is funny like that, if you have it there for a while it just needs to be reinstalled, then it runs smooth again. This has always worked for me.

I can tell you what is wrong with it. I got struck by lightning when we had that big rain storm. The line that runs for your internet got struck by the lightning and therefor caused it to be slow when loading.

try going to a restore point. Go to start search "restore" and click on system restore. Take the computer to a point that is about a week or two ago. This will delete everything you did from two weeks ago to now so it should fix your problem

u probable got a spyware problem. its mad annoying, but computers r machines tht r very hard 2 make and u have 2 understand there isnt so much options u hav 2 fix it so just take it 2 a profecinalist 2 clear the viruses. hope tht helps

You might need more memory. Mine was doing the same thing until i bought more memory and hooked it up. Now its quite fast.

You might have too much unnecessary memory. My recommendation is to download C-Cleaner. http://www.ccleaner.com/

I have a Sony VAIO as well. I have had a lot of problems with it. lol The longer you own a Windows PC, the slower it boots up. This is because you will likely install numerous applications on your computer over time. Some of these applications will be boxed software purchased from Office Depot or Staples, but most will probably be applications you've bought online after downloading free trial versions for evaluation. The problem is that many programs you buy from stores or download from the Internet will install programs or services that start up automatically whenever Windows starts. So after a while, starting Windows also means starting lots of other stuff that runs in the background, out of sight. If your computer has lots of memory, you might not notice too much of a startup delay. And of course some applications are justified in automatic startup--antivirus programs and third-party firewalls being a good example. But a lot of applications start up programs or services when they really aren't needed, and those are the culprits you probably want to ferret out and eliminate. Of course, if you bought your computer "fully loaded" from a computer store or online direct-sales company, you're likely going to experience slow startup from day one. That's because PC vendors tend to load up the computers they sell with tons of extras, including system management tools, CD-burning utilities, paint programs, photo-processing tools, and lots of other stuff you may never even use. It can be quite a revelation for ordinary users when they compare the startup time for a freshly installed XP machine with their own "fully loaded" machine. Wow--makes you want to go straight to Add or Remove Programs, start selecting things, and click Remove, Remove, Remove. Unfortunately, sometimes removing these things can leave behind programs or services that still start up whenever Windows boots. Where do they hide? Finding Startup Programs Programs and services that start whenever Windows boots do so in various ways. The simplest way is for the installation routine to create a shortcut to the program within the Startup folder for the current user (or for each user on the machine). To open your own Startup folder, click Start, then Run, and type the following: %userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup The Startup folder common to all users on the machine can be found by opening this path: %allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup When I try these two paths on my main Windows XP machine, my Startup folder is empty, but the common Startup folder has a shortcut to a power-monitoring utility from the vendor of the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) attached to my machine. Note that program shortcuts in the common Startup folder automatically run when any user logs on to your computer, so if I delete this shortcut, my UPS probably won't work as designed. Better leave it alone. Registry keys are another common way to launch programs or services at startup. Here are some registry keys you can examine to see what programs are starting automatically, followed by their description: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curren… Values for this key are programs that start every time any user starts your computer. I just checked this key and found 12(!) different programs listed. Finding out what these programs are can sometimes be tricky. A value named DVDLauncher is likely just what it says it is, but what about a value named igfxpers? A good way to find out is to search for such values in ProcessLibrary.com, which tells me that igfxpers.exe is "a process installed alongside NVidia graphics cards [that] provides additional configuration options for these devices. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems." Aha! If I delete this registry value, my video card might not work, so better leave it alone, too. Please go to the site I've linked you to for more information. My answer keeps getting cut off! As usual, best of luck! I hope I've helped! Answer Girl

your computer is being remotely operated to send spam to other computers , i would totally reload windows with the back up CD back up anything important

make sure your'e cleaning your hard disks regularly (every 1st or second day) and also check to see if your harddrive needs a de-frag. These 2 factors can really slow your computer down.