400mhz Celeron 64mb SDRAM 13 gig hd Voodoo 3 3000 DVDx8 56k v90 internal modem Windows 98se This is my system, yet it is so slow when it starts up. Any tips, any body. Thanking you in advance Davy

Sherlock has just the answer for you buddy. He will come along and let you know pretty soon. Just keep checking back.

Hello To speed up your system performance follow the steps given below. Before you perform the below given tasks, please boot your system in safe mode. 1. Defragment your hard disk once a week if you are using your computer everyday, or defragment once a month if you are using it rarely. Defragmentation is the process of re-arranging the files on your hard disk, so that each file is arranged in a proper order so that the programs will start faster. To defragment your hard disk: 1. Click on Start Button, Go to Programs -> Accessories -> System tools -> Disk Defragmenter. 2. Select the drive you want to defragment, Click Ok. Note: If You have more than one drive, Defragment all the drives, but that will consume more time. 2. Clean up all your temporary files. 1. Click on Start Button, Go to Programs -> Accessories -> System tools -> Disk Cleanup. 2. In the " Disk Cleanup" Tab Check all the "Files to Delete" Option. If you want to free more disk space by removing optional windows components go to "More-Options" tab. 3. Click OK Note : Clean Up your disk every week. 3. Check up your system for viruses. Use a anti-virus software say Norton, Solomon's or some standard anti-virus package for checking the viruses. 4. Increase your Virtual Memory. Provide Virtual memory of atleast of 300 MB on your hard disk. Following are the steps to do so. 1. Right Click "My Computer", Click Properties. 2. You will get a System Properties dialog box, Click the Performance Tab. 3. Click the Virtual Memory Button. 4. Select the " Let me specify my own Virtual Memory Settings " option 5. And specify at least 300 MB as the minimum virtual memory in the Minimum Text Box ( by default it will be zero ) 6. And specify 350 MB or higher as the maximum virtual memory in the Maximum Text Box. 5. Use Scandisk utility also, it prevents and repairs hard disk errors ( if any ), To Find Scan disk: 1. Click on Start Button, Go to Programs -> Accessories -> System tools -> Scandisk 2. Choose the "type of the test" you want to perform from the options in the Scandisk Dialog Box (i.e.,) Standard or Thorough 3. You can also Check the option for fixing the errors automatically by checking the option " Automatically Fix Errors " 4. Click OK. 6. Compress your Mail files regularly. 7. Empty your recycle bin regularly. 8. Remove the unnecessary files in the startup, this helps in starting windows faster. 9. Try using a "Registry Cleaner", which will help you to remove the unwanted entries that would have been made in the system registry. Please visit the below given link for more detailed information and the resolution of your problem . http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q147/7/69.asp Follow the link given below to download "regclean". http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=18924 10. Also, try out the "Pitstop" utility from the following link, which conducts a series of tests on your machine and provides advises on your system's performance and configuration. For a more detailed information, please visit the link at: http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/default.asp Hope this proves useful. Regards Sherlock

Simple body Go to start menu then type on execute msconfig on the INi tab, uncheck all those programs yopu dont need to run on start up. You can disable the Windows wallpaper too on win.ini or config.sys a dont remember very well. All this give more memory to your system at startup. Check out for free space on your harddrive

Also, limit the maximum no of fonts installed on your system. 100 or so would be OK, 500 & beyond & your system would start crawling.

Davy, Here's an effective temp file remover. Cut and paste it to your autoexec.bat file, and it will run every time you boot. set tmp=c:\windows\temp set temp=c:\windows\temp if not exist %temp%\*.tmp goto endtemp c:\windows\command\attrib %temp%\*.tmp -r -a -s -h del %temp%\*.tmp :endtemp This will speed up your computer.

You could also disable things like extra disk drives or CDrom drives in the BIOS. I DONT recommend disableing all of yer disk drives, if you ever need to do a floopy boot, you would be in trouble