XP Slow to load to welcome screen

[Guest ocar23]

Since a suspected virus attack, I have a problem related to Windows loading

slowly

to the Welcome Screen. When the Progress Bars stop on the Windows Logo

screen, it takes 60 secs to get to the Welcome Screen. It used to take 15

secs. This is something new, only since an apparent Virus Attack. Can you

advise what files could be affected and how to correct the cause of this

annoyance. FixMBR, FixBoot, SFC , Chkdsk, Ntldr, NtDetect.com have not helped

to overcome this.

Also, but not neccessarily part of this problem, First Boot hangs during

BIOS Memory Test, Re-Boot is successful.

Win XP Pro SP2 ++++, P4 3.0, DDR400 4Gb on GA-81PE775Pro with GeForce 6600GT.

> Any suggestions would be rather helpful. I have had this before but have

> mislaid the fix.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: XP Slow to load to welcome screen

 

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

 

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

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

ocar23 wrote:

> Since a suspected virus attack, I have a problem related to Windows

> loading slowly

> to the Welcome Screen. When the Progress Bars stop on the Windows Logo

> screen, it takes 60 secs to get to the Welcome Screen. It used to

> take 15 secs. This is something new, only since an apparent Virus

> Attack. Can you advise what files could be affected and how to

> correct the cause of this annoyance. FixMBR, FixBoot, SFC , Chkdsk,

> Ntldr, NtDetect.com have not helped to overcome this.

> Also, but not neccessarily part of this problem, First Boot hangs

> during BIOS Memory Test, Re-Boot is successful.

> Win XP Pro SP2 ++++, P4 3.0, DDR400 4Gb on GA-81PE775Pro with GeForce

> 6600GT.

>> Any suggestions would be rather helpful. I have had this before but

>> have mislaid the fix.

[Guest ocar23]

Re: XP Slow to load to welcome screen

 

Thank you Gerry for your response. You would not believe this, but the last

few boots since posting this problem, the problem is rectified without me

being able to identify just what was the cause, which of course I am not too

happy about. The only thing that may have had an influence was, I ran AVG

Rootkit yesterday. Although it did not report anything found, it may have

cleaned out something that was lurking in the background and which Zonealarm

had not found during its Deep Scan. I would liked to have known more about

the problem in case I cop it again. I have encountered it in the past.

Viewing Events and Warnings since this problem reared its head did not

produce anything of interest, unfortunately. I quess I will just have to be

satisfied that my machine is now performing correctly and that Zonealarm

Internet Security Suite will do a better job of looking after my interests

than my past security software.

Even though this is fixed I would still appreciate any info that anyone can

offer about this nasty.

Thank You

 

"Gerry" wrote:

> 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

>

> 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

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> ocar23 wrote:

> > Since a suspected virus attack, I have a problem related to Windows

> > loading slowly

> > to the Welcome Screen. When the Progress Bars stop on the Windows Logo

> > screen, it takes 60 secs to get to the Welcome Screen. It used to

> > take 15 secs. This is something new, only since an apparent Virus

> > Attack. Can you advise what files could be affected and how to

> > correct the cause of this annoyance. FixMBR, FixBoot, SFC , Chkdsk,

> > Ntldr, NtDetect.com have not helped to overcome this.

> > Also, but not neccessarily part of this problem, First Boot hangs

> > during BIOS Memory Test, Re-Boot is successful.

> > Win XP Pro SP2 ++++, P4 3.0, DDR400 4Gb on GA-81PE775Pro with GeForce

> > 6600GT.

> >> Any suggestions would be rather helpful. I have had this before but

> >> have mislaid the fix.

>

>

>

[Guest Gerry]

Re: XP Slow to load to welcome screen

 

Ocar

 

The problem of a slow boot is not normally a malware issue. You can

often see the cause by a careful examination of the System log in Event

Viewer. Another approach is to use the techniques described here:

How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

 

Drivers can cause start up delays so if you have updated a third party

driver that could be the explanation. Another area is having programmes

load at start up, when they may be better used on an "on demand" basis.

Autoruns is a useful tool to look at what loads on Start Up. Others use

Msconfig but i much prefer Autoruns.

 

A safer way than msconfig to disable / remove unwanted start up items is

to use Autoruns.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

 

With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,

or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck

you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than

editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that

you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information

about the item selected.

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

ocar23 wrote:

> Thank you Gerry for your response. You would not believe this, but

> the last few boots since posting this problem, the problem is

> rectified without me being able to identify just what was the cause,

> which of course I am not too happy about. The only thing that may

> have had an influence was, I ran AVG Rootkit yesterday. Although it

> did not report anything found, it may have cleaned out something that

> was lurking in the background and which Zonealarm had not found

> during its Deep Scan. I would liked to have known more about the

> problem in case I cop it again. I have encountered it in the past.

> Viewing Events and Warnings since this problem reared its head did

> not produce anything of interest, unfortunately. I quess I will just

> have to be satisfied that my machine is now performing correctly and

> that Zonealarm Internet Security Suite will do a better job of

> looking after my interests than my past security software.

> Even though this is fixed I would still appreciate any info that

> anyone can offer about this nasty.

> Thank You

>

> "Gerry" wrote:

>

>> 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

>>

>> 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

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>> ocar23 wrote:

>>> Since a suspected virus attack, I have a problem related to Windows

>>> loading slowly

>>> to the Welcome Screen. When the Progress Bars stop on the Windows

>>> Logo screen, it takes 60 secs to get to the Welcome Screen. It used

>>> to take 15 secs. This is something new, only since an apparent Virus

>>> Attack. Can you advise what files could be affected and how to

>>> correct the cause of this annoyance. FixMBR, FixBoot, SFC , Chkdsk,

>>> Ntldr, NtDetect.com have not helped to overcome this.

>>> Also, but not neccessarily part of this problem, First Boot hangs

>>> during BIOS Memory Test, Re-Boot is successful.

>>> Win XP Pro SP2 ++++, P4 3.0, DDR400 4Gb on GA-81PE775Pro with

>>> GeForce 6600GT.

>>>> Any suggestions would be rather helpful. I have had this before but

>>>> have mislaid the fix.