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john
Hello,
I'm at my wits end. My start-up is now about 4 minutes long. Msconfig only
has 2 items checked under start-up: ccAPP for Norton & Cft.mon. A dell
hardware tech checked my computer & disabled the prefetch file, cleaned out a
lot of $ temp files & installed CCleaner. After his work, it seemed like the
computer took longer to boot up. The tech had me call fee based software
support & the tech there had me boot up in safe mode & it booted faster. He
told me one or my applications may be conflicting with one another. He
couldn't go any further with me unless I paid $129 for fixing the problem.
I know there have been other postes regarding start-up issues, but I keep
my computer well maintained, defrag regularly, scan disk, run anti software,
etc. If anyone has an idea what's going on here, I would sure appreciate it.
Would I benefit from doing a system restore back to a couple of months back?
Of course, I would lose what the hardware tech did.
One other odd thing which may or may not be related. When I hybernate my
system & try to ascess my home page at a later time, it takes quite awhile
for the home page to come up. Once it comes up, the computer works fast.
Respectfully,
John
I'm at my wits end. My start-up is now about 4 minutes long. Msconfig only
has 2 items checked under start-up: ccAPP for Norton & Cft.mon. A dell
hardware tech checked my computer & disabled the prefetch file, cleaned out a
lot of $ temp files & installed CCleaner. After his work, it seemed like the
computer took longer to boot up. The tech had me call fee based software
support & the tech there had me boot up in safe mode & it booted faster. He
told me one or my applications may be conflicting with one another. He
couldn't go any further with me unless I paid $129 for fixing the problem.
I know there have been other postes regarding start-up issues, but I keep
my computer well maintained, defrag regularly, scan disk, run anti software,
etc. If anyone has an idea what's going on here, I would sure appreciate it.
Would I benefit from doing a system restore back to a couple of months back?
Of course, I would lose what the hardware tech did.
One other odd thing which may or may not be related. When I hybernate my
system & try to ascess my home page at a later time, it takes quite awhile
for the home page to come up. Once it comes up, the computer works fast.
Respectfully,
John