i started up my pc this morning and it took ages to start...this happened after i installed acrobat reader last night...i deleted acrobat reader but the problem is there.....and the read light is always on, on the tower and the pc is doing the same noise when you are downloading something...the grgrgrrgrgrgrgr noise...which p****s me off!!!!!
on the start up are the following:
msnmsgr Registry (Per-User Run) "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MSN MESSENGER\MSNMSGR.EXE" /background
netconfig Registry (Machine Run) MSC0NFIG.exe
ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun
TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe
SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe
LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
C-Media Mixer Registry (Machine Run) Mixer.exe /startup
LoadQM Registry (Machine Run) loadqm.exe
StillImageMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE
internat.exe Registry (Machine Run) internat.exe
TkBellExe Registry (Machine Run) "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
NAV Agent Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NORTON~1\NAVAPW32.EXE
NPROTECT Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\nprotect.exe
GSICONEXE Registry (Machine Run) GSICON.EXE
DSLAGENTEXE Registry (Machine Run) dslagent.exe USB
COM Services,WinServices,netconfig,mediadriver, Registry (Machine Run) MSC0NFIG.exe
WinServices Registry (Machine Run) MSC0NFIG.exe
mediadriver{5} Registry (Machine Run) MSC0NFIG.exe
netconfig Registry (Machine Service) MSC0NFIG.exe
LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Service) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
GoBack Polling Service Registry (Machine Service) C:\Program Files\Roxio\GoBack\GBPoll.exe
ScriptBlocking Registry (Machine Service) "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\SBServ.exe" -reg
CSINJECT.EXE Registry (Machine Service) C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton CleanSweep\CSINJECT.EXE
NPROTECT Registry (Machine Service) C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\nprotect.exe
SymTray - Norton SystemWorks Registry (Machine Service) C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SymTray.exe "Norton SystemWorks"
COM Services,WinServices,netconfig,mediadriver, Registry (Machine Service) MSC0NFIG.exe
WinServices Registry (Machine Service) MSC0NFIG.exe
mediadriver{5} Registry (Machine Service) MSC0NFIG.exe
SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe



which ones i dont need?
also i cannot run defrag...
my OS is win 98SE.

cheers guys and girls in advance

 

something that makes me mad is the thought of trying to read all this

 

Christ you're running a load of crap there.
Delete all the Norton,Real and c-media and roxio stuff for starters.
A fresh installation of the OS would be a good plan though.