Help & Support slow to open

Lately whenever I click on the START botton then "Help & Support" it is taking longer and longer for the Help & Support to open. I just timed it and it took 75 seconds to open. I use this to go to System Restore to make a restore point when I download anything or make any add & remove changes.

It never used to take this long. It seems to me that the problem started right around the time I installed IE 7.

Anyone have any ideas why this is now taking so long.

I am running XP Pro SP2 & IE 7

 

my comp has been slow for about a month. i have a large amt. of unused. i have not installed anything except ie7. and critical updates. i run adaware often, McAfee runs every nite. i run atf. maybe i keep it too clean and it don't remember what i want it to do.

 

i create restore point every day. if you don't only other option is last known good.

 

Pete, I went the route you suggested and I Right Clicked on System Restore under System Tools, the only thing that happens is that I get a Quick flash of the whole column listing all the Programs and nothing happens. I even tried dragging it to the Desktop both with Right & Left clicks and nothing happens.


I installed the System Restore utility you suggested from Doug Knox--but I,m not wild about it because I can't TYPE in why I am creating the Restore Point.

Any other ideas?

 

Thanks Pete, that did the trick and the System Restore now opens faster when accessing it from my desktop.

One more question and I won't bother you for the rest of today.

How do I remove the Doug Knox utility if I decide to and will it hurt to leave it?

Thanks again,
Paul