WHAT SLOWS DOWN UR PC AND BY HOW MUCH..!

HERE IS A STATISTICAL DATA OF WAT PROGRAMS SLOW DPWN UR PC..!
THE TESTS HAVE BEEN DONE ON A 2.5GHz PENTIUM 4-BASED COMPUTER WITH 1GB RAM RUNNNING ON WINDOWS XP-A TYPICAL AVERAGE PC.
MICROSOFT'S PROCESSOR EXPLORER USED TO DETERMINE THE CPU LOAD AND RAM USAGE..

startup time in seconds[increase in startup]
WORD WITH 2000 FONTS====134.97 SECS
CA INT. SEC. SUITE 2007====51
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5====33
McAFEE INT. SEC SUITE 2007===27
NORTON INT. SECURITY====23
REAL PLAYER 10.5 GOLD====20
G DATA INT.SECURITY 2007====19
VIRTUALBOX 1.4====14.33
PINNACLE MEDIACENTER 4.0====14.02
ANTIVIR PE 7.0====12.95
iTUNES 7.3.2====10.57
QUICKTIME 7.2====9.29
KAZAA 3.2.5====5.60
ADOBE READER 8.1====5.40
NERO SHOWTIME====3.42
AZUREUS 2.5.0.4====3.40
ICQ 6.0====2.38
GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.2====2.25
MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 6.4====1.40
IRFAN VIEWER====1.15
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RAM USAGE IN KB
G DATA INT.SECURITY 2007====294,000
PINNACLE MEDIACENTER 4.0====269,356
iTUNES 7.3.2====255,624
McAFEE INT. SEC SUITE 2007====237,052
CA INT. SEC. SUITE 2007====209,388
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5====176,484
GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.2====167,708
KAZAA 3.2.5====160,648
NORTON INT. SECURITY====131,884
AZEURUS 2.5.0.4====114,376
ANITVIR PE 7.0====90,092
ADOBE READER 8.1====89,736
NERO SHOWTIME====88,932
REAL PLAYER 10.5 GOLD====76,536
QUICKTIME 7.2====67,148
MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 6.4====56,048
VIRTUAL BOX 1.4====54,228
ICQ 6.0=====47,584
WORD WITH 20000 FONTS====46,984
IRFAN VIEWER====18,576
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CPU LOAD IN PERCENT
G DATA INT.SECURITY 2007====86
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5====85
NOTON INT. SECURITY 2007====83
CA INT. SECURITY SUITE 2007====75
VIRTUALBOX 1.4====72
MCAFEE INT. SEC SUITE 2007====67
ANTIVIR PE 7.0====64
ADOBE READER 8.1====54
KAZAA 3.2.5====42
PINNACLE MEDIACENTER 4.0====41
IEFAN VIEW 4.0====35
GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.1====33
NERO SHOWTIME====42
REAL PLAYER 10.5 GOLD====29
WORD WITH 2000 DONTS====23
QUICKTIME 7.2====23
MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 6.4====21
ITUNES 7.3.2====12
AZUREUS 2.5.0.4====5
ICQ 6.0====4
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MAJOR SPEED BREAKERS
NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2007
folows the motto"slow surfing is safe surfing"

CA INTERNET SECURITY SUITE 2007
Adds an extra minute to your computer's overall boot time

MCAFEE INT. SEC. SUITE 2007
Requires more of everything--RAM,CPU power...etc.

G DATA INT. SEC. SUITE 2007
All-round protection that eats up the RAM and CPU..

GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.1
The largest no. of features it offers tax the system heavily..

KAZAA 3.2.5
its usage increases the CPU load by 80 %////

ADOBE READER 8.1
Scrolling through a PDF uses 54 % of tHe CPU..

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5
Requires more time to start than WINDOWS XP needs to boot...

VIRTUALBOX 1.4
Works more efficiently on dual core than single core PCs..

2000 FONTS
The more the fonts,the slower the windows booting process.

ITUNES 7.3.2
CPU usage shoots up to 90% while encoding music...