Startup very slow.

[Guest]

My laptop takes as long as 5 minutes from power on to loading my home page in
my browser. I hear disk access almost continuously during this period. It
hasn't always been this slow. I am connected via wifi. I have Zone Alarm and
Norton running at startup. I have 2 users configured. I have done the usual
scans for virus, adware, spyware, etc. Any thoughts?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System
and Application logs for the last boot and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[xy2z]

My laptop takes as long as 5 minutes from power on to loading my hom
page in
my browser. I hear disk access almost continuously during this period
It
hasn't always been this slow. I am connected via wifi. I have Zon
Alarm and
Norton running at startup. I have 2 users configured. I have done th
usual
scans for virus, adware, spyware, etc. Any thoughts?

Norton is known to consume a lot of system resources and slow it down
you might want to consider changing to AVG or something. Also check i
your HDD is choked with junk, temp files, recycle bin etc can b
cleaned out. Your system performance can also be affected if it
severly fragmented, check the disk for errors and run a defrag. Also i
you have other unwanted programs loading at boot, disable those

 

[WTC]

My laptop takes as long as 5 minutes from power on to loading my home page
in
my browser. I hear disk access almost continuously during this period. It
hasn't always been this slow. I am connected via wifi. I have Zone Alarm
and
Norton running at startup. I have 2 users configured. I have done the
usual
scans for virus, adware, spyware, etc. Any thoughts?

Have you recently installed any programs or drivers?

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353