chriscbd19 said:
1 install the free version of malware bytes anti malware Malwarebytes | Free Anti-Malware & Internet Security Software then update mbam and do a full system scan and quarantine and then delete found problems.

2. For xp change the prefetch value to 1 for vista -8 change the value of superfetch to 1 : (LINK) Prefetcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

3 for the virtual memory change the min to 1500 and for the max 4000 also .... Processor scheduling should be set to applications NOT background services

4 and finally restart the computer. When computer is ready for whatever the task is your doing be sure to defrag your drive that windows is installed on
Why are you telling us this? None of these idea will help performance.