> WHAT HAPPENED?
>
> I'd been using VPC 7 and XP Pro with OS X 10.4.11 (because I need to run
> Quickbooks Pro Windows version for progressive invoicing) without a problem.
> It was a little slow, but it's what was to be expected. A couple months ago, I
> had to reinitialize my main hard drive and reinstall the OS and all my apps.
> After that, VPC was almost fast. It was a pleasure to use.
>
> Lately it has slowed to less than a crawl. It takes approximately 40 minutes
> to boot after I log in. It takes about 5 minutes to acknowledge a mouse click,
> so double-clicking doesn't work. I tried opening the control panel so I could
> change all the visuals (desktop picture, font smoothing, screensaver, etc.)
> back to the defaults to try and save some processor power, but I have to wait
> almost an hour after I make a selection to be able to apply it. I haven't even
> tried to open Quickbooks lately.
>
> After much frustration, I found something called XPLite, which supposedly
> allows you to turn off many system functions so that the system runs cleaner,
> but after spending almost 2 days making selections to turn off, it has been
> running overnight (almost 16 hours now) and is still "Completing configuration
> of Mouse Cursors."
>
> Is this something that reinstalling VCP will fix? I've read that Windows XP
> Pro is a dog to run in VCP 7, but it's all I have (it came with VCP 7). And it
> ran well for three years until recently. I can't remember doing anything to
> either system (except the necessary OS X updates after the reinstall) between
> the time I reinstalled and the time it started craweling.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Lloyd

> In article <(email address - cut out)>, Fred Horvat <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like something in the Windows side is messed up. Could be a virus
>> or
>> spyware as those are the classic symptoms of malware. A fresh install of
>> Windows should clear it up.
> <snip>
>
> Or you were silly enough to install Norton Anti-virus software - that's
> notoriously bad for slowing Windows computers down over time (as well
> as being a bit of a scam with the annual fee). Stay well away from it
> and use something like AVG Free instead.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

> In article <(email address - cut out)>, Fred Horvat <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like something in the Windows side is messed up. Could be a virus or
>> spyware as those are the classic symptoms of malware. A fresh install of
>> Windows should clear it up.
> <snip>
>
> Or you were silly enough to install Norton Anti-virus software - that's
> notoriously bad for slowing Windows computers down over time (as well
> as being a bit of a scam with the annual fee). Stay well away from it
> and use something like AVG Free instead.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

> In article <(email address - cut out)>, Fred Horvat <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>> I do not run any Antivirus in my Virtual Windows machines. I don't really
>> surf the Web with them. I use them to VPN into sites. Granted I still run
>> some risk but it's pretty low. To me the virus is normally the Antivirus
>> software eating up CPU cycles is the crime and the annual extortion fees
>> really rub me wrong too.
>
> That's why you never use Norton and instead use something better and
> free (for personal use) like AVG.
>
> I do have Norton Antivirus installed on my Mac under Mac OS 9.2 and the
> updates are free, so I point-blank refuse to pay for them under Windows
> - it's simply a scam due to the larger number of users.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

> Sounds like something in the Windows side is messed up. Could be a virus or
> spyware as those are the classic symptoms of malware. A fresh install of
> Windows should clear it up.

> I do not run any Antivirus in my Virtual Windows machines. I don't really
> surf the Web with them. I use them to VPN into sites. Granted I still run
> some risk but it's pretty low. To me the virus is normally the Antivirus
> software eating up CPU cycles is the crime and the annual extortion fees
> really rub me wrong too.

> I do have Norton Antivirus installed on my Mac under Mac OS 9.2 and the
> updates are free, so I point-blank refuse to pay for them under Windows
> - it's simply a scam due to the larger number of users.