Re: Win 200 SP4 Boot time
From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 12/09/04
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:50:55 -0500
You're welcome, and good luck. Funny how time slows down when you're
waiting for something good to happen, and speeds up when you're waiting
for something bad!
Jimbo
> 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...
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>>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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