Desktop.ini and slow start-up

[Ted Kerin]

I found that it was taking 5-6 minutes for WinXP(SP2) to boot-up, much
longer than ever before. Then, I found that I could reduce that time to
about 2 mintes, by removing almost all files from my desktop.

I was never a good "housekeeper," never kept the desktop tidy on any PC, so
I wondered why only recently does it make such a big difference. If I now
allow even a few MB of, say, MP3 files to accumulate on the desktop, the
start-up stime stretches out very long again.

Also, this may be a separate issue, but I ask here in case they're related:
I have a Desktop.ini file (I've always had WinXP set to show system and
hidden files) , which, read in notepad, says:

[LocalizedFileNames]
Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4

I don't know when this Desktop.ini file showed up, but if I move it from the
desktop, start-up is delayed for so long that I just give up.

Can anyone please advise me what, if anything, to do with this Desktop.ini
file?

And, can anyone advise me why it should be happening, when this never seemed
the case before, that I can keep very little on my desktop without
dractically affecting my start-up time? Is there a reconfiguration or other
fix for this?

Thanks!!

 

[Gerry]

Ted

What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in
Event Viewer when you last booted the machine?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

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.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Ted Kerin]

Thanks for your response, Gerry.

I get no Error messages and no Warning reports.

Ted

Ted

What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in
Event Viewer when you last booted the machine?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

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.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I found that it was taking 5-6 minutes for WinXP(SP2) to boot-up, much
longer than ever before. Then, I found that I could reduce that time
to about 2 mintes, by removing almost all files from my desktop.

I was never a good "housekeeper," never kept the desktop tidy on any
PC, so I wondered why only recently does it make such a big
difference. If I now allow even a few MB of, say, MP3 files to
accumulate on the desktop, the start-up stime stretches out very long
again.
Also, this may be a separate issue, but I ask here in case they're
related: I have a Desktop.ini file (I've always had WinXP set to show
system and hidden files) , which, read in notepad, says:

[LocalizedFileNames]
Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4

I don't know when this Desktop.ini file showed up, but if I move it
from the desktop, start-up is delayed for so long that I just give up.

Can anyone please advise me what, if anything, to do with this
Desktop.ini file?

And, can anyone advise me why it should be happening, when this never
seemed the case before, that I can keep very little on my desktop
without dractically affecting my start-up time? Is there a
reconfiguration or other fix for this?

Thanks!!

 

[Gerry]

Ted

Are there Information Reports in the System log for the duration of each
boot?

What is the description appearing on the face of your Windows XP CD?

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for your response, Gerry.

I get no Error messages and no Warning reports.

Ted

Ted

What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in
Event Viewer when you last booted the machine?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear
in a previous boot.

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.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I found that it was taking 5-6 minutes for WinXP(SP2) to boot-up,
much longer than ever before. Then, I found that I could reduce
that time to about 2 mintes, by removing almost all files from my
desktop. I was never a good "housekeeper," never kept the desktop
tidy on any
PC, so I wondered why only recently does it make such a big
difference. If I now allow even a few MB of, say, MP3 files to
accumulate on the desktop, the start-up stime stretches out very
long again.
Also, this may be a separate issue, but I ask here in case they're
related: I have a Desktop.ini file (I've always had WinXP set to
show system and hidden files) , which, read in notepad, says:

[LocalizedFileNames]
Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4

I don't know when this Desktop.ini file showed up, but if I move it
from the desktop, start-up is delayed for so long that I just give
up. Can anyone please advise me what, if anything, to do with this
Desktop.ini file?

And, can anyone advise me why it should be happening, when this
never seemed the case before, that I can keep very little on my
desktop without dractically affecting my start-up time? Is there a
reconfiguration or other fix for this?

Thanks!!