matthew barlow answered question 8/6/2011 I have a desktop computer. It boots up O>K but programmes will not open or respond properly until it has been switched on for at least one hour. ANY ADVISE? Yes check if you have any viruses if you do try and remove them or you should avg tune up it fixes all of the things that are not working properly for example broken shortcuts,corrupted data and things that you never use ect.