Help sick of laptop saying please wait????

[babs67]

Hi I have got a toshiba Laptop running win vista premium 32bitt

the problem that i have is that when i switch my laptop on it takes roughly around 3-4mins to load. Sometimes it takes even longer which is so annoying when all i see is please wait all the time.

Have done a system check, virus check and also most things that i can think of am really getting fed up now

Can anyone help

thanks

babs:mad:

[RandyL]

Hi babs;

This could be a case of too many programs running at startup.

 

Do you have a lot of programs showing in the notification area?

 

Have you looked in msconfig startup to see if there are items you can disable there?

 

How much memory do you have?

[babs67]

Hi babs;

This could be a case of too many programs running at startup.

 

Do you have a lot of programs showing in the notification area?

 

Have you looked in msconfig startup to see if there are items you can disable there?

 

How much memory do you have?

Hi RandyL

i have already gone into the runconfig and stopped some of them but the laptop seems to still be very slow on the startup.

I dont want to stop something then for it not to start at all

I have 3 gig

[RandyL]

Thanks babs;

To start with I'll tell you my boot times and specs.

 

I have a 2.5 Ghz processor with 2 GB of RAM. I run very few unnecessary startup items. My boot time is barely over two minutes. So you have plenty of memory and if your processor is similar then yes your boot time does seem to be a little slow at 3 to 4 minutes but not too bad.

 

If it's only the bootup that is slow and nothing else a lower spec processor or startup items would seem to be the cause.

 

I'm assuming your 3 GB of memory is all compatable so you could run the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool to make sure a bad stick isn't slowing you down. You can find it in Adminisitrative Tools.

 

The typical causes of a slow running or slow booting computer is too many startup items, malware, a failing drive or bad memory.

 

What malware scans have you run and did they find anything?

[babs67]

i have anti virus software called avast which all is included which has never found anything.

i have also done defrag on the laptop these are my pc details if this helps any also a full list of what is running sorry if this seems long

windows defender

catalyst control centre

synaptics pointing device driver

configfree tray

cfFncEnabler

chicony traybar

toshiba flashcards

Desktop tools for RIM handhelds

common SDK

software manager

windows live messenger

My pc is AMd athlon X2 dual core mobile RM70

2.00 ghz

3gb memory (RAM)

32 bit operating system

windows vista home premium

spk 1

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Is spk1 Service Pack 1 Babs?

 

If so make sure Windows Updates are enabled and get Service Pack 2 plus all recommended installs from Microsoft.

[babs67]

ok am doing that now i have done a memory dignostic and all is fine no errors found

[Guest Wolfeymole]

It's looking good, get back to us if any further errors or issues occur.

[babs67]

thanks will do :)