Dell Dim 4600 now slow as molasses...

Our 4-year old Dell Dimension 4600 computer, running XP/home and Office 2003 has slowed down to molasses-in-January speed. This is the computer that my wife uses.

We don't get pop-ups, and everything works, but it takes minutes to do what used to be immediate or at worse just a few seconds to do.

About a year ago we changed the hard drive and I reinstalled Office 2003, and everything worked fine for many months after that. However, starting a couple of weeks ago, it has gotten slower, and slower.

I just noticed that I do not have Hijack this anymore, and wondered whether that still is the software that I should load and use for diagnostics.

Please let me know where I should start to fix this problem.

Thanks!

Alex

 

Arie,
I will do just that as soon as I get a chance. Normally, I don't get to work on that computer until the weekend, but I'll try sooner if at all possible.

BTW, do we use "Highjack This" anymore?

Thanks!!