XP slow, applying computer settings for instance

[Dave Bolt]

Two computers recently commissioned and attached to a Win2003 server are
showing very slow startup. They may take up to 45 minutes to get through the
'Applying Computer Settings' stage, in normal mode. In safe mode, this step
is done in less than three seconds.
The OS is XP Pro SP2, 1GB memory, 3GHz processor, lots and lots of free disk
space.
Once the machines do log on, performance is not quite up to scratch.
Has anyone any ideas?
Thanks
Dave

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Dave

Please provide copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the time when the
error occurs. No Information Reports please.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and 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/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
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. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Dave Bolt]

Thanks for that Gerry.
I must have been more tired than I thought, not to have done that in the
first place.
Anyway, it turns out the McAfee was the offending product. As each user has
added the latest set of updates they have had the same problem develop.
Killing McAfee brought the time for applying computer settings down to the
usual couple of minutes.
Regards
Dave