Serious Issues...

Recently, my PC has become very sluggish. Here is my list of problems:

- slow startup and shut down (about 2 minutes for each)
- upon reboot, I get this message, "aswboot.exe program not found." What is
this?
- I get messages, such as "Readyboost has stopped working," and "Host
process
for windows services has stopped working."
- as listed in another post, I can't use the "upgrade" option in Vista Home
Premium
OR Ultimate to try and reinstall files and such to hopefully fix these
issues.

I was wondering what advice you all may have on these issues. Shall I wait
for the Vista patch? Shall I do a "clean install?" Please help! Thanks.

Are you running Avast?
I found some references to aswboot at
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=search2




"ScottyM" <ScottyM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9484DF7D-F0D4-4E50-8F29-2F630EACC309@microsoft.com...
> Recently, my PC has become very sluggish. Here is my list of problems:
>
> - slow startup and shut down (about 2 minutes for each)
> - upon reboot, I get this message, "aswboot.exe program not found." What
> is
> this?
> - I get messages, such as "Readyboost has stopped working," and "Host
> process
> for windows services has stopped working."
> - as listed in another post, I can't use the "upgrade" option in Vista
> Home
> Premium
> OR Ultimate to try and reinstall files and such to hopefully fix these
> issues.
>
> I was wondering what advice you all may have on these issues. Shall I wait
> for the Vista patch? Shall I do a "clean install?" Please help! Thanks.
>

Thanks Dave! Yes I am, and installed it after I noticed the "aswboot" message.

"Dave" wrote:

> Are you running Avast?
> I found some references to aswboot at
> http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=search2
>
>
>
>
> "ScottyM" <ScottyM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9484DF7D-F0D4-4E50-8F29-2F630EACC309@microsoft.com...
> > Recently, my PC has become very sluggish. Here is my list of problems:
> >
> > - slow startup and shut down (about 2 minutes for each)
> > - upon reboot, I get this message, "aswboot.exe program not found." What
> > is
> > this?
> > - I get messages, such as "Readyboost has stopped working," and "Host
> > process
> > for windows services has stopped working."
> > - as listed in another post, I can't use the "upgrade" option in Vista
> > Home
> > Premium
> > OR Ultimate to try and reinstall files and such to hopefully fix these
> > issues.
> >
> > I was wondering what advice you all may have on these issues. Shall I wait
> > for the Vista patch? Shall I do a "clean install?" Please help! Thanks.
> >
>

Would a re-install solve the problem?

"ScottyM" wrote:

> Thanks Dave! Yes I am, and installed it after I noticed the "aswboot" message.
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> > Are you running Avast?
> > I found some references to aswboot at
> > http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=search2
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "ScottyM" <ScottyM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9484DF7D-F0D4-4E50-8F29-2F630EACC309@microsoft.com...
> > > Recently, my PC has become very sluggish. Here is my list of problems:
> > >
> > > - slow startup and shut down (about 2 minutes for each)
> > > - upon reboot, I get this message, "aswboot.exe program not found." What
> > > is
> > > this?
> > > - I get messages, such as "Readyboost has stopped working," and "Host
> > > process
> > > for windows services has stopped working."
> > > - as listed in another post, I can't use the "upgrade" option in Vista
> > > Home
> > > Premium
> > > OR Ultimate to try and reinstall files and such to hopefully fix these
> > > issues.
> > >
> > > I was wondering what advice you all may have on these issues. Shall I wait
> > > for the Vista patch? Shall I do a "clean install?" Please help! Thanks.
> > >
> >

Use a new AV

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"Scotty" <Scotty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C85ECB96-DE85-4FE3-B798-B56D4B4C9A5C@microsoft.com...
> Would a re-install solve the problem?
>
> "ScottyM" wrote:
>
>> Thanks Dave! Yes I am, and installed it after I noticed the "aswboot"
>> message.
>>
>> "Dave" wrote:
>>
>> > Are you running Avast?
>> > I found some references to aswboot at
>> > http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=search2
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "ScottyM" <ScottyM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:9484DF7D-F0D4-4E50-8F29-2F630EACC309@microsoft.com...
>> > > Recently, my PC has become very sluggish. Here is my list of
>> > > problems:
>> > >
>> > > - slow startup and shut down (about 2 minutes for each)
>> > > - upon reboot, I get this message, "aswboot.exe program not found."
>> > > What
>> > > is
>> > > this?
>> > > - I get messages, such as "Readyboost has stopped working," and "Host
>> > > process
>> > > for windows services has stopped working."
>> > > - as listed in another post, I can't use the "upgrade" option in
>> > > Vista
>> > > Home
>> > > Premium
>> > > OR Ultimate to try and reinstall files and such to hopefully fix
>> > > these
>> > > issues.
>> > >
>> > > I was wondering what advice you all may have on these issues. Shall I
>> > > wait
>> > > for the Vista patch? Shall I do a "clean install?" Please help!
>> > > Thanks.
>> > >
>> >
>