What Slows Windows Down?

When I read this article, I thought about the folks
who say that Vista runs faster than XP- for some
that is probably true. But, it is usually only because
Vista was a recent clean install, and folks have spent
years loading XP up with all sorts of software. Even
if software is uninstalled can still leave a cluster fuk
of entries and dlls behind. Do a clean install of XP,
it'll be a rocket ship.

A fair comparison would be to make some judgments
after a few months and 50 installed programs later.

Anyway, I am not surprised by the worst offender on
system performance. I'm just surprised McAfee wasn't
number two.

http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/oth...windows_down/1

Any computer user that's owned and installed software onto their computer knows that the more
you install, the slower the beast runs. Most also know that it's not just quantity, and that
what you install plays a large factor in how slowly your computer runs.
The aim of this article is to find out what types of application slow down a computer the most.
I'm going to be measuring the"speed" as the time it takes to shutdown, restart and get back to
desktop (with auto-login) and start an application in the computer's start-up settings.

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