Slow starting
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Date: 03/09/04
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:43:19 -0800
>-----Original Message-----
>Good morning Microsoft!
>A cry for help!
>Back in December 2002, my son and I were having problems
>with getting into the Internet so my son installed a
>fresh copy of XP so we have two versions on the
machine.
>Is it possible to remove the original version or the
>second version of XP without destroying all the files?
>Would it be better just to format the hard drive and
>start again? If so, how is that done?
>For the past year the computer has slowly but surely and
>taken a longer time to boot up. I used to be able to
>make a cup of tea before the sign-on screen was created -
>now I have time for lunch as well.
>In addition, when I log on it takes so long that I have
>time to take the dog for a walk around the golf course
>before I can start down loading my e-mails.
>Originally I blamed the NTLWorld Internet Broadband
>system that is causing me problems but now I have my
>doubts. When I boot up the machine, there is
>immediately signs of data transfer through the modem as
>if the machine is logging on to another machine somwhere
>in the WWW.
>Could this be a cause of my problems? I've tried
booting
>the machine with the modem disconnected and it takes
>longer because the machine is looking for the modem.
>This does not improve my productivity at all.
>The company IT department talks about IRQ conflicts
etc. -
> something that I don't understand. They say that I
have
>got to clear the conflicts to enable the machine to boot
>up quicker. How do I do this?
>Last night I tried re-installing XP again in accordance
>with your instructions. During the repair installation,
>I had a Pop-up telling me that "procedure point GetIUMS
>not located in dynamic link MSDART.DLL". What is this
>and how does it affect the operation of the machine?
>Eventually the installation was completed and the
machine
>is still the same.
>When I go into the Internet, my selected Home Page is
the
>MSN default one. I keep getting somethin
>called "Zestyfind" coming up when I entered the Net. I
>blocked that using the Norton and now when I go into the
>internet, it tells me that it cannot find the link. I
>then select "home Page" and up pops the MSN home page as
>normal. What is wrong. Is there something in the links
>that automatically selects Zestyfind automatically and
>will not allow my computer to go into MSN home page as
>selected.
>I'm in the office on my work machine - same
>specification - and I boot up and am on line in less
than
>two minutes. I'd like the same performance from my home
>offfice as well, please!
>Please e-mail instructions to this address so that I can
>work on the machine tonight, your work hours coincide
>with mine so that I find it extremely difficult to talk
>to you at home. On Saturday last I was unable to remain
>on the phone long enough to speak to you and had to go
>shopping with the wife!
>
>.your pc may have spyware. i was having similar problems
and i downloaded a free version of adaware from
www.lovasoft.com . come to find out i had over 500
spyware programs in my pc. the free version of adaware
will get rid of most of them. good luck.
>
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