Taking longer to boot

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I noticed recently my Dell XP system is taking significantly longer to boot
(still much less time than my old W98 Gateway system); about 3 times as long
as it did even a week ago. I'm not aware of any viruses (just ran my AV
software) and everything else works fine and in normal speed.

Any ideas? Anything I should try? I'm thinking of furst looking at
msconfig/startup, but I'm not sure what to look for.

Mel
 
MB said:
I noticed recently my Dell XP system is taking significantly longer to boot
(still much less time than my old W98 Gateway system); about 3 times as long
as it did even a week ago. I'm not aware of any viruses (just ran my AV
software) and everything else works fine and in normal speed.

Any ideas? Anything I should try? I'm thinking of furst looking at
msconfig/startup, but I'm not sure what to look for.
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This may help: "Resources for Troubleshooting Startup Problems in
Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308041).
 
MB;
One word. Maintenance. Defrag. Scan for errors. Disk Clean-up. Clean out your TIF
folders, Cookies, Temp folders, Right click the Start button/Explore All Users/Look to see
what is listed under Startup (X:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup. msconfig/see what is listed under the startup tab. As far as
what to look for; Do you need Word to start, some game?
 
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