Slow Start Up?

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toicy4ya September 23, 2008 at 15:17:46 Pacific
Specs: Windows XP, 1.25G

Hello everyone,
Is there anything i can do to speed up the start up process? My PC takes up to 4-5 minutes to start up. I went into the configuration utility and only checked five programs i wish to start up with the pc. However it still takes long 4-5 minutes to start. I have a Dell desktop running on windows xp pentium 4 2.66GHz w/ 1.25GB of RAM. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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Trent M September 23, 2008 at 15:30:36 Pacific

If the computer has taken this long since new, it may be normal. My 1.75 Ghz Sempron with 512 MB RAM and Windows XP takes about that long for me.
If you want to try to shorten it, however, run disk cleanup and then disk defragmenter (you should run these two programs at least once a month, anyway, or at least have them schedueled.)
Hope this helps,
-Trent

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toicy4ya September 23, 2008 at 15:36:21 Pacific

Thanks for your response. When i first purchased my computer the start up time was much faster. It would start up in half the time. I did run a disc cleanup and defrag along with a virus scan to no avail.

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larryf215 September 23, 2008 at 17:10:45 Pacific

"I went into the configuration utility and only checked five programs i wish to start up with the pc."
What are the 5? uncheck them and see if it makes a difference.
larry

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