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Very slow XP boot-up
Name: argos Date: May 29, 2002 at 11:01:43 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,firstly I'd like to state that XP is brilliant and everything works fine, never had any problems - except for one, and that is - it takes nearly a minute before the desktop appears i.e it boots up showing the Intel splash screen- sits there for 40 secs or so then proceeds to the windows screen - by the time the desktop appears aminute has passed [1ghz, p3, 512ram, 32vid-card]
Name: David Date: May 29, 2002 at 12:25:38 Pacific
Reply:
My computer used to boot up in 15 seconds...but now it does it in 41 seconds (ie: the computer has completed booting up, all of my startup programs have been processed and the desktop is ready for me). Do you have prefetch on? Try running bootvis from microsoft also
You might want to disable the intel splash screen through bios...it'll shave off a few nanoseconds or so...(although I don't notice it, of course)
I have 1.7 ghz, 256ram, 64mb video
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Response Number 3
Name: david Date: July 22, 2002 at 14:51:54 Pacific
Reply:
i have to say.. "something is wrong". my computer used to boot up in about 45 seconds, i just timed it..... 8 minutes!!!!!!
I am so irritated. If someone has the solution, pls pass it along.
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