Re: LOOOONNNGGG time to login screen

From: Matthew Clark (MD-Clark_at_wiu.edu)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:39:00 -0500

    I have tried most of those with no luck. Tried a defragment, msconfig,
and the cleanup tool. Again, this only seems to occur after SP2 has been
installed, not before. I used BootVis, and it looks like MUP.SYS and
NWFS.SYS might be the culprit, but I cannot tell for certain.

Matthew

"Vikas Ahuja [MSFT]" <vahuja@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C704198F-3D35-4701-A0BF-4B413788C9DF@microsoft.com...
> you can try following things:
> Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp
>
> How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp
>
> HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp
>
> How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows
> XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
>
> How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
>
>
> "Matthew Clark" wrote:
>
>> I have 2 models of machines that windows will sit for over a minute
>> when
>> it I see the mouse cursor until I get the login screen. This only
>> occurred
>> after applying SP2. What should I do to troubleshoot? I have started
>> disabling drivers, and other things with no luck. Anyone else having
>> this
>> issue?
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>>
>>

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