Guest Ted Kerin Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 I found that it was taking 5-6 minutes for WinXP(SP2) to boot-up, much longer than ever before. Then, I found that I could reduce that time to about 2 mintes, by removing almost all files from my desktop. I was never a good "housekeeper," never kept the desktop tidy on any PC, so I wondered why only recently does it make such a big difference. If I now allow even a few MB of, say, MP3 files to accumulate on the desktop, the start-up stime stretches out very long again. Also, this may be a separate issue, but I ask here in case they're related: I have a Desktop.ini file (I've always had WinXP set to show system and hidden files) , which, read in notepad, says: [LocalizedFileNames] Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4 I don't know when this Desktop.ini file showed up, but if I move it from the desktop, start-up is delayed for so long that I just give up. Can anyone please advise me what, if anything, to do with this Desktop.ini file? And, can anyone advise me why it should be happening, when this never seemed the case before, that I can keep very little on my desktop without dractically affecting my start-up time? Is there a reconfiguration or other fix for this? Thanks!!
Guest Gerry Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Desktop.ini and slow start-up Ted What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in Event Viewer when you last booted the machine? Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in a previous boot. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important. HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further information. http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only) A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ted Kerin wrote: > I found that it was taking 5-6 minutes for WinXP(SP2) to boot-up, much > longer than ever before. Then, I found that I could reduce that time > to about 2 mintes, by removing almost all files from my desktop. > > I was never a good "housekeeper," never kept the desktop tidy on any > PC, so I wondered why only recently does it make such a big > difference. If I now allow even a few MB of, say, MP3 files to > accumulate on the desktop, the start-up stime stretches out very long > again. > Also, this may be a separate issue, but I ask here in case they're > related: I have a Desktop.ini file (I've always had WinXP set to show > system and hidden files) , which, read in notepad, says: > > [LocalizedFileNames] > Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4 > > I don't know when this Desktop.ini file showed up, but if I move it > from the desktop, start-up is delayed for so long that I just give up. > > Can anyone please advise me what, if anything, to do with this > Desktop.ini file? > > And, can anyone advise me why it should be happening, when this never > seemed the case before, that I can keep very little on my desktop > without dractically affecting my start-up time? Is there a > reconfiguration or other fix for this? > > Thanks!!
Guest Ted Kerin Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 Re: Desktop.ini and slow start-up Thanks for your response, Gerry. I get no Error messages and no Warning reports. Ted "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message news:%23VvX0rh$HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Ted > > What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in > Event Viewer when you last booted the machine? > > Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in > the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No > Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in > a previous boot. > > You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, > Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning > of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description > are important. > > HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us > > Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you > should double click for further information. You can copy using copy > and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further > information. > http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp > (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only) > > A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double > click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a > button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event > Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of > the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from > Event Viewer. > > > -- > > > > Hope this helps. > > Gerry > ~~~~ > FCA > Stourport, England > Enquire, plan and execute > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Ted Kerin wrote: >> I found that it was taking 5-6 minutes for WinXP(SP2) to boot-up, much >> longer than ever before. Then, I found that I could reduce that time >> to about 2 mintes, by removing almost all files from my desktop. >> >> I was never a good "housekeeper," never kept the desktop tidy on any >> PC, so I wondered why only recently does it make such a big >> difference. If I now allow even a few MB of, say, MP3 files to >> accumulate on the desktop, the start-up stime stretches out very long >> again. >> Also, this may be a separate issue, but I ask here in case they're >> related: I have a Desktop.ini file (I've always had WinXP set to show >> system and hidden files) , which, read in notepad, says: >> >> [LocalizedFileNames] >> Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4 >> >> I don't know when this Desktop.ini file showed up, but if I move it >> from the desktop, start-up is delayed for so long that I just give up. >> >> Can anyone please advise me what, if anything, to do with this >> Desktop.ini file? >> >> And, can anyone advise me why it should be happening, when this never >> seemed the case before, that I can keep very little on my desktop >> without dractically affecting my start-up time? Is there a >> reconfiguration or other fix for this? >> >> Thanks!! > >
Guest Gerry Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 Re: Desktop.ini and slow start-up Ted Are there Information Reports in the System log for the duration of each boot? What is the description appearing on the face of your Windows XP CD? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ted Kerin wrote: > Thanks for your response, Gerry. > > I get no Error messages and no Warning reports. > > Ted > > > > "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:%23VvX0rh$HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Ted >> >> What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in >> Event Viewer when you last booted the machine? >> >> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in >> the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No >> Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear >> in a previous boot. >> >> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, >> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning >> of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description >> are important. >> >> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us >> >> Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you >> should double click for further information. You can copy using copy >> and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further >> information. >> http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp >> (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only) >> >> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and >> double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which >> appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close >> Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the >> body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting >> from Event Viewer. >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~ >> FCA >> Stourport, England >> Enquire, plan and execute >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> Ted Kerin wrote: >>> I found that it was taking 5-6 minutes for WinXP(SP2) to boot-up, >>> much longer than ever before. Then, I found that I could reduce >>> that time to about 2 mintes, by removing almost all files from my >>> desktop. I was never a good "housekeeper," never kept the desktop >>> tidy on any >>> PC, so I wondered why only recently does it make such a big >>> difference. If I now allow even a few MB of, say, MP3 files to >>> accumulate on the desktop, the start-up stime stretches out very >>> long again. >>> Also, this may be a separate issue, but I ask here in case they're >>> related: I have a Desktop.ini file (I've always had WinXP set to >>> show system and hidden files) , which, read in notepad, says: >>> >>> [LocalizedFileNames] >>> Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4 >>> >>> I don't know when this Desktop.ini file showed up, but if I move it >>> from the desktop, start-up is delayed for so long that I just give >>> up. Can anyone please advise me what, if anything, to do with this >>> Desktop.ini file? >>> >>> And, can anyone advise me why it should be happening, when this >>> never seemed the case before, that I can keep very little on my >>> desktop without dractically affecting my start-up time? Is there a >>> reconfiguration or other fix for this? >>> >>> Thanks!!
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