[HeddaLora]

Yes, AdAware can scan at boot time. I've done it.

Hedda Lora

[asupertech]

yes you can tell it in the options, start at windows start up.
click on options, Choose Run at windows Startup.. make it a green check mark.

Personally i moved on from Ad-aware to a company called WEBROOT.
It is called Spy Sweeper...
They make a nice clean Spyware package. It works great. I recived a free copy from a seminar i sat in with them, yes you have to pay for it on a subcription basis, but spyware will soon be ran like virus scan software so get used to having to pay for something...

Ad-aware works great though.. and yes it is still free... for now...

someone else mentioned before they use a combination of a few products, i think that is the best idea... download a few different ones and run one every few days.

but that is getting off the topic as to why XP is booting slow...
sorry..

[KirknDee]

I also use Webroot and think it's is one of the best software compies I have dealt with. There products are very good. Thanks for the reply and info.

Regards,

Kirk

[nemesis2004]

Try defragmenting your computer. I need not mention what it does since i think almost every pc user knows what it is and the name gives it away a bit.
I think this helps me maintain a stunningly fast pc.

Alan

[yoyoy]

The reg change for no prefetch works like a dose of salts, nice , thankyou Raghu Boddu.