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| 240630 | 2004-05-31 09:14:00 | 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. On top of that, Norton Internet Security (2003) doesn't seem to want to auto-load on startup (which means emails don't send, and internet connection isn't protected). So I do a manual start of NIS and the ad-blocker doesn't work (although the security test at symantec says my firewall is working alright). I only had one program installed since reformat that I didn't have installed before, which was Norton Utilities 2002, so I tried removing that, but its made no difference. OS = Windows XP Pro SP1, fully updated. Symantec software is also fully updated. Any ideas? Or is it just a bung install that I'll need to redo next weekend? Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240631 | 2004-05-31 10:02:00 | Personally, I would uninstall the Nortons stuff that isnt' loading, and reinstall that, and see if it helps. | supergran (108) | ||
| 240632 | 2004-05-31 10:11:00 | Motherboard drivers loaded? Patches applied? Networking options correctly configured? Bios settings unchanged? Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 240633 | 2004-05-31 10:36:00 | > Motherboard drivers loaded? Patches applied? > Networking options correctly configured? Bios > settings unchanged? Yes. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240634 | 2004-05-31 10:38:00 | > Personally, I would uninstall the Nortons stuff that > isnt' loading, and reinstall that, and see if it > helps. Yeah, sounds like a good idea. I was hoping I wouldn't have to, because of the 30-odd mbs of updates that have to be downloaded after install. Odd thing is, I'm sure that most of Sunday it was working fine... Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240635 | 2004-05-31 10:49:00 | there was a problem with sp1 is yours part of the install or an update to xp? | donn (106) | ||
| 240636 | 2004-05-31 20:50:00 | > there was a problem with sp1 is yours part of the > install or an update to xp? Mine was on one of those Microsoft update CDs. What was the problem with SP1? First I've heard anything about it. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 240637 | 2004-05-31 22:20:00 | it was SP1 that had problems not SP1a, If you have the security update cd from MS there should be no problem. Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 240638 | 2004-05-31 22:25:00 | > 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 ? Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 240639 | 2004-05-31 22:32:00 | > 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. |
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