Re: Win 200 SP4 Boot time

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From: Jimbo (Spam)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:23:14 -0000

Thanks for the input Dan,

I had already made a fixed size page file of the Windows reccomended size
(376 Mb) on separate partition. I try increasing it.

I have heard rumours in the past that a very larger size cab cause problems
but not sure whether this was in connection with Win 2k or not - I also
seem to recall that it affected only those with 512 Mb Ram.

As for the security software - I think you may well be right. There does
appear to be some fairly sustained and intensive disk activity even when
desktop and system tray is fully loaded. I'll have a looksee in task manager
as you suggested

Regards and thanks again

"Dan Seur" <click@casta.net> wrote in message
news:u5ZVVVi3EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> That's not a very fast machine, especially with only 256MB RAM, so it may
> not ever be a quick boot with W2k. Disabling event log probably won't do
> anything at all good, and it's not a good idea for other reasons.
>
> You might try making the pagefile a good bit larger, and if possible
> putting it on a hard drive other than the one containing the system
> itself.
>
> I suspect the security program is the core problem. Such programs (I'm not
> a Norton user, so take this as speculation in that case) often start
> scanning files immediately as they're being loaded, and that scanning uses
> a large percentage of the CPU. You might be able to see direct evidence of
> this if you're able to launch Task Manager right away, and look at
> Processes. Clicking on the CPU heading in that window will arrange the
> executing processes by CPU cycles used.
>
> Jimbo
>
>> I have been asked by a friend to find out what would be a reasonable time
>> for Win 200 SP4 to boot up.
>> The machine is has a Celeron 633 Mhz cpu with 256 Mb Ram.
>> Since installing Norton 2005 Internet security the boot up time is approx
>> 4 mins
>> The disk has been defragged and normal housekeeping carried out.
>>
>> Is 4 mins reasonable ?
>> Would disabling the event log (if it were possible)etc speed things up ?
>>
>>
>> Regards & TIA
>>
>>
>

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