EV> Because this XP MCE 2005 SP3 computer has been acting very slow    
      
   1. how many items do you have in the tray beside the clock?   
      
   2. it is possible that you have things preloading and consuming memory to make   
   their startup appear faster... FF, Office, openoffice and many others have   
   this functionality... i always disable it and don't worry about the extra few   
   seconds it takes to load them when i want to use them... there's no need for   
   them to be preloaded and consuming memory and CPU if you are not using them...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
      
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