Sp1 long startup delay

[swat42]

Since i have installed XP Sp1, windows is taking a long time to boot and be
ready to work with. it takes same time than before to reach the logon
screen, but after that startup programs are actived and after that Norton
Antivirus and Norton SystemWorks take more than 1:30 (after logon) to
activate themselves. During this time, some operations are blocked, like
connecting to internet or going into system properties untill Norton is
fully loaded. This is annoying, and is more likely to be caused by Sp1 as it
was not happening before. I cannot roll back because i have no backup of
installation. So any help to correct this situation is welcome.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Installing SP1 seriously fragments your drive. Try running defrag maybe even
twice.

 

[swat42]

After installation, i removed all setup (not core) files and put them into a
directory. The new directory is on another drive. Empty space on first drive
is about 10-15mb smaller after install. The defrag application tells me
there is not enough fragmentation to run it.

Installing SP1 seriously fragments your drive. Try running defrag maybe even
twice.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Since i have installed XP Sp1, windows is taking a long time to boot and be
ready to work with. it takes same time than before to reach the logon
screen, but after that startup programs are actived and after that Norton
Antivirus and Norton SystemWorks take more than 1:30 (after logon) to
activate themselves. During this time, some operations are blocked, like
connecting to internet or going into system properties untill Norton is
fully loaded. This is annoying, and is more likely to be caused by Sp1

as

it
was not happening before. I cannot roll back because i have no backup of
installation. So any help to correct this situation is welcome.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Run it anyway.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

After installation, i removed all setup (not core) files and put them into a
directory. The new directory is on another drive. Empty space on first drive
is about 10-15mb smaller after install. The defrag application tells me
there is not enough fragmentation to run it.

Installing SP1 seriously fragments your drive. Try running defrag maybe even
twice.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Since i have installed XP Sp1, windows is taking a long time to boot

and
be

ready to work with. it takes same time than before to reach the logon
screen, but after that startup programs are actived and after that Norton
Antivirus and Norton SystemWorks take more than 1:30 (after logon) to
activate themselves. During this time, some operations are blocked, like
connecting to internet or going into system properties untill Norton is
fully loaded. This is annoying, and is more likely to be caused by Sp1

as

it
was not happening before. I cannot roll back because i have no backup of
installation. So any help to correct this situation is welcome.

 

[Sharon F]

Since i have installed XP Sp1, windows is taking a long time to boot and be
ready to work with. it takes same time than before to reach the logon
screen, but after that startup programs are actived and after that Norton
Antivirus and Norton SystemWorks take more than 1:30 (after logon) to
activate themselves. During this time, some operations are blocked, like
connecting to internet or going into system properties untill Norton is
fully loaded. This is annoying, and is more likely to be caused by Sp1 as it
was not happening before. I cannot roll back because i have no backup of
installation. So any help to correct this situation is welcome.

Do you really need all of those programs loading at startup? Antivirus, yes
but the system utilities could be run "on demand."

 

[swat42]

Huh, i meant NIS for firewall, not NSW, i think this is vital to anyone who
has a computer. I don't want to get a virus like LoveSan. This affects
people with a Windows OS, but i think i have installed the patch from Ms.

My version of Windows is:
windows XP professional v5.1 build 2600

The problem is really that it takes more time to boot, about 1:30 min. after
logon screen than before XP Sp1 was installed. This is annoying and i look
for something to correct the situation.

 

[swat42]

I did a defrag on drive with windows, but i still get the startup delay.

Run it anyway.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

After installation, i removed all setup (not core) files and put them

into

a
directory. The new directory is on another drive. Empty space on first drive
is about 10-15mb smaller after install. The defrag application tells me
there is not enough fragmentation to run it.

Installing SP1 seriously fragments your drive. Try running defrag

maybe
even

twice.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Since i have installed XP Sp1, windows is taking a long time to boot and
be
ready to work with. it takes same time than before to reach the logon
screen, but after that startup programs are actived and after that Norton
Antivirus and Norton SystemWorks take more than 1:30 (after logon) to
activate themselves. During this time, some operations are blocked, like
connecting to internet or going into system properties untill Norton is
fully loaded. This is annoying, and is more likely to be caused by

Sp1
as

it
was not happening before. I cannot roll back because i have no

backup

of

 

[Doc T.]

You might try looking around here.
http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Black Viper

Also you may have a bunch of "Services" running now that weren't running
before SP1.

Indexing Service is a real resource hog. You can get rid of that through
{{ Start-->Control Panel-->Add or remove Programs-->Add or Remove Windows
Components }}

There's a couple suggestions

good Luck!

DN

 

[Doc T.]

OOOPS!
Forgot to look under the "+" sign!

You might try looking around here.
http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Black Viper

Also you may have a bunch of "Services" running now that weren't running
before SP1.

Indexing Service is a real resource hog. You can get rid of that through
{{ Start-->Control Panel-->Add or remove Programs-->Add or Remove Windows
Components }}

There's a couple suggestions

good Luck!

DN
as

 

[Sharon F]

OOOPS!
Forgot to look under the "+" sign!

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No problem, Doc. The more, the merrier