Originally Posted by
graraps
Oh cheers for that. I was so engrossed with the rest of the stuff (basically saving my data) that I totally overlooked it
It seems like the browsers are working more or less ok now....but the general system is as screwed up as ever (at least as far as booting is concerned).
my Firefox add-ons are as follows:
....... Plus
Download Statusbar
Forecastfox (for weather forecasts)
Do you reckon it's worth disabling them?
If you are having problems with browser startup/shutdown, that's where I would start. I have a few, but I don't use any of the ones you mentioned. (I have Roboform, Fasterfox, flashblock and linkification).
The other things to look at are all the startup programs you might be running and don't necessarily need. Also look at all the services you are running to figure out if you really need them or not. Many can be disabled, and some can be set to Manual instead of Automatic startup.
Startup program info:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html
Services info:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm
You might also want to check out ccleaner. It has an option to remove old crud that isn't there anymore from your registry and also some other useful stuff like deleting temp files:
www.ccleaner.com
It's always a good idea to have a working backup before messing with any of this stuff, just in case.
-David