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OK I should have explained a bit more detailed. Actual boot ime
from scratch
is about 30 secs, which is fine. Explorer loads, icons and
taskbar are
visable but the system stops responding. My laptop's frozen for
about 3
minutes before it's right as rain again. It didn't always do
this, but its
been so long since i got round to finding a solution that I
have no idea if
it was triggered by another program (my fault for not being on
par there).
OK, that helps a little; from your process list below you aren't
running a lot of highly intensive apps, so that's a little long,
I think you're right. But first let me ask something and make a
comment:
-- How long did it used to take? With XP it had to be more than
30 seconds, I"m pretty sure. The first part of the major boot
activity, BTW, does take about 30 seconds in my experience. From
that point on it's busy arranging memory, startup programs,
getting a page file setup, and some other things I'd call
basically "housekeeping". Oh, I'm also not a guru by any means
;-(!
-- On a "normal" machine with, say, just Microsoft Office and
internet network, email setup, boot time total is around two
minutes.
-- Worms, trojans, malware in general and viruses can
substantially extend that time to well beyond 5 minutes, even.
-- Is the time the boot takes approximately constant?
Anyway, I looked on the web and now I've installed and run
Bootvis.exe to
find the initial services.
Good move! You located a good tool; keep it handy in the future,
too.
The Logon + Service time is 156.9 seconds long, making up 95%
of the startup
time.
The first services to load are
explorer.exe (1924) --Don't kill this one; you need it.
nod32kui.exe (240) --Not sure; wouldn't kill it.
soundman.exe (236) --Can kill, but not likely culprit.
ati2mdxx.exe (228) --Don't kill; that's your grahics setup I
think.
syntpenh.exe (216) -- I don't know what these two are.
syntplpr.exe (208) -- But, since that long pause appears to
happen here, they're definitely a possiblility. According to
Google:
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Process File: syntpenh or syntpenh.exe
Process Name: Synaptics touchpad tray icon
Description:
syntpenh.exe is a process installed alongside the Synaptics
TouchPad for laptop computer touchpads. Provides additional
configurations and support, and is essential on some machines for
the functioning of this input device. This program is a
non-essential system process, but should not be terminated unless
suspected to be causing problems.
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and also:
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Process File: syntplpr or syntplpr.exe
Process Name: Synaptics TouchPad Driver Helper
Description:
syntplpr.exe is a process installed alongside the Synaptics
TouchPad for laptop computer touchpads. It provides additional
configurations and support. This program is a non-essential
process, and is installed for ease of use
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Do you have, and are you using, a Synaptics TouchPad? If so,
-- Have you recently installed software or drivers for it?
-- Done anything that would affect it?
So, either the touchpad, or something using it, may be causing
the slowdown. I happen to have a Synaptics Touchpad on my
laptop, so I know its operation.
-- You might try:
-- Reinstalling the drivers for it. If that's no help, then
-- Turn OFF all its features you may have set or changed from
defaults.
After this is about 130 seconds of "Logon + Service" load time
then the rest
of the services load...
cisvc.exe (1468) -- This is a microsoft indexing program,
but ... it's also been exploited by some viruses. Is it up to
date?
As in, it was updated within the last
3 or 4 days. If not, you can get a free online virus scan at
symantec.com and other places on the 'net. Do so at your first
opportunity.
Are you running XP with SP2? If not, there is little I can do
to help you but others may be able to.
inetinfo.exe (1520)
nod32krn.exe (1588) --Part of an antivirus program.
siserv.exe (1704) --Can kill this one.
scvhost.exe (1764) -- Can kill
wdfmgr.exe (568) --Can kill; Windows Media Player 10+
imapi. (684) --Can kill; CD service
wscntfy.exe (2120) --Do not kill; The wscntfy.exe process
provides a system tray icon that gives you 'at a glance' status
information with regard to your computer's updates, virus
protection and firewall. You should not terminate this process
as it is part of the XP SP2 security enancements.
wscntfy.exe (2124) --I don't know why this is there twice;
don't think it should be. Be sure to do your virus/malware
scans.
alg.exe (2200) --Can kill.
I'm not sure if that helps at all but is one of these causing
the problem,
or should I just uncheck one at a time and restart my computer.
If I should, > then are there some that are critical to the
system and I should leave
alone?? Thanks again
So, first you should READ the above.
Then update your virus software. Which one do you use?
The download if you don't have them, and run:
-- Adaware (lavasoft.exe)
-- Spybot Search & Destroy (Spybot.com)
-- And Spyware Blaster (majorgeeks.com/download2859.html )
and any other malware detectors you may have already.
If you get thru all this and still have no joy, when you come
back add a lot more detail such as OS and SP, security apps you
are running, when last updated, etc etc etc.. Much more info is
really needed if the above doesn't help.
Regards,
Pop
