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| Thread ID: 45703 | 2004-05-31 09:14:00 | Computer go-slow | Mike (15) | Press F1 |
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| 240640 | 2004-05-31 22:33:00 | > > I reformatted my computer on the weekend, and > > reinstalled everything. Everything went fine. > > > > However now when I boot up it takes AGES to boot. > It > > used to take 40 seconds max for a cold boot, and > now > > its taking closer to 4 minutes until everything is > > loaded. > > What was reason for format? Was it taking ages to > boot ? No, like I said it used to take 40 seconds. The reformat was to try and solve a long-standing network connection issue - other than that there was nothing wrong with the previous install. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240641 | 2004-05-31 22:46:00 | > > it was SP1 that had problems not SP1a, If you have > > the security update cd from MS there should be no > > problem. > > So, what were the problems in SP1??????? I've always > used SP1 - this is the first time I've ever installed > SP1a. > > Mike. I couldn't say what the problem was but it was addressed by a another MS patch not long after SP1 release & the problem was not there in SP1a to my knowledge. Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 240642 | 2004-06-01 00:38:00 | Try uninstalling all of the Norton products - in my experience these make a PC painfully slow. Time the start up and shutdown with and without the Norton products. Then you may want to compare times using AVG anti-virus and Zone Alarm firewall. I have seen PC's reduce their startup times from 3-4 minutes to under a minute doing this. | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 240643 | 2004-06-01 01:00:00 | > Try uninstalling all of the Norton products - in my > experience these make a PC painfully slow. Time the > start up and shutdown with and without the Norton > products. Then you may want to compare times using > AVG anti-virus and Zone Alarm firewall. I have seen > PC's reduce their startup times from 3-4 minutes to > under a minute doing this. My startup time before format WITH Norton Internet Security installed was 40 seconds. It is now 3-4 minutes. Although NIS may be the culprit, I think there are possibly other problems adding to it. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240644 | 2004-06-01 05:50:00 | > My startup time before format WITH Norton > Internet Security installed was 40 seconds. It is > now 3-4 minutes. Although NIS may be the culprit, I > think there are possibly other problems adding to > it. Hey Mike, I presume you've checked what else is loading at Windows startup & via msconfig ... and that you have turned off any of the unwanted services under the "Manage" function After the XP reinstall, did the auto-indexing feature on the c: drive turn itself back on? This can slow the PC down as well - albeit for a marginal gain on indexed file searches Plus with the reinstall, XP may have turned on the feature to allocate more resources to the visual effects rather than processing / programme grunt In addition to NIS, are you using NAV? - NAV is often the culprit for a slow start-up - it might be worth checking to see what else is loading with NAV under msconfig Lastly, I know this might sound silly but have you checked that you haven't dislodged or unseated a stick of RAM by mistake? Cheers |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 240645 | 2004-06-01 06:07:00 | If you can, why not d/l this program and then post your start up entries so others can see what is going on. 209.133.47.12 Rob |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 240646 | 2004-06-01 08:57:00 | I may be completely off track here but would it possibly have something to do with your computer searching your network for other computers? I have a vague recollection of reading about changing some setting that will prevent this occurring. | tommy (2826) | ||
| 240647 | 2004-06-01 09:08:00 | > I may be completely off track here but would it > possibly have something to do with your computer > searching your network for other computers? I have a > vague recollection of reading about changing some > setting that will prevent this occurring. Hi tommy, Thanks, I've had that occur in the past, so I'd already disabled the network adaptor, so that's ruled out of the equation. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240648 | 2004-06-01 09:10:00 | > In addition to NIS, are you using NAV? - NAV is > often the culprit for a slow start-up The thing is, NAV has never been an issue before. I think something's gone wrong with one of the installs. I'll try removing NIS and NAV and reinstalling them and see how we go. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240649 | 2004-06-01 09:22:00 | Run Msconfig and disable all your start up items, see if you have a normal speed boot then progressively add the previously unchecked start up items until you find the one that is causing the trouble. Rob. |
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