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Windows XP Boot Time

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by greg talbott

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My win xp pro running on AMD 1800+ w/ 512MB DDR ram has become very slow to boot up. All of the latest updates have been applied and the running apps under msconfig appear correct.
Are others experiencing this problem and is there a solution?

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by alpha-male

I would look at your network cards and settings. If there is anything extraneous delete it. If there is anything mis-configured, correct it. I have often seen this be a source for a slow boot in XP (as it searches and attempts network connectivity it can't establish).

by alpha-male

Another thought:

Microsoft has a utility called Bootvis that can help identify devices that cause delays during the bootup.

Download and run the Bootvis utility.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/BootVis.mspx

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On the Trace menu, select Next Boot + Driver Delays.

Click OK. The computer will reboot and analyze the boot procedure. After the reboot, you'll be able to see what happened during the boot process, such as which drivers were loaded and which ones took the most time to initialize.

Select Optimize System from the Trace menu. This will restart the computer and optimize it for boot performance.

by thechas

I agree with what Alpha Male gave you.

I will add that one of the recent updates (don't remember which one) has been linked to slowing down some systems.

Bootvis is a good idea, as it will provide suggestions to speed up the boot process.

Chas

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