peony,
Your logs look ok to me. Lot's of AOL stuff there, don't get me started on AOL, it IS a resource hog and frankly puts a lot of items on the computer that are unnecessary and WILL slow down a computer considerably. But "nobody" but AOL knows what these things are or if you really need them.
I asked about the Security Suite because I have dealt with several computers where the user unknowingly installed the Security Suite because it was in AOL auto updates. That for sure is a resource hog and often times the computer ends up with double virus programs and firewalls. I don't see it on the computer, except for that AOL Anti-spy. Frankly, I would get rid of that though chances are you will not be able to find it. Now you say you are on a cable hook up, you might check with them and see if you HAVE to use AOL, if you do not then I would get rid of it and just use their set up only.
That said, XP itself loads up a lot of "stuff" that doesn't need to run either and you can turn off or disable many of those also. Here is a list and the settings you should use for each, AND how to do this;
To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, or set to manual, with no ill effect. When the Services Box opens you will have to Double Click on Each item to open the Property Box for that particular item. Then change the setting within that item. If it is something that can be disabled but is running you should also Shut it Down within that Property Box.
Alerter>>>Disable
Clipbook>>>Disable
Computer Browser>>>manual
Fast User Switching>>>Disable
Human Interface Access Devices>>>Disable
Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
Messenger>>>Disable (This is NOT MSN Messenger)
Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)>>>Disable
Remote Procedure Call Locator >>>Disable
Server >>>Disable
SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)>>>Disable
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper >>>Disable
Universal Plug and Play Device Host>>>Disable
How to Speedup Browsing Folders
You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers when you open Windows explorer. To stop XP from doing this follow the instructions below.
Open My Computer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab.
Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
Click Apply
Click Ok
Reboot your computer
Go to Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click Add/Remove Programs
Click the Add/Remove Window Components
Uncheck the Indexing services
Click Next
Head to Start Select Control Panel Select Performance and Maintenance Select System Select Automatic Updates Tab Select "Turn off automatic updating." Select the Ok button to apply the settings
After that, Disable and Stop the Automatic Updates service.
With the default Category Control Panel:
Head to Start
Select Control Panel
Select Performance and Maintenance
Select Administrator Tools
Select Services
Select "Automatic Updates" service (Double Click)
Select General Tab
In the Startup type: select "Disabled"
Select the Ok button to close the panel
I would also suggest that your download Mike Lin's StartUp Control Panel to easily turn off items which run automatically at Start Up but that you do not need.
Some of the unnecessary Start Ups showing in your HJT log and which easily be run manually if needed are the following;
RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
ScanSoft OmniPage auto updater. Can be disabled using the main program's options.
PaperPort PTD C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PaperPort\pptd40nt.exe
IndexSearch C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PaperPort\IndexSearch.exe
SetDefPrt Used to set a Brother MFC printer/copier/scanner as the default printer after installation(once this is set via Control Panel, Printers, this is not required.
ControlCenter2.0 Brother scanner 'Control Center' application; can be started manually
AOLDialer AOL ISP software dialer; can be activated through a desktop shortcut
QuickTime Task System Tray access to Apple's "Quick Time" viewer from version 5 onwards
Microsoft Works Update Detection can be done manually
If you use Mike Lin's program to disable items in start up they can easily be re-enabled by using that program to tell the item to start on boot.
Judy
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