XP slow to start up

[Will Denny]

Hi

There are News Groups specific to SP2 - you might like to try those:

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=xpsp2&slcid=us

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups


| Hello everyone,
|
| Okay, for starters PLEASE don't post the generic spyware/adware links,
| they're useless to me. Also, I am virus/trojan/any-other-ilk free. Now:
|
| When I start/restart my PC, after XP (pro SP2 _All Patches and updates) it
| loads fine, through the standard xp screen and the welcome. After that,
my
| desktop pic shows, but it takes about 30 seconds for my actualy explorer
to
| load. In this time, my PC seems to be doing nothing, no HDD activity, no
| removable storage searching, just sitting there. It's not that big of a
| deal, but it didn't always do this. It's no dumping physical memory
either.
| Anyone that solves this for me would be greatly appreciated.
|
|
|

 

[R. McCarty]

You might need to map what Startups & Watchdog programs are
running when your PC boots. However, before that check your
event logs for both System and Applications. The best way to nail
down startup errors is to clear both logs, reboot and then view the
contents.

If you have errors in either log after a fresh boot, then something is
failing on startup. It could be service dependencies or some other
fault. You'll need to resolve those before diagnosing further.

Post back with the Event log status, if it is clean then your problem
lies with startups, etc

 

[bili]

Hello everyone,

Okay, for starters PLEASE don't post the generic spyware/adware links,
they're useless to me. Also, I am virus/trojan/any-other-ilk free. Now:

When I start/restart my PC, after XP (pro SP2 _All Patches and updates) it
loads fine, through the standard xp screen and the welcome. After that, my
desktop pic shows, but it takes about 30 seconds for my actualy explorer to
load. In this time, my PC seems to be doing nothing, no HDD activity, no
removable storage searching, just sitting there. It's not that big of a
deal, but it didn't always do this. It's no dumping physical memory either.
Anyone that solves this for me would be greatly appreciated.