Slow start up after SP3 install

[shiffty]

I have a 2 year-old system with XP Media Cneter that ran fine until SP3
install. Now it takes 3 or 4 minutes to start up. It sits at my Bios page
for about 2 minutes before slowly booting up windows. At first I thought it
was just locked up but I left and came back later to find it running. It
runs fine once it is finally up. It has done this on all subsequent restarts.
Any thoughts?

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I have a 2 year-old system with XP Media Cneter that ran fine until SP3

install. Now it takes 3 or 4 minutes to start up. It sits at my Bios page
for about 2 minutes before slowly booting up windows. At first I thought it
was just locked up but I left and came back later to find it running. It
runs fine once it is finally up. It has done this on all subsequent restarts.
Any thoughts?

It could be a driver issue or any other bunch of things. BIOS up to
date? Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility installed already?
Did you re-run Windows Update to get the SP3 version of some patches?

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:31:02 AM, and on a
whim, shiffty pounded out on the keyboard:

I have a 2 year-old system with XP Media Cneter that ran fine until SP3
install. Now it takes 3 or 4 minutes to start up. It sits at my Bios page
for about 2 minutes before slowly booting up windows. At first I thought it
was just locked up but I left and came back later to find it running. It
runs fine once it is finally up. It has done this on all subsequent restarts.
Any thoughts?

Hi Shiffty,

If it's sitting at the BIOS screen, I doubt it has anything to do with
SP3. If you uninstall SP3, does the issue go away?

--
Terry R.

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See this discussion: http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827

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