Added 'user' now boot-up takes forever

[terry jenkins]

I'm using a Toshiba Satellite Pro running Windows XP. I had it running as
'Administrator' with no other users set up and all was running well. I
decided to add a couple of user accounts to the system which I did but now
it takes 6 or 7 minutes to boot up where it used to boot in under a minute,
I've tried deleting the 'users' but it still takes forever, I can't get it
back to the way it was. I've also lost my wireless link to my Linksys access
point, it keeps 'looking for a connection' but can't find one. Any one know
what might have happened to my system?

 

[Jerry]

Did you try doing a System Restore do a date/time before you added the new
users?

 

[terry jenkins]

No, I only discovered that option after things went wrong, doh!

 

[Rock]

I'm using a Toshiba Satellite Pro running Windows XP. I had it running as
'Administrator' with no other users set up and all was running well. I
decided to add a couple of user accounts to the system which I did but now
it takes 6 or 7 minutes to boot up where it used to boot in under a minute,
I've tried deleting the 'users' but it still takes forever, I can't get it
back to the way it was. I've also lost my wireless link to my Linksys access
point, it keeps 'looking for a connection' but can't find one. Any one know
what might have happened to my system?

Aside from your current problems it is not a good idea to operate on a
day to day basis in the built in administrator account. Keep that one
for emergencies if a problem arises with the day to day account that has
administrator privileges.

For your problem try system restore and/or clean boot troubleshooting to
identify what's causing the problem.

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

 

[terry jenkins]

I've tried the 'clean boot' using Msconfig utility and it seems there is a
problem with services because when that is turned off it boots up very fast.
Do I have to boot up over and over by unchecking each service one after the
other to find the culprit?

 

[Rock]

I've tried the 'clean boot' using Msconfig utility and it seems there is a
problem with services because when that is turned off it boots up very fast.
Do I have to boot up over and over by unchecking each service one after the
other to find the culprit?

Do it by halves. Uncheck the top half, reboot and see. Then do the
bottom half. When you find which half has the offending entry, then
halve it again. That makes much quicker work of it.