Hi Bruce,
You may follow the instruction below to determine the root cause of this
issue:
Refer to the Knowledge Base article listed below to perform a clean boot:
310353 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP --
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
If the issue persists after performing a clean boot, I suggest you refer to
the steps below to perform a hardware clean boot:
To turn off your devices
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1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click System.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab, and then
click Device Manager.
3. Double-click the entire category headings, except "System devices", to
display the devices listed under them.
4. Right-click the first listed device, and then click Properties.
5. On the General tab, in the "Device usage" list, click "Do not use this
device (disable)", and then click OK.
If the Device usage list appears dimmed, the device is necessary for your
computer to function and it cannot be turned off.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each listed device, except for the system
devices and your mouse.
7. Close the Device Manager, and then restart your computer.
After you disable the hardware devices, if you can boot up your computer
properly, there might be a problem with one or more device drivers. Let's
continue with the following steps to determine which device is the source
of the problem
To determine which device is causing the problem
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1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and
then click System.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab, and then
click Device Manager.
3. Right-click one of the devices that you turned off, and then click
Properties.
4. On the General tab, in the Device usage list, click "Use this device
(enable)", and then click OK.
5. Restart your computer. Test to see if the shutdown problem reappears.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 until you experience the problem again.
If you determine that a particular device is causing the problem, you may
contact the device manufacturer to obtain updated drivers for the device.
In addition, you can use bootviz to speed up the boot up procedure. You can
search it on the Google.
1. Create a directory named Ptools. Copy Bootvis.exe to Ptools.
2. Start Bootviz.exe.
3. From the Trace Menu, the following traces are available:
Next Boot
Next Boot with Driver Delays
Next Standby/Resume
Next Hibernate/Resume
Note: Tracing Driver Delays during boot will add several seconds of
boot time delay.
4. Select the desired trace Bootvis will prompt with a couple questions
for file naming and looping and reboot the system to take the trace.
5. You have the option of setting a repetition count if taking multiple
traces.
The file name will be named after the trace type with an incrementing
number on the end of the file for each trace.
6. Bootvis sleep will be created in the folder containing Bootvis.exe.
This is a small stub used to start bootivs.exe after a delay after boot
to keep Bootvis.exe from affecting the trace.
Bootviz.exe is a large MFC application.
7. Bootviz.exe will restart and save the trace to the last folder used by
Bootvis.exe. It will then open and display the trace.
Hope it helps.
Best regards,
Terry Liu
MCSE 2K MCSA MCDBA CCNA
Microsoft Online Support Engineer
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60
60I have a ASUS A7V8X Motherboard with a 1.8 G AMD Athlon CPU
60512 mem
6037G Seagate IDE (used 8.7 g)
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60I just did a CLEAN install of XP and it takes over 3 mins for the OS to
60load!!!
60
60Why?
60How can I get this to speed up?
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60Thanks
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