very slow page transitions on internet

[darvish]

Ridiculously slowwwwwww page transitions on all browsers,
running XP Pro, Zone alarm only no antivirus.

So bad i reloaded XP "fresh" and by golly whatever that did,
it worked for a week.

I shoulda slipstreamed the new install, so I could reload it.

Restore won't restore.

This is a dell dual xeon desktop about 5 years old:
not the fastest, but rock solid, and no prob till now.

All relevent services are working,
no significant system or software warnings,
MS Config is oops:
OK there's a bunch of trash that loads,
which I've fixed.

I don't think that's the problem, but if it is,
I'll come back and say so.


Any suggestions?

 

[linkin]

do some general maintenance (get these programs):

Auslogics Disk Defrag
Auslogics Registry Cleaner
CCleaner
Malwarebytes (update to the latest version after installig)

Run them all once a week or so. I find that if you install/uninstall/move a lot of files you need to defrag once every 3 days.

What browser are you using, and what are yor system specs?

 

[ultipig]

My parent's PC is an older Dell XPS 400. Its Internet Explorer boots up ridiculously slow and has slow page transitions, despite our high-speed broadband. They were getting awfully frustrated and eventually asked for my help. I defragmented, ran disk cleanup, reduced the amount of "always-running" programs on bootup (bottom-right, I forget what they are called), and finally convinced them to switch to Firefox. The problem was solved immediately after that.