Date: 06/10/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software

The First Thing -

Er. I became really anoyed with Norton recently (it is a very long story, and I think it really makes me look like an idiot, so I won't recount it completely), and tried to delete it. I really tried.

It won't go away. Now everytime I turn on my computer, it asks me to uninstall then install Norton.
As always, I went to the control panel / remove software place to try delete it, but this has clearly not worked, as only half of ol' Norton seems to have dissapeared. The other half won't go away. What can I do to get rid of this second and unwanted half of Norton? Will this place help me at all?

The Second Thing -

My computer is new, possibly a month or so old. It's windows XP, has lots of shiny programs, and came completely installed with all programs from somewhere. It has recently started working very very slowly. (Before the Norton problem, if you're wondering). I casually mentioned once that I'll have to get extra memory space, because 'my millions of photographs and music files are obviously slowing it down completely'.

'Hm'. Said a person overhearing, 'that shouldn't be your problem. Find your startup menu and...'

There followwed some advice about deleting unopened or unused programs. Some mention was also made about having too many taskbar icons.

What the hell was this person talking about? Is this the right sort of advice? What could be causing my computer slowness?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/414370.html