can someone till me what XP is doing on startup

[Guest jim.e.dimoni@bank.of.nigeria.com]

My startup has become very slow.

 

what is XP doing during this time so I might troubleshoot this?

 

from the welcome screen to the wallpaper takes 30 sec. from the

wallpaper to the desktop icons appearing takes 75 sec.

 

There is little disk activity during the latter time.

I did a minimum load via msconfig.

nothing in the startup folder.

 

I have 0.5GB PC133 memory, I believe running at 133.

athlon Tbred B running 1900MHz standard voltages.

 

ran memory test - no problems

 

cable internet

USB printer in stby

USB UPS

 

none of this appears to load until after the 75 sec.

 

thx

[Guest Unknown]

Re: can someone till me what XP is doing on startup

 

Have you run disk cleanup and defrag recently?

<jim.e.dimoni@bank.of.nigeria.com> wrote in message

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> My startup has become very slow.

>

> what is XP doing during this time so I might troubleshoot this?

>

> from the welcome screen to the wallpaper takes 30 sec. from the

> wallpaper to the desktop icons appearing takes 75 sec.

>

> There is little disk activity during the latter time.

> I did a minimum load via msconfig.

> nothing in the startup folder.

>

> I have 0.5GB PC133 memory, I believe running at 133.

> athlon Tbred B running 1900MHz standard voltages.

>

> ran memory test - no problems

>

> cable internet

> USB printer in stby

> USB UPS

>

> none of this appears to load until after the 75 sec.

>

> thx

[Guest Elmo]

Re: can someone till me what XP is doing on startup

 

jim.e.dimoni@bank.of.nigeria.com wrote:

> My startup has become very slow.

>

> What is XP doing during this time so I might troubleshoot this?

>

> From the Welcome screen to the wallpaper takes 30 sec. From the

> wallpaper to the desktop icons appearing takes 75 sec.

>

> There is little disk activity during the latter time.

> I did a minimum load via msconfig.

> Nothing in the startup folder.

>

> I have 0.5GB PC133 memory, I believe running at 133.

> Athlon Tbred B running 1900MHz standard voltages.

>

> Ran memory test - no problems.

>

> cable internet

> USB printer in stby

> USB UPS

>

> None of this appears to load until after the 75 sec.

 

It may be looking for your network. If you don't have one, open Network

Properties and disable "Client for MS Networks" and "File and Printer

sharing".

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest Script]

RE: can someone till me what XP is doing on startup

 

Download "bootVis" and use the "Trace + Driver Delays" option.

 

"jim.e.dimoni@bank.of.nigeria.com" wrote:

> My startup has become very slow.

>

> what is XP doing during this time so I might troubleshoot this?

>

> from the welcome screen to the wallpaper takes 30 sec. from the

> wallpaper to the desktop icons appearing takes 75 sec.

>

> There is little disk activity during the latter time.

> I did a minimum load via msconfig.

> nothing in the startup folder.

>

> I have 0.5GB PC133 memory, I believe running at 133.

> athlon Tbred B running 1900MHz standard voltages.

>

> ran memory test - no problems

>

> cable internet

> USB printer in stby

> USB UPS

>

> none of this appears to load until after the 75 sec.

>

> thx

>