can someone till me what XP is doing on startup

[jim.e.dimoni]

My startup has become very slow.

what is XP doing during this time so I might troubleshoot this?

from the welcome screen to the wallpaper takes 30 sec. from the
wallpaper to the desktop icons appearing takes 75 sec.

There is little disk activity during the latter time.
I did a minimum load via msconfig.
nothing in the startup folder.

I have 0.5GB PC133 memory, I believe running at 133.
athlon Tbred B running 1900MHz standard voltages.

ran memory test - no problems

cable internet
USB printer in stby
USB UPS

none of this appears to load until after the 75 sec.

thx

 

[Unknown]

Have you run disk cleanup and defrag recently?

 

[Elmo]

My startup has become very slow.

What is XP doing during this time so I might troubleshoot this?

From the Welcome screen to the wallpaper takes 30 sec. From the
wallpaper to the desktop icons appearing takes 75 sec.

There is little disk activity during the latter time.
I did a minimum load via msconfig.
Nothing in the startup folder.

I have 0.5GB PC133 memory, I believe running at 133.
Athlon Tbred B running 1900MHz standard voltages.

Ran memory test - no problems.

cable internet
USB printer in stby
USB UPS

None of this appears to load until after the 75 sec.

It may be looking for your network. If you don't have one, open Network
Properties and disable "Client for MS Networks" and "File and Printer
sharing".

 

[Guest]

Download "bootVis" and use the "Trace + Driver Delays" option.