Re: Media Center slow to launch

"James" wrote

Hi, Malke

Thanks for responding. Well, I followed you instructions and observed the
following:

1) No spyware or malware
2) Clean system; I keep Norton very updated and run it frequently, by the way
3) In Safe Mode, Media Center was functioning normally, except for a message
indicating that I didn't have the correct drives, etc. to run it, however,
once I clicked OK it ran properly. Media Center came with this computer.
4) Once I returned to normal mode, I'm experiencing the same problems with
Media Center, but I don't see that drivers message when I try to load it as I
did in Safe Mode.

What do you think?
--
James


"Malke" wrote:

James wrote:

> I have been running Windows XP Media Center for almost a year. In the
> past week of so, Media Center freezes when I first launch it, then
> after about 5-10 minutes, it "unfreezes" and seems to work perfectly.
> I am not experiencing any other problems with the OS--at least not
> that I'm aware of! Any ideas?

What is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is
clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

If the machine is completely clean, then determine what is starting with
Windows:

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke
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Then do the clean boot troubleshooting as described in the links Malke provided to determine what is running in normal mode that's causing the problem.

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