Re: Slow Boot Problems

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http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

Or do a search on the net for items that aren't on these sites. Look in the Event Viewer Log for errors that may be logged at startup time.

John

Smok10A wrote:

I'm running XP Sp2 and recently when I restart Power up etc. it is taking an extremely long time (Approx. 10 min) to boot up.. It appears that something is taking a long time to load during Boot up. I have looked at the list of processes that are being loaded, but I don't know what several of these processes are and if I can stop them from loading . How do I find out what they are and if I can safely stop them from loading. I know one or more of them is probably causing my problem.
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