Re: Slow/strange boot and switch user times
- From: Leonard Grey <Leonard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:20:21 -0400
The most common causes for slow startup are (in no particular order):
1) Viruses and other malicious software. (Don't be so sure your computer is clean - today's malicious software is tough to detect.)
2) The programs you have starting with Windows are using up too much memory.
3) Configuration errors or unwise configuration choices. An example of the first might be incorrectly denying a program internet access when it needs that access. An example of the second might be the damage caused by the use of so-called registry cleaners.
4) I forget what the technical term for this is, but I call it bulls**t software: I'm referring to programs like Norton SystemWorks that run all kinds of unnecessary scans at startup.
It's hard to tell from what you've described what might be causing problems in your case. But here are a couple of things you might try:
Start the System Information tool (Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information) and under Software Environment (on the left side) open Startup Programs. Do you really need to have all that starting with Windows? (Rhetorical question.)
Start your computer in Safe Mode. Still have the same problem?
Let us know what you discover.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est
humus felafel wrote:
I'm a Windows XP Home (SP2) user and for about three weeks I'm getting extremely slow boot times. I've tried all the usual measures, scoured usenet groups and am still stumped. Here is the problem:.
-no problem getting to and beyond the windows xp splash screen
-load time to get to user account (logon) page about 5 minutes
-once loaded, when I click on any user account, it takes a further minute before it starts booting. Clicking multiple times on the user account does not solve the problem
-once beyond the user account, it boots normally, with no further problems
-if I try to switch users (without logging out of my account), I again encounter the slowness - it take me over a minute to reach the user access page
I've tried:
-looking at the events console, and there are no reports of unusual activity
-updated all drivers, and have found no hardware failures
-scanned the computer for malware, virsuses, etc. - nada
Any ideas?
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