Re: Really... really slow boot

From: boaz (nospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:32:32 -0700

Does it also take that long if you boot XP to Safe Mode?
I guess it must be alot of spyware and/or virus in your computer.

"Tom" <tstokes01@charter.net> wrote in message
news:A6FED040-F1ED-4188-BFB3-ADD82DCC5417@microsoft.com...
> I have had Windows XP running for about two years or so. But recently I
found that when doing a power-on boot, my computer is taking a really
LOOOOONG time to finish its boot cycle. By really long I mean 5 minutes and
some seconds by the clock every single time. After about 1 min 45 seconds
the desktop screen, (With icons and wallpaper) is displayed, but it takes
another almost 4 minutes before the Windows sound is heard.
>
> This has been going on for about 4 months. At first I thought it was just
a normal really slow windows boot, but I am now thinking that during the
boot, windows is looking for some file that is not there and is going thru a
cycle where it just has to time out before continuing. Problem is I can't
find what it is looking for. Or even if I am right or wrong.
>
>
> Any help to fix this really...really slow boot time?
>
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