Summary: Actually slow start up is usually caused by spyware malware or viruses....run those programs to make sure your system is clean first. The second major...
Summary: When I start up my laptop it takes a long time to load everything but it runs fine afterwards. My other computer is older than this one and has a quic...
Summary: Okay.. I had posted about a slow start up and figured out what to look for. Now I have the problem more narrowed down I think. The motherboard is a ...
Summary: TAKEN FROM TWEAK XP.com http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=869 If you are using Norton Internet Security 2002, and are experiencing slow st...
Summary: My computer is very slow to start up, and sometimes freezes, I would like to shut any unnecessary background programs etc, but I am not sure how. Any ...
Summary: i have a k6-2 500 mHZ cpu with 256 mb of ram running xp, and my computer is really slow. start-up is pretty slow. when i'm playing avi movies it doesn...
Summary: I have a comp that i built and the windows start up is incredibly slow! It immediatly shuts off the firewall and when I try to open anything it freez...
Summary: I'm wondering if it has to do with the ethernet cable connected to my Linksys router because when I disconnect the cable from my router all of my prog...
Summary: I've read several messages on xp taking 2-3 min to start-up after you get to the desktop screen, a problem that I also shared. I believe I've isolated...
Summary: check to see what services are starting up and what programs are starting.. get rid of some and stop some of those unneeded services and it should boo...
Summary: If you told the anti virus program to scan at boot up it will lock up the system while it scans the ram and the drives. You might want to turn that of...
Summary: reboot to safe mode. usually tap the f8 key when you boot then choose safe mode only. Go to start run and type in msconfig. from the right make sure ...
Summary: I am running XP and have a Compaq NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC network card. When I boot up or restart it takes ages because it searches for a DHCP MAC AD...
Summary: i recently had a virus on my pc that ate all my bandwidth leaving me with a 15 minute delay befor internet explorer pages opened,a member on this foru...
Summary: I have just got rid of the password menu that appears while start-up but that has made the start-up excuciating long. The processing goes on for long ...
Summary: Hi You can try to run a program called Tweak-XP Pro I did and now XP pro starts in about 10 sek before it took about 1 min to start now the bara that ...
Summary: Start-ups have been getting progressively slower so that they often can take up to an hour. Therefore, we usually don't turn it off at all. After gett...
Summary: I was installing SP2 about a week ago and a few days after upgrade my system frequently stalls (hangs up) during a very slow start-up. This happens mo...
Summary: When I start up the computor after shutting it off for the night, it takes several minuets to boot up. I'd like to get on line right away but it takes...
Summary: Hi, could anybody help please, i have found after a re-install of windows xp home edition that outlook express 6 is slow to start up, it takes about 4...
Summary: My desktop is taking to long to load. I usually have to wait about 2 mins before i could do anything. I check my start task up and uncheck everything ...
Summary: I had a virus called msin32.dll and when i got that i did a check with norton and was told i had that virus and 2 others, after getting those viruses ...
Summary: My computer takes at least 10 mins to start up and is sometimes VERY slow. Could my main C drive be the cause as it’s just about full up? My spec is...
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