Re: Problem with slower startup of XP windows SP3

Dean

Many Event Viewer reports are difficult to interpret Posting incomplete
Event Viewer reports renders interpretation infinitely more difficult.

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. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

Please repost these:

The Terminal Services service hung on starting.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

The Fast User Switching Compatibility service depends on the Terminal
Services service which failed to start because of the following error:
After starting, the service hung in a start-pending state.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

The Terminal Services service entered the running state.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

What is the CPU and how much RAM does your computer have? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get this
information.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

How large is your hard drive and how much free disk space?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Dean" <Dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Thanks for your instructions, notes and fast respond, but may I suggest
and
send report of event viewer below first in order to eliminate as much as
possible possible causes mentioned in your e-mail. I just would like to
find
out the main exact cause for this problem. If this still is not helpful
enough, then I will try first to recover registry backup of course (all
registy backups are saved!). I must say also, I have expireices that it is
not recomended to make so many edjustments and tests on sistem, specially
because I am not the expert!!!

Extract of report with main messages of mistakes:

"Event Viewer in windows:

System
(Source: Service Control Manager):

The Terminal Services service hung on starting.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

The Fast User Switching Compatibility service depends on the Terminal
Services service which failed to start because of the following error:
After starting, the service hung in a start-pending state.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

The Terminal Services service entered the running state.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

The Panda On-Access Anti-Malware Service service was successfully sent a
stop control.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ev

Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the Application Layer Gateway
Service service to connect.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.a

The Application Layer Gateway Service service failed to start due to the
following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely
fashion.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for a transaction response from the
NVSvc service.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for a transaction response from the
Panda Software Controller service.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

...and also:

Application
(Source: Sentinel):

Unexpected failure scanning file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WINSPOOL.DRV.
If the problem persists, please contact with support.

Note: the list of massages represents the exact timer order."

Thanks and Regards,
Dean


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Dean wrote:
I have problem with start up when turn on the computer. The start up
sometimes works much slower than before, e.g. a couple days ago. It
takes even up to 10 min to finish, BUT sometimes works without
problem. This is for me unusual and without any logic. What is
wrong?

I did several tasks to eliminate this, but uselless. I did as
follows: - scaning all computer with Panda AV Pro 2009 and also
with Panda Activescan
2.0 several times,
- defragmentation of c with windows tool,
- scaning with ccleaner - erase all unneeded files (cca 800MB) and
cleaning the register.

As far as I know, the ccleaner tool is tested tool, perfect for
home users and without any problems.

Any advice would be very appreciated!

Don't clean the registry unless you know what you are doing.
(register vs. registry - incorrect vs. correct name - tells me you did
not.)

Did you save the 'backup' it asked you to before cleaning it? I suggest
putting that backup back in (find the file, double-click - merge it back
in.) CCleaner is generally harmless - but why take the chance?

Try the following:

Download, install, run, update and perform a full scan (separately) with
the
following two applications (freeware versions are the ones to use for
this):

SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/

MalwareBytes
http://www.malwarebytes.com/

After performing a full scan with one and then the other and removing
whatever they both find completely, you may uninstall these products,
if you wish.

Reboot.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\net stop wuauserv
--> Click OK.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\wups2.dll
--> Click OK.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\net start wuauserv
--> Click OK.

Download the latest version of the Windows Update agent from here (x86):
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237
.... and save it to the root of your C:\ drive. After saving it to the
root
of the C:\ drive, do the following:

Close all Internet Explorer windows and other applications.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemDrive%\windowsupdateagent30-x86.exe /WUFORCE
--> Click OK.

(If asked, select "Run.) --> Click on NEXT --> Select "I agree" and click
on
NEXT --> When it finishes installing, click on "Finish"...

Reboot.

Download/Install the latest Windows Installer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en

Reboot.

Log on as an user with administrative rights and open Internet Explorer
and
visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and select to do a CUSTOM
scan...
(Every time you are about to click on something while at these web
pages -
first press and hold down the CTRL key while you click on it. You can
release the CTRL key after clicking each time.)

Once the scan is done, select just _ONE_ of the high priority updates
(deselect any others) and install it.

Reboot again.

If it did work - try the web page again - selecting no more than 3-5 at a
time.

The Optional Software updates are generally safe - although I recommend
against the "Windows Search" one. I would completely avoid the Optional
Hardware updates.

Visit your hardware manufacturer's web page (Have a Dell? Got to Dell's
Support web page - downloads and drivers and enter in your machine's
service
tag/serial number. Same for the other third-tier vendors like HP,
Lenovo,
Gateway, etc.) and get the latest hardware drivers for each hardware
component: motherboard chipset, video card, network card(s), sound cards,
etc.

Free up space:

If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete
the
uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has installed...
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
( Particularly of interest here - #4 )
( Alternative: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm )

You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but your
latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files"..

How to use Disk Cleanup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

You can turn off hibernation if it is on and you don't use it..

When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the
system's
memory to the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the
hiberfil.sys
file will always equal the amount of physical memory in your system. If
you
don't use the hibernate feature and want to recapture the space that
Windows
uses for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:

- Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to Start, Settings,
Control Panel, and click Power Options).
- Select the Hibernate tab, clear the "Enable hibernation" check box,
then
click OK; although you might think otherwise, selecting Never under the
"System hibernates" option on the Power Schemes tab doesn't delete the
hiberfil.sys file.
- Windows will remove the "System hibernates" option from the Power
Schemes
tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.

You can control how much space your System Restore can use...

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and click on
the "Settings" button.
4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I suggest
moving
the slider until you have just about 1GB (1024MB or close to that...)
5. Click OK.. Then Click OK again.

You can control how much space your Temporary Internet Files can
utilize...

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to a
size between 64MB and 128MB..

- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the
following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to
something between 64MB and 128MB. (It may be MUCH larger right
now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"
(the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10
minutes or more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet
Explorer.

You can use an application that scans your system for log files and
temporary files and use that to get rid of those:

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Other ways to free up space..

SequoiaView
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used.

In the end - a standard Windows XP installation with all sorts of extras
will not likely be above about 4.5GB to 9GB in size. If you have more
space
than that (likely do on a modern machine) and most of it seems to be
used -
likely you need to copy *your stuff* off and/or find a better way to
manage
it.

After you have done the malware scans and cleanup, the Windows Updates,
updated hardware drivers and freed up space - redo your defragmentation
and
perform a CHKDSK as well.

Then return here and give the specifications for your machine. What type
of
processor (brand and # of cores and speed) do you have? What size hard
disk
drive do you have and how much free space on how many partitions? How
much
system memory do you have and is is being shared with your video card?
What
type of video card do you have and how much memory on it?
(www.belarc.com
<-- download the free advisor, install and run it to help you get these
answers and more.)

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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