Startup

  • Thread starter Thread starter Gene
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Gene said:
XP startup now take minutes as opposed to seconds---what
could be the problem?
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Does the startup lengthening occur before or after the desktop first
appears?

If after, check out what you have running at startup. You can launch
MSCONFIG from a Run box and check the Startup tab, or look at this site:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/loads.htm

Another thing to check is network connections. A failed network connection
trying to be made will keep retrying for about 3 minutes before it times
out.

You can also use MSCONFIG to have Windows create a boot log at startup, then
examine this for delays.

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