computer lags at start up

[Christopher S. Coviello]

anyone with advice about a computer that is lagging at start up
i have a 40 GB HD with only 10GB used on it
IBM Think Pad T30 2366
i have studio.net, adobe photoshop, acrobat pro, office xp, mcafee firewall
and virus scan, and a few others.
when i turn on the laptop the harddrive runs and reads for what seems
forever
then once i have logged in and everything is running then the hard drive
stops all the activity and the computer runs fast and normal. i just have
to wait about 3 mins to get anyware. any help

 

[Alias]

anyone with advice about a computer that is lagging at start up
i have a 40 GB HD with only 10GB used on it
IBM Think Pad T30 2366
i have studio.net, adobe photoshop, acrobat pro, office xp, mcafee firewall
and virus scan, and a few others.
when i turn on the laptop the harddrive runs and reads for what seems
forever
then once i have logged in and everything is running then the hard drive
stops all the activity and the computer runs fast and normal. i just have
to wait about 3 mins to get anyware. any help

You didn't happen to create a folder for your desktop with a lot of
files in it, did you?


Alias

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[Bob I]

Look in Task manager.

 

[Malke]

anyone with advice about a computer that is lagging at start up
i have a 40 GB HD with only 10GB used on it
IBM Think Pad T30 2366
i have studio.net, adobe photoshop, acrobat pro, office xp, mcafee
firewall and virus scan, and a few others.
when i turn on the laptop the harddrive runs and reads for what seems
forever
then once i have logged in and everything is running then the hard
drive
stops all the activity and the computer runs fast and normal. i just
have
to wait about 3 mins to get anyware. any help

Probably not a hardware issue.

Slow or Sluggish Computer:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
http://aumha.org/a/health.htm - Take Out the Trash (section 4)

Make sure the computer is virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke

 

[Robert Bollinger]

Well assuming that you have a decent amount of RAM and decent CPU speed...


1. Check for viruses using housecall.trendmicro.com
eventhough you have an AV program that doesn't mean you are protected.
2. If any viruses, Remove them
3. Run Adaware and remove the CRITICAL OBJECTS
4. Run hijack this, and then remove all the BHO's !ONLY! Do not remove all
the stuff that hi jack this finds, just the BHO's (those things that
attach to your browser).
5. Run msconfig, and remove all the non essential startup processes
6. Run msconfig and remove (uncheck) all the non essential services, make
sure that you check the "Hide all Microsoft Services" then un check unneeded
services.
7. Purchase NAV (Just NAV, Not The security suite) and then uninstall mcafee
(the worst av software ever) and install NAV run all the updates. (When
doing this make sure that the Windows F/W is running).
8. Defrag all your HDD's - Ensure this is done successfully may have to run
it twice.


Robert Bollinger, MCP.