Re: Slow Start Up

From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:15:09 -0700

Sure you can come back, and I'm not sure who here believes you are what
you said. We do have a few people who simply live in newsgroups to
insult others, but this is usually because someone did the same to them
and now they want to make others look bad.

One other thought on the internet though, is this DSL, Cable, or dialup?
  You may want to power cycle the modem (if DSL or Cable) by turning off
the computer, unplug the ethernet cable from the modem, turn off the
modem, unplug the power source for a good 5 minutes, then plug it back
in, turn it on, then reconnect the ethernet cable. This is more of a
hard reset than a simple reset button on the back of the modem. If this
is a dialup modem, you may want to contact your phone company to check
the lines for noise and quality.

Finally, you may want to try Everest Home from www.lavalys.com to find
out what components you have in your computer (if you don't fully know
already) and it will also provide you a link to the latest drivers for
everything. I would suggest downloading and installing at least the
latest chipset (motherbaord) drivers and video card drivers. 

----
Nathan McNulty
Elly wrote:
> No prob!
> 
> Have done most of what you suggest, contrary to popular 
> belief i'm not a complete f*ckwit where it comes to 
> computers!
> 
> Will try the ad-aware thing though - already have it so 
> shouldn't be a prob.
> 
> Would you mind if i came back to you if it's still not 
> working?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Didn't mean to offend you with the partner thing.  Just 
> 
> don't see that 
> 
>>word very often :)
>>
>>I would suggest using Ad-Aware from www.lavalys.com to 
> 
> check for 
> 
>>malware.  Use the online antivirus scanner from 
> 
> www.antivirus.com or the 
> 
>>one at mcafee.com.  I would use Add/Remove Programs in 
> 
> the Control Panel 
> 
>>to remove anything that you no longer need or don't 
> 
> want.  Use Disk 
> 
>>Cleanup (Open My Computer, right click on the drive, 
> 
> click Properties, 
> 
>>click Disk Cleanup) on each drive you have in your 
> 
> system.  Then 
> 
>>Defragment your drives (will help a little bit with 
> 
> performance, but not 
> 
>>as much as some may claim and it will not "fix" system 
> 
> problems either). 
> 
>> To do this, Open My Computer, right click on the drive, 
> 
> click 
> 
>>Properties, click the Tools tab, then click Defragment 
> 
> Now, and defrag 
> 
>>all of your drives.  Now see if that helps with your 
> 
> problems ;)
> 
>>----
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>Elly wrote:
>>
>>>Yes parter... in other words, my b/f!
>>>
>>>Now... that is not good news, do you have anything else 
> 
> to 
> 
>>>brighten my day?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Partner? :)
>>>>
>>>>Turning off the computer through just about any method 
> 
> is 
> 
>>>not going to 
>>>
>>>
>>>>make everything run slowly unless somehow there was a 
>>>
>>>short in the 
>>>
>>>
>>>>system or something happened that would be hardware 
>>>
>>>based.  Improper 
>>>
>>>
>>>>shutdowns can harm the hardware, but the software 
>>>
>>>shouldn't really 
>>>
>>>
>>>>matter.  If you want, you can try reinstalling Windows 
> 
> or 
> 
>>>even all of 
>>>
>>>
>>>>the drivers, but I have a feeling that either your 
>>>
>>>computer has some 
>>>
>>>
>>>>junk on it that is making it run slow or you have a 
>>>
>>>hardware failure.
>>>
>>>
>>>>----
>>>>Nathan McNulty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In a hurry the other day my partner very kindly 
> 
> offered 
> 
>>>to 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>collect my iPod from its docking station... 
>>>
>>>unfortunately 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>he just switched off the computer at the base unit and 
>>>
>>>now 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>start up is extremely slow, as is the internet.  Can 
>>>>>anyone help, please?
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>
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