When starting up my windows XP it seems to take forever anymore. I sometimes lose my web connection which is broadband. When I am surfing the web it sometimes takes longer than usual to connect to a site. If I leave my computer for a short while it seems to freeze or not respond for some time. I have run disk clean and defrag. I also have Windows Live 1 Care. I use Spybot search and destroy and also Ad-Aware for cleaning and protection. The memory has plenty of room.1 person needs an answerI do too

Only one thought, perhaps the Motherboard needs a new battery. (I'm not into hardware so excuse my simple terminology).I say this as a neighbour'sHP once had similar problems and after several months of investigations etc including the replacement of a hard drive, a new battery on the motherboard seemed to have fixed the problem.TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services