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Vrap is the sheep worrier's ham-fisted attemp at typing "crap".
Winamp is a media player type thing that uses enough processor power to run NASA while doing bugger-all in the background.
Sorry if the next bit is a bit noddy, but you did say you were a biff!
When you fire up your PC, it loads more than just Windows.
Anti-virus software can be a big drain (especially Norton) and some hardware (printers, wi-fi dongles, scanners, even sound and graphics cards) loads it's own applications.
Other software idles in the background waiting to be called on too, Adobe Acrobat is a big culprit, as are some media players like iTunes and Winamp.
It could be that your system simply can't cope with the amount of things running in the background so it slows down when you want it to do something.
The easiest way to check for this is to do a "clean boot" of Windows. It's a simple process if you follow the instructions HERE. Once you are booted in a clean state, see if the PC is noticably quicker. All PCs are slightly faster when clean booted, but a massive difference normally indicates that you are running too much, or one of the running processes is having problems and slowing everything else.
BTW, I wouldn't recommend too much time on t'interweb while in this state as you anti-virus will be switched off.
Good luck.
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