boot taking ages

[Headtheball]

when I start my pc it whizzes through the startup through the windows
scrolling lights bit then it comes to a complete stop on a blank screen (not
even the blue screen of death) for about 5 minutes then it boots into my
desktop, what could be causing this? I have no ad or spyware malware or
viruses and I havent downloaded anything since it was last running fine. I
cannot do a system restore as I have it turned off.

 

[Mark Jacobs]

Me too. I have an AMD Athlon 1400, and I get a blank screen for about 1
minute, but the lights going across bit before the blank screen lasts about 90
seconds instead of the 15 seconds it used to take before some of the latest
security patches were applied (not SP2 but it says that's where they are from
in the Add/Remove control applet.). Something on my PC has changed for the
worse - the sound is now choppy whenever there is disk activity - this never
used to be a problem until these recent updates.
--
Mark Jacobs
DK Computing
http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk

| when I start my pc it whizzes through the startup through the windows
| scrolling lights bit then it comes to a complete stop on a blank screen (not
| even the blue screen of death) for about 5 minutes then it boots into my
| desktop, what could be causing this? I have no ad or spyware malware or
| viruses and I havent downloaded anything since it was last running fine. I
| cannot do a system restore as I have it turned off.

 

[Guest]

I would try using MSCONFIG program and make a clean start (i.e. switching off
all services, eventual programs that reside in RUN key of the registry) -
clean start and then switch services on one by one...

I saw a similar problem on my former boss's PC - he managed somehow to put
link to a non-existent program (SETUP.EXE) on a non-existent drive... - it
took ages to start his PC, but after it had been removed, the startup time
reduced considerably...

 

[Mark Jacobs]

How to get rid of the speed problem :-
Install XP SP1 on top of your existing setup, turn off file and print sharing,
and run 2 patches - the RPC fix and the LSASS one (
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980 and
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=835732 ). There you go. Now turn off system
restore, automatic updates, and a few non-essential services, and you'll have
a PC that's about as fast as a Windows OS PC can get. For safety, I recommend
MJ Registry Watcher at http://www.jacobsm.com/index.htm#sft
--
Mark Jacobs
DK Computing
http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk

"Mark Jacobs" <http://www.jacobsm.com/mjmsg?Microsoft Newsgroup> wrote in
message | Me too. I have an AMD Athlon 1400, and I get a blank screen for about 1
| minute, but the lights going across bit before the blank screen lasts about
90
| seconds instead of the 15 seconds it used to take before some of the latest
| security patches were applied (not SP2 but it says that's where they are
from
| in the Add/Remove control applet.). Something on my PC has changed for the
| worse - the sound is now choppy whenever there is disk activity - this never
| used to be a problem until these recent updates.
| --
| Mark Jacobs
| DK Computing
| http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk
|
| | | when I start my pc it whizzes through the startup through the windows
| | scrolling lights bit then it comes to a complete stop on a blank screen
(not
| | even the blue screen of death) for about 5 minutes then it boots into my
| | desktop, what could be causing this? I have no ad or spyware malware or
| | viruses and I havent downloaded anything since it was last running fine. I
| | cannot do a system restore as I have it turned off.

 

[Mark Jacobs]

How to get rid of the speed problem :-
Install XP SP1 on top of your existing setup, turn off file and print sharing,
and run 2 patches - the RPC fix and the LSASS one (
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980 and
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=835732 ). There you go. Now turn off system
restore, automatic updates, and a few non-essential services, and you'll have
a PC that's about as fast as a Windows OS PC can get. For safety, I recommend
MJ Registry Watcher at http://www.jacobsm.com/index.htm#sft
--
Mark Jacobs
DK Computing
http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk

| "Mark Jacobs" <http://www.jacobsm.com/mjmsg?Microsoft Newsgroup> wrote in
| message | | Me too. I have an AMD Athlon 1400, and I get a blank screen for about 1
| | minute, but the lights going across bit before the blank screen lasts
about
| 90
| | seconds instead of the 15 seconds it used to take before some of the
latest
| | security patches were applied (not SP2 but it says that's where they are
| from
| | in the Add/Remove control applet.). Something on my PC has changed for the
| | worse - the sound is now choppy whenever there is disk activity - this
never
| | used to be a problem until these recent updates.
| | --
| | Mark Jacobs
| | DK Computing
| | http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk
| |
| | | | | when I start my pc it whizzes through the startup through the windows
| | | scrolling lights bit then it comes to a complete stop on a blank screen
| (not
| | | even the blue screen of death) for about 5 minutes then it boots into my
| | | desktop, what could be causing this? I have no ad or spyware malware or
| | | viruses and I havent downloaded anything since it was last running fine.
I
| | | cannot do a system restore as I have it turned off.
|
|