Re: Problem with slower startup of XP windows SP3

Dean

Only if you think you still have a problem.

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Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Dean wrote:
Gerry,

yes, it is much easier when I use button of resembling two pages. I
can copy these windows into body of the message (email), but the
content (explanation text) is the same, so there is no sence to do
that. The explanation text is already posted.

I must say that computer works ok now. I eliminated all trojans and
spyware (I considered Shenans instructions). So providing you all
these items e.g. Task manager, Under Commit Charge, disk,..., should
not be needed any more for analysis, I suppose.

Regards, Dean




"Gerry" wrote:

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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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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"Dean" <Dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B4085655-516F-4340-9793-8399A5B74D6A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.


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