Re: Slow Startup and Shutdown

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Greg

Hello again.

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System and
Application logs for the last shutdown and boot and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties. Hardware,
Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What drivers
are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Greg Maxey" <gmaxey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I don't know if it is the result of a software installation or what as I
>have been rebuilding my hard drive.
>
> Somewhere my PC went from shutting down almost instantly (5-10 seconds) to
> nearly 30 and starting up in 20-30 seconds to over a minute. The oddest
> part is a completely black screen for almost 20 seconds after the
> WindowsXP flash screen and the Welcome to Windows screen.
>
> What could possibly be going on in that dark territory for so long?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Greg Maxey/Word MVP
> See:
> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
> For some helpful tips using Word.
>
>


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