Andrew

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the Performance Tab.
What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the Peak?

How large is your hard drive? Is it partitioned? How much free space on each
drive / partition. How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS. To get this
information whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on each drive in
turn, right click and select Properties.

Look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Warning and
Error Reports and post copies here.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, Event
Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding
Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report
complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty
your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all but the
most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
Cleanup, More options). Run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All
Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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"Andrew Schumer" <Andrew Schumer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06752797-F3CE-4968-94A3-928A8D5EA271@microsoft.com...
> Windows XP SP2 w/ 1G memory and HP PSC 950Xi printer.
>
> Safe mode is okay, and bootup and shut down are okay.
>
> No matter what I click on it takes 5 minutes to respond, plus it also
> stalls
> for 5 minutes whenever the cursor passes over the arrow for a foldout menu
> (like in the start and programs menu). So just to get to the Start/
> Program
> Files/Accessories/ System Tools - takes half an hour.
>
> I tried using System Restore, but after doing its thing and rebooting, the
> message says it was incomplete and made no changes. (I suspect because I
> had
> monitoring turned off on the D drive - the D drive is password protected
> to
> restore the system to original configuration).
>
> This all started when my printer software got corrupt (and this happened
> after reinstalling Windows Media Player 9, then uninstalling it and
> reinstalling WMP10). Afterwards, my printer wouldn't print. So I tried to
> uninstall and reinstall the software, but it doesn't install correctly. I
> tried to remove all traces of the printer, but it still takes 5 minutes to
> respond.
>
> Any suggestions please?