I just figured out my computer problem. Well, it was McAfee. Apparently there is a well-known "feature" of it and other BIG Anti-virus & Anti-malware Suites, in they leave components of themselves when removed via 'Add & Remove Programs'. These continue to run and cause sluggish operation.
I called Viper tech support this afternoon -- I had just installed it after removing McAfee the day before -- and after just a few minutes wait, the tech came on the line and said that McAfee wasn't completely removed by the ole A & R P. He went on to say that if I went to Google.com and entered "McAfee Removal Tool" that it would be the first item at the top of the list. All I needed to do was download and run it and that would fix the issue.
It sure did. It does a tremendous amount of work. Trust me, a lot. I was going to post the log but it was too long.
All that's left to do is find all my gadgets and goodies that I eliminated from the 'start up' folder and I'll be done. I'm happy, the computer's happy, now if I can just remember where I put that darn EClean2000...
