FIXED!! Re: PART TWO Re: My Experiences with long, slow boot or startup (long)
From: Pop Rivet (r91658_at_usadatanet.net)
Date: 03/20/04
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 16:31:55 -0500
Didn't figure deleting the text would bother anyone - I used a lot of
bandwidth here. ANYway, I just want to thank the many people who made
suggestions and/or offered advice and/or experience. It was all useful to
me.
The "fix" wasn't all that elegant, however. I'd made up my mind to
uninstall everything one at a time since I'd also made up my mind to
repart/reformat anyway. Norton AV was already long gone, as was Sygate
firewall, so I started at the top of the window in the Add/Remove programs.
I think I was uninstalling TurboCad when, on the next boot, which I
performede faithfully after EACH uninstall or removal, the Add New Hardware
message popped up! Now, that was worth pausing to think about: I had NOT
removed any app relevant to any peripheral; it just popped up!
After some thought, I dutifully cleared each "don't show me this again"
box becuase I wanted to know what it found but didn't want to install
anything "new". It was late in the day and other than Multimedia something
I don't recall what they were and wasn't smart enough to write them down.
There were, however, 6 of them. So, I said to myself, "Self, ...."
So, I stopped uninstalling and disconnected everything from the machine
except the monitor, keyboard, and monitor, and did a few Shut Downs for
safety sake, and let the machine set while I went about some other things I
had round tuits for. Oh yeah, I also backed up all the logfiles and an Aida
Report to CD and cleared all the logs.
Turned on the power. Booted. 42 SECONDS! Reinstalled the HP LJ on
LPT1. Worked fine. Power cycled, connected Epson Stylus Printer - worked
fine. So did HP. Both worked. Could even run both simultaneously; a very
handy thing in my case, as I occasionally have a LOT of printing to do.
Cold/Warm/Cold/Warm booted, they still worked, Event log showed no
problems! Went ahead with the rest of the peripherals - all went perfectly.
And, things are STILL prefect!
Now, here comes the famous last words: Still haven't put LAN back on and
don't have anything to protect myself except the ICF in XP. Still trying to
decide whether to put the Norton AV back or try a different one, and I know
I don't want Sygate's firewall back. I have California Associate's EZ
Firewall and virus app installed on my laptop right now, which seem to work
fine, but it was pretty surprising to come across CA doing a virus/firewall
app. They're the project database folk for those who don't remember them.
So, I think I've succeeded. It's been 8 hours now and it's all still
working: A record since all this crap started. Oh, and XP's now accepting
the HP printer drivers that it previously refused to let load. And yes,
both printers are XP compatible; just not on the MS compatability tested
list. Both include installation for XP os.
So, what happened is still a mystery to me, but I am glad to not have to
reinstall Office and all the other apps I have on that machine; there are
only a few to reinstall and only one big one - TurboCad.
I still really cannot however get past the feeling that the firewall and
Norton and the LAN were somehow intertwined and affecting each other but of
course I have no way to back any of that up as actual fact. \
Anyway, thanks to all for your P & U!
Please God, no surprises when the LAN turns back on!!
Pop
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