Loading personal settings

[Ron Boetger]

My computer hags at Loading Personal Settings. If I hit escape it
sometimes it goes past this message faster. I am not logging into a
Domain. I just have a local network with a router to the internet.

Any ideas how to speed this up?

Thanks

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Ron,

Obviously, if you have *a lot* of apps. loading at startup, that will
prolong things--but probably not to the extent you are talking about.
Another culprit could also be malware. Malware can be a huge drain on even
the fastest of machines. If you don't have a regular malware checking
regime, see these:

Malware Removal
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

THE PARASITE FIGHT
Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Richard Harper's Guide to Cleaning Pests
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm


--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/

 

[Rock]

My computer hags at Loading Personal Settings. If I hit escape it
sometimes it goes past this message faster. I am not logging into a
Domain. I just have a local network with a router to the internet.

When did this problem start? Was it sudden or gradual. If sudden what
changed between the time it worked and now? Curt gave you some links for
dealing with malware. If the system is clean and it's a sudden change try a
system restore to before the problem was there. You could also do some
clean boot troubleshooting.

Clean Boot Troubleshooting

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

 

[Curt Christianson]

Rock,

E-mail me??

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/