Re: Slow boot after installing SP2

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From: Michael T (anonymous_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:31:25 -0800

Defrag the hard drive. It will take at least three rebboots for the
optimization routines in XP to run and speed things up. The prefetch folder
will be rebuilt after you open each program a few times. That should speed
things up too.

If after all that, it is still slow, then use clean boot troubleshooting to
see what programs might be the culprit. Using this on my system I found one
program loading at boot that was slowing things. I uninstalled/reinstalled
and now back to 30 second boots.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

Shutdown Troubleshooter
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

If problems persist, I also suggest you also check these two links from
Microsoft:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041

"Elliott Alterman" <ealterman@NOSPAMPLEASE.cox.net> wrote in message
news:u1zkd.1503$IZ2.1501@lakeread06...
>I just installed SP2 - successfully. Boot up from the Welcome screen to
>idle is about 40 to 50% longer than prior to SP2. Does anyone hany any
>experience and thoughts on this. (Machine has 512 MB memory and tons of
>disk space.
>
> Thanks
>
>

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