Desktop Enhancements

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Can someone please help me..

I have been running my P4 XP (SP3) PC for years without a problem. On
Saturday I installed some scenery for my Flight Simulator X and after than
FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled the software (Ultimate terrain Europe X)
and still my FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled FSX and decided to defrag my
drive with disk keeper because my PC was running a little slow and since
then it has ground to a halt!

It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I select my icon
it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons. Anything I open after
that takes ages to load, but the funny thing is once I have opened it, say
IE for example, I can open it again and it loads quickly, almost as if once
it is cached it is ok.

I let XP run Check Disk, have run my Avast Virus Scan, Spybot, CCcleaner,
Regedit and Registry Mechanic but it is still the same. I have run Msconfig
and checked services running and my startup list but cannot see anything
unusual. I have also done a system restore from a week ago when everything
was fine but still very slow to load to the desktop.

Can anyone tell me where I can look to try and find what could be causing
this?

Really appreciate any help guys!

Thanks

Graham UK