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Hello My pc seemd to fade slowly to every 'enter'. If I opened or closed a page it seemdd to open or close very slowly almost lke something fading. I rebooted and it was fine. Does that say anthing about the hard drive? It is under warranty and 6 months old. I will obviously keep an eye on it but it seem fine since the reboot. Thank you

Is this happening a lot or only once?

Id it's repeatable, the process I normally follow for these kinds of problem is as follows:

How does it behave if you boot to Safe Mode with Networking? If better then something is starting at boot that is causing the problem.

Advanced startup options - XP
Advanced startup options - Vista
Advanced startup options - Windows 7

Use msconfig to determine what is causing the problem

These are good tutorials on using msconfig in XP, Vista or Windows 7:
How to use msconfig in Windows XP
How to use msconfig in Windows Vista
How to use msconfig in Windows 7

Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
Click on the Startup tab, record what is currently starting then click the Disable All button.
Reboot and see if it runs better.
If yes then use msconfig to enable several items at a time till you find the culprit.

If no, start msconfig and click on the Services tab.
Check the Hide All Microsoft Services box, record what is currently starting then click the Disable All button.
Again, do a regular boot, see if it runs normal.
If yes then use msconfig to enable services till you find the culprit.

Once you've found the culprit, uninstall it or find out how to eliminate it from your system. Simply disabling it in msconfig is a temporary fix at best.
Enable everything else you disabled.

It has not happened again but I have your notes if it does. Thank you once again and let's hope others will read this very informative information..