C
cb
After doing a repair install my computer takes forever to boot. I only have
3-4 startup items going in msconfig startup. Any ideas about what I can do?
3-4 startup items going in msconfig startup. Any ideas about what I can do?
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Gerry Cornell
Look at the sequence of reports in Event Viewer?
Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.
You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
ID, Source
and Description are important.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp
Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click
for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
sure this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.
~~~~~~
Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.
You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
ID, Source
and Description are important.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp
Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click
for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
sure this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.
~~~~~~
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA
Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please tell the newsgroup how any
suggested solution worked for you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
K
Ken Blake
In
How long is "forever"?
Assuming that the speed is otherwise satisfactory, it may not be
worth worrying about. Most people start their computers once a
day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of things,
even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I
power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my
coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how
long it took to boot and I don't care.
cb said:After doing a repair install my computer takes forever to boot.
I
only have 3-4 startup items going in msconfig startup. Any
ideas
about what I can do?
How long is "forever"?
Assuming that the speed is otherwise satisfactory, it may not be
worth worrying about. Most people start their computers once a
day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of things,
even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I
power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my
coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how
long it took to boot and I don't care.
C
cb
I haven't timed it but I would guess 3-4 minutes. Previously started in
probably one minute or less.
In
How long is "forever"?
Assuming that the speed is otherwise satisfactory, it may not be
worth worrying about. Most people start their computers once a
day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of things,
even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I
power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my
coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how
long it took to boot and I don't care.
probably one minute or less.
In
cb said:After doing a repair install my computer takes forever to boot.
I
only have 3-4 startup items going in msconfig startup. Any
ideas
about what I can do?
How long is "forever"?
Assuming that the speed is otherwise satisfactory, it may not be
worth worrying about. Most people start their computers once a
day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of things,
even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I
power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my
coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how
long it took to boot and I don't care.
K
Ken Blake
In
In my view, that's a trivial amount of time, and not worth
worrying about. If you boot once a day, you're losing 2-3 minutes
a day.
If everything else runs at a satisfactory speed, don't worry
about it. Many people feel that slow booting is a symptom of slow
running generally, but that's not at all necessarily so,
cb said:I haven't timed it but I would guess 3-4 minutes. Previously
started
in probably one minute or less.
In my view, that's a trivial amount of time, and not worth
worrying about. If you boot once a day, you're losing 2-3 minutes
a day.
If everything else runs at a satisfactory speed, don't worry
about it. Many people feel that slow booting is a symptom of slow
running generally, but that's not at all necessarily so,
C
cb
That might be okay if only starting once a day. But a real pain when
restarting for software and other updates.
In
In my view, that's a trivial amount of time, and not worth
worrying about. If you boot once a day, you're losing 2-3 minutes
a day.
If everything else runs at a satisfactory speed, don't worry
about it. Many people feel that slow booting is a symptom of slow
running generally, but that's not at all necessarily so,
restarting for software and other updates.
In
cb said:I haven't timed it but I would guess 3-4 minutes. Previously
started
in probably one minute or less.
In my view, that's a trivial amount of time, and not worth
worrying about. If you boot once a day, you're losing 2-3 minutes
a day.
If everything else runs at a satisfactory speed, don't worry
about it. Many people feel that slow booting is a symptom of slow
running generally, but that's not at all necessarily so,
C
cb
I have also noticed that checkdisk and defrag run about 10+ times longer
than they used to before repair.
That might be okay if only starting once a day. But a real pain when
restarting for software and other updates.
In
In my view, that's a trivial amount of time, and not worth
worrying about. If you boot once a day, you're losing 2-3 minutes
a day.
If everything else runs at a satisfactory speed, don't worry
about it. Many people feel that slow booting is a symptom of slow
running generally, but that's not at all necessarily so,
than they used to before repair.
That might be okay if only starting once a day. But a real pain when
restarting for software and other updates.
In
cb said:I haven't timed it but I would guess 3-4 minutes. Previously
started
in probably one minute or less.
In my view, that's a trivial amount of time, and not worth
worrying about. If you boot once a day, you're losing 2-3 minutes
a day.
If everything else runs at a satisfactory speed, don't worry
about it. Many people feel that slow booting is a symptom of slow
running generally, but that's not at all necessarily so,
K
Ken Blake
In
Perhaps so. But I restart more often than once a day *very*
seldom, and slow boot times are not a problem to me.
YMMV.
cb said:That might be okay if only starting once a day. But a real
pain when
restarting for software and other updates.
Perhaps so. But I restart more often than once a day *very*
seldom, and slow boot times are not a problem to me.
YMMV.
R
Rock
cb said:After doing a repair install my computer takes forever to boot. I only have
3-4 startup items going in msconfig startup. Any ideas about what I can do?
Do a disk cleanup and defrag, then try some clean boot troubleshooting:
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
K
Ken Blake
In
In that case it's not just boot time slowness; there's clearly an
issue that needs addressing.
cb said:I have also noticed that checkdisk and defrag run about 10+
times
longer than they used to before repair.
In that case it's not just boot time slowness; there's clearly an
issue that needs addressing.
C
cb
With my limited knowledge it doesn't seem to matter what I try to do or how
I try to boot, the computer stills starts and loads apps like a dying snail.
I guess my only recourse is a clean install of XP.
Do a disk cleanup and defrag, then try some clean boot troubleshooting:
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
I try to boot, the computer stills starts and loads apps like a dying snail.
I guess my only recourse is a clean install of XP.
cb said:After doing a repair install my computer takes forever to boot. I only have
3-4 startup items going in msconfig startup. Any ideas about what I can do?
Do a disk cleanup and defrag, then try some clean boot troubleshooting:
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
R
Rock
cb said:With my limited knowledge it doesn't seem to matter what I try to do or how
I try to boot, the computer stills starts and loads apps like a dying snail.
I guess my only recourse is a clean install of XP.
cb wrote:
Do a disk cleanup and defrag, then try some clean boot troubleshooting:
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
Did you try the clean boot troubleshooting?
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