my laptop is very slow and i dunno why, ive done the usual with defragging and that
any ideas??

also i use macafee, which i know makes it even worse, but is there anything thats better and doesnt slow it down

i reformatted, well used my recovery disks about a month ago.

i might have to get some ram, cos my baby is getting old and cant keep up

yeah the first thing i do is remove all the shit

Vi, i have seen versions of windows XP that have all the crap taken out of it so that the install size is less than 200mb. Have a look about for Windows XPlite they are ideal for laptops i would have thought...

ooooh i shall do that, ive got rid of mcafee and got avast and its a bit quicker

please make sure you scan for spyware,cerntan spyware attactes its self to you o/s and then use up all your proccer and ram speed..