Re: sp2 has slowed machine

From: Trev and Taby (trevntab_at_bigpond.net.au)
Date: 09/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 08:31:29 GMT

thanks for your help

I found that it was the world wide web publishing that was causing the
problem. it was not starting up properly. I turned the service off using
msconfig, now the puter starts up fine !!
cant believe that I didn't think of doing this in the first place

thanks heaps

trev

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:PFO0d.23491$Wv5.17808@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> 5-Minutes means you have a problem. First, I would check to see
> how many startup watchdog apps and services are running. Run
> Msconfig and note the startup entries. Next, I would check the Sys
> and Application event logs ( Start, Run (type) Eventvwr.msc).Look
> for any Red icons that denote errors. Double-Click each one to see
> the description and Event ID #. Services may be timing out and that
> is causing your excessive delay. A "normal" XP system should be
> done with booting in around 45-seconds to a minute.
> You can lookup Event ID#'s here:
> http://www.eventid.net/
> A couple of manual "Live Updates" would probably help you out.
>
> "Trev and Taby" <trevntab@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:exO0d.27512$D7.20812@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> hey there
>>
>> I installed sp2 a few weeks ago and as per many other uses out there it
>> has drastically slowed my boot time, I.e. when windows first starts up it
>> loads into my desktop then chugs for about 5 minutes and everytime I move
>> the cursor down to the start bar it indicates that its busy. apart from
>> that my machine seems to run fine. after about 5 minutes Norton antivirus
>> icon appears in the system tray and all seems to be good. I also have
>> Norton internet security and ever since I installed sp2 the system tray
>> icon will not appear anymore.
>> I have tried defragging and basically running every tool to improve
>> system performance, still no fixing the problem.
>> I thought that maybe it might be the Norton products but I cant see how,
>> it is very commercial and im sure that Microsoft has taken them into
>> account. so what I was wondering is has anyone else had this problem and
>> been able to fix it, or know of any reason for this problem, any info
>> would be greatly appreciated
>>
>> I have a Pentium 2.2 ghtz / 512 meg ram / sound blaster live / NVIDIA
>> geforce 4 mx 440 and 2 harddrives could any of these be causing a
>> problem ??
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> trev
>>
>
>

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