Slow XP Start Up – My Computer is too busy to boot quickly!

[Rob C]

I have got XP SP2 on my Computer plus Norton Anti Virus 2005. It take
5-6 to complete its boot on Start Up. During most of this time it make
a noise like it is reading files (sorry not to be more technical) and
don’t really know what is going on or what to do about it. I don’
think that it’s a Spyware problem as I have run both Ad-Aware an
Spybot.

Any ideas

 

[Guest]

One thing that can greatly affect startup time is the number of programs you
have set to load at startup. When you first startup, before you close
anything, check the Task Manager (right click on your taskbar at the bottom
of the screen). Having 30 or 40 processes is quite a bit, plus is they take
up more than just a few megabytes of memory, then they might take longer to
load than others. Just thought I would throw this out so you are aware.

 

[stevem]

One thing that can greatly affect startup time is the number of programs
you
have set to load at startup. When you first startup, before you close
anything, check the Task Manager (right click on your taskbar at the
bottom
of the screen). Having 30 or 40 processes is quite a bit, plus is they
take
up more than just a few megabytes of memory, then they might take longer
to
load than others. Just thought I would throw this out so you are aware.

Would that it were possible these days to get processes down to 30 -40!
Currently, I have something in the high 60's - unfortunately, these days it
does not make sense to run a machine connected to the Internet over
Broadband without a healthy number of protection processes running -
anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware, etc. Granted, I do have a fairly
high-spec machine - P4 3.4, 2GB ram, etc., but I would seriously question
whether anyone can achieve a running machine with as few as 30 - 40
processes showing in Task Manager! Having said that, I normally achieve
desktop in around 40 -50 seconds, and everything loaded within 2 - 3
minutes - O.K., I haven't checked that precisely, but that's about what it
feels like.

Steve.

 

[Guest]

I am running about 22-28 processes, and that I run an anti-virus, firewall,
network, and several device interface processes, and I have a friend who has
a bunch of crap on his machine and it still boots up with about 45, with the
anti-virus, firewall as well as crap like weatherbug, aim, 3 difference mouse
services, etc. You shouldn't need 60 processes. My PC boots in about 30 sec
with 2.8GHz, 1 GB of RAM, and I have don't have any spyware/adware problems.
Also, it does not matter whether or not you connect to the internet with
broadband or dial-up unless you run cable modem where the internet connection
is always connected and is not usually disabled (broadband doesn't mean it
has to be always connected).

 

[stevem]

I am running about 22-28 processes, and that I run an anti-virus, firewall,
network, and several device interface processes, and I have a friend who
has
a bunch of crap on his machine and it still boots up with about 45, with
the
anti-virus, firewall as well as crap like weatherbug, aim, 3 difference
mouse
services, etc. You shouldn't need 60 processes. My PC boots in about 30
sec
with 2.8GHz, 1 GB of RAM, and I have don't have any spyware/adware
problems.
Also, it does not matter whether or not you connect to the internet with
broadband or dial-up unless you run cable modem where the internet
connection
is always connected and is not usually disabled (broadband doesn't mean it
has to be always connected).

You're right, of course, in general. All I really meant was that the number
of processes shouldn't be too significant in terms of boot time (it will
affect it of course, but you make an informed choice). My broadband is
cable, by the way, and while I can disconnect it (by putting it into
standby), I choose to leave it on, since switching it on later will simply
cause all those processes which 'phone home' for updates etc. to hog the
connection for the first few moments. Better to let that happen while all
the other stuff is initialising itself.

Steve.

 

[SirDeleteAlot]

Please Help, I thought this would make my PC better!

Hey Everyone

Ok, Hence the name, i delete alot of things. But this time ive added something. I noticed that even with Norton some people still have Ad-aware SE and Spybot S&D. are they neccessary? because my friend told me that norton scans for EVERYTHING including virus's trojans, keyloggers etc is this true?

Ok my second problem is that i have installed Norton Internet Security 2005 on my laptop. and removed Ad-Aware SE and Spybot S&D. Thinking that i would only need the one program. This may be the case. but my laptop is going very slow! and keeps on freezing! now i thought this would improve my pc but before i had norton my computer went really fast. but now im getting errors all over the show with life Office, on word. i had to reinstall that, what has norton got to do with word?

and my final problem is, Pinball WAVE.INF is Missing - it must be in the pinball directory. HELP ANYONE?

Any help will be REALLY apreciated!

Sir.DeleteAlot

 

[Jose Francisco]

Greetings,

I suggest you install SpyBot and Adware. They are two of the best
spyware/malware/adware removers on the net and most of all they're both
free! Try scanning your computer with both of the above software. You might
be able to speed up the performance of your computer. I also recommend you
to a make a backup of your registry before hand (see details below). Lastly,
do regular spyware and virus/trojan scans (weekly).

Backup Register:

1. Start > RUN
2. Type in regedit
3. Once the Registry Editor is opened, go to File > Export
4. Choose a destination to export your whole registry

If you want to import your registry back, just follow the above steps,
however, this time instead of exporting, import the registry from the
destination your saved it.

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Best of Luck,
Jose Francisco
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