Launch time

[Joe4Keeps]

My OS is Win XP Pro SP3, Browser Firefox 3.0.11 and Spybot 1.6.2

Spybot is taking anywhere from 1 minute to 4 minutes to launch whether I click on the quick launch bar or start/all programs.

My computer is clean.

Have you any ideas please.

Thank you
Joe

[Casey2]

You may have a rather old PC with few RAM. I have seen such launch times on a P4 2GHz with 256 MB of RAM. Adding more RAM improved significantly the launch time. On new systems it takes a bit less than 10 secs.

[Joe4Keeps]

My computer is only 6 months old and has 2.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium Dual with 2GB Ram.

Joe

[drragostea]

Joe, your machine is still pretty "new", equipped with a lot of resources.

Does Spybot-Search&Destroy start any faster in Windows Safe Mode?
I would like you to download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. It should clear out your Temp. files, and your browser cookies and cache.
http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=25
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[Joe4Keeps]

Hello Drragostea

Downloaded Atribune. Cleared my temp files etc. Result....Spybot launches in 5 secs. Many thanks for your help. It is very much appreciated.

Joe