Hi... seems to me we got the same specs of hardware in our PC & I got tons of programs too... here's what I normally do.... check this Microsoft site (& try subscribing with their newsletter.... it helped my PC a lot ).... here one example of their site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3084...d=1173&sid=184.... this is a Help & Support site.... maybe this can speed up a little bit (or even better) your PC.... Good luck!