speed my computer up,

could you tell me what programs i don't need running on my computer, I have 128 programs running on it now, witch won's can i take off to make it run faster, I have vista home bas, I did up graded it to 4GBS, but it is still very slow and some times freeze up takes a long time to surf trough the internet and pages come up slow to, I all so have system mechanic running on it to still slow? my e-mail is maybe you can help me, my friend told me a bout the geek police, he said thy are good, so maybe you you can help, thank you.........?

Post a HijackThis log here so I can see what startup items can be removed.

If you do think you your computer are infected, u can try prioritize your programs so it will minimize the cpu and ram usage. However, your program will run slower.