Update: After reading some of the suggestions on other posts, this is what ive done...
Removed:
All AOL programs and protections
All Norton Programs
Added:
AVG-virus
Prevx 1
CCleaner
Spybot
Windows XP Firewall
I Ran all of those and that seemed to speed things up abit (espescially removing AOL) but anyways...now i have a new problem.
WHen i restart/reboot my comp, a message comes up before windows even opens. THis is the msg:
"Pri Master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD, Backup and Replace
Press <F2> to Run Setup"
I push F2 and get the boot-up-menu-thingy ( dunno what its called) where i can choose at the top Main, Advanced, Power, Boot, or Exit.
I viewd each option but just went into exit where i could either Exit and Save Changes, Exit and Discard changes, or just Discard changes.
Exitting while saveing changes brought me back to that error screen at the beginning, however exiting and discarding allowed me to get back on to my computer, where everything was seemingly back to normal.
Everytime i restart my comp i get that error, and must go to exit and discard changes before continuing bootup.