Re: SLOW START

Jason wrote:

Hi Sat

click on 'Start and then run'

type 'msconfig' into the text box and click on the startup tab.

you can safely stop anything in here from starting,


Not at all true! He may have several security-oriented programs that start
automatically: Anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall. Stopping them from
starting is nothing but foolhardy.


you may, however,
loose conectivity to some services. theese can all be restored though.

I would sugest unchecking all of the items in the startup and then
re-enable them 1 or 2 at a time to see how it improves the speed.


Sorry, but that's terrible advice! Although his problem may well be one or
more programs that are starting automatically, blinding stopping them all is
foolhardy.

Here's my standard advice on autostarting programs:

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to
see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the
option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the
Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't
want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of running
the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you
should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but
*which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is
determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost
in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more information
about these at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"SAT" wrote:

I have P4 1.5 PC with 256 MB RAM & WIndowsXP PRo (SP1) with 40GB
Hard Drive which has around 20GB free space ( 3 partitions).

The PC when booted, boots quickly to Desktop Screen, but after that,
it stops for a long while say 5 minutes and then after this delay
works fine. SAY if I click and open My Computer.it will open, but
then if I click to open Hard drive/ partitions..it wouldn't open
SOme text files in startup folder open while initialising..But other
aplications say Excel or Word will wait that long. I cant
explore/browse my pc during this period either

I have checked (Norton)- No viruses No SPy or adware (Python or
something..) Disk regularly Defragmented, PArtitions checked No
errors,
Yes sometimes The PC doesn't take that long..and starts working very
quickly but most of the time it takes long.
I ahve checked processes, No alarming /unknown process running, No
unwanted application shows in Task manager..

CAn anyone help me PLEASE..?

I have not been able to find the solution ...as to how to solve this
problem.

Thanx in anticipation

BYE
SAT P


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