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When I turn on my computer, it is as if a scanning is taking place, I have Norton internet security running on it, at startup I cannot access any programmes until its
stopped, in idle mode it all starts again, and it is now doing it when I am using the machine. Can anyone help me, I am no computer buff though:bang:
 
Try starting in safe mode and disable the av to see it that is the culprit.

To do this on win 7 or xp on boot up press f8 and select safe mode.

Also please can you confirm pc specs and os you are using.
 
Norton is awful. It's a terrible resource hog. Bin it and user the free MS security essentials. You can see what perf is like by doing a clean boot, use msconfig and disable all start up services bar the Microsoft ones and see what it feels like...

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Right click the task bar and choose"task manager" in the box that opens, the colums will show which program is using the most of the CPU. Now in the memory column at the top double click until the program using the most memory is shown, it will be the highest number. Right click it and choose the option, "set priority" choose "below normal". This should free up more memory to use on other tasks.
 
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Download "Sandboxie" and run your web browser inside it, it is a free app and will protect you much better than most security programs and will not hog the computer. When downloaded simply right click your web browser icon and choose, "run browser in sandbox". :thumbs:
 
Right guys thanks so far. I am running amd 3.ghz proc 4gb ran windows 7.
The light for hard drive is flashing away, while it is scanning or whatever it is doing. When I boot up it loads all operating system as normal. Then it starts I then have to wait till it stops, if I say press the photoshop icon it doesn't open until it has finished this scan thing. Hope this makes sense, I will try some of your sugestions
 
Agree with what the womble fella said, ditch Norton and use either free Avast or free MS security essentials.
 
As someone said earlier check task manager and/or performance monitor to see what's doing it. Otherwise we're all jumping to conclusions.

Could be windows indexing, its running low on memory so paging to disk and/ or just a tonne of items in the startup.

Providing norton is the latest version its not supposed to be as much of a resource hog. And if it was scanning it should show up in the norton console.
 
Ok thanks everyone, will be back
K soon, once I see what is happening.
 
Steve, i hope i have done this correct these are my memory gobblers then, first Chrome/internet explorer/skype/dropbox, others are much lower.
 
AVG has a one day free system scanner to optimise your system.
It turns pretty much everything off that you don't need at start up, amongst other things.

I'm back to a <8 second start up time after I put my password in.
 
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