Re: Slow startup and using MSCONFIG

From: R. McCarty (PcEngWork-NoSpam__at_mindspring.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:06:47 GMT

Workstation is a core service for XP. You didn't mention which vendor
notebook it was. However, they (OEM's) load up notebooks with all kinds
of applications & startup/watchdog stuff that most users won't make use of.
Dell is particularly guilty of this. On those, I recommend people go to the
Control Panel Add/Remove Programs and carefully go through the list and
uninstall un-wanted applications.
 Afterwards, the Startups & Watchdogs should be fewer in number and
will help the PC boot faster. Also look out for 30-day trial versions of
Anti-Virus & Office applications. If you have your own vendor/brand be
sure to uninstall the trials first. Competing Anti-Virus software will
definitely
bog down a machine.
 Isn't a shame that a brand new computer will run like that. It's like
buying
and new car and find the back seat full of the dealer's trash.

"Don Begezda" <don.begezda@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:THz4d.2849$sg4.218@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
> Hello,
> I have a new laptop, it has been very slow when booting up. It will get to
> the desktop but the toolbar with start button and the desktop icons would
> take forever to load up.
> I used the msconfig services tab to isolate the problem. I've narrowed it
> down to the "workstation" as being the potential cause of the slow-up. I
> unchecked it and things seem to start much faster.
> Now my question is how do I resolve the "workstation" problem? I used the
> help and support pages and they said contact the manufacturer. I looked in
> Microsofts Knowledge Base and couldn't find out what to do with
> workstation
> once I've determined it to be a problem.
> I don't know what this workstation does and how to cure my issue and would
> appreciate some help.
> TIA
> Don
>
>