MCE 2005 Long time to boot

[AT and HMB]

One of my systems is taking ages to boot, while and identical system gives
no problems.
Is there any way I can get Windows Task Manager to show the the Applications
that are running. All I can see are the processes. During the boot situation
the Applications column is always blank.
If I could see the Applications it would be so much easier to delete etc.
Thanks.
PS I use free AVG 8 and ZoneAlarm and these always seem to be slow.
Incidentally, the Windows firewall system ALWAYS suggests I have neither
virus checker nor firewall.

 

[CSM1]

One of my systems is taking ages to boot, while and identical system gives
no problems.
Is there any way I can get Windows Task Manager to show the the
Applications that are running. All I can see are the processes. During the
boot situation the Applications column is always blank.
If I could see the Applications it would be so much easier to delete etc.
Thanks.
PS I use free AVG 8 and ZoneAlarm and these always seem to be slow.
Incidentally, the Windows firewall system ALWAYS suggests I have neither
virus checker nor firewall.

You might try Run type msconfig OK

On the Startup tab you can find all the programs and background tasks that
start when Windows starts. You uncheck the ones you do not want to run.

 

[S.Sengupta]

I am replying to the last part of your post.

'How to Disable Security Center Alerts'
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_disablescalerts.mspx

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]