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XP Boot up screen Slow

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by seattleitaly

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I'm finding my computer when I bootup staying in the black screen for about 8-10 minutes then when the XP Home page shows up it stays there for a few more minutes then of course it lets me into the login but. Then of course I have the problem that when I open an application it appears to hang... Then even when I open taskmgr it takes a long time to open up. Then when I do finally get in to taskmgr, I end up getting nothing starting up...
Thanks everyone for any assistance..
Steve

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by willcomp

Adware, spyware, and virii are most likely culprits.

Disable all startup items using msconfig.

Download, install, update and run Spybot and Ad-Aware SE (both available from downloads.com). If you don't have up-to-date anti-virus software, unintall it and download AVG at grisoft.com. All ot these programs are free to home users.

Run Ad-Aware and Spybot until both don't find anything. The whole process will probably take several hours, so be patient.

Dalton

by pbtj

as stated above, check what startup programs are loading, scan for adware and viruses and then defragment your system when those two steps are complete.

by choppit

Take a look in the event log for clues. If you've added any new cards, try removing them. I've come across a few instances where faulty wireless cards slow booting to a crawl.

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