Slow Program Startup/Reboot

Hello,

I'm having difficulty with my computer becoming very slow to start programs and also to boot up both from hibernation and when I do a complete restart. It takes almost a minute for a program to even start showing up on the screen and it takes five minutes for it to boot up from hibernation. I haven't even tried timing a full restart. :sigh:

The only program I've installed recently is Belarc Advisor, and that is so I can give you specs. I've followed most of the steps listed here for making your computer faster: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx

These steps have helped, but not much. I run two different spyware/malware programs, Spybot and Desktop Doctor, once a week, sometimes twice if there's a problem, and do a weekly virus scan with Norton (would love to get Norton off my computer but I doubt that's happening any time soon). I just ran all three scans and I've found a couple pieces of adware but nothing major.

Belarc Advisor Spec list (I thought pics were easier)








Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Penance