re: The biggest slow down is... Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 7:49 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Dave Ednie (6 messages posted) The best thing you can do to speed up boot-up, if you don't want to eliminate any programs or network protocols already loading, is to upgrade your processor and increase your RAM. This will speed up your whole system. On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 11:56 pm, Curt R wrote: > The loading of network related devices/drivers. Whether it's dialup networking >with a modem, or a LAN or highspeed internet connection. The more protocols you >load, the longer it takes. As someone else mentioned, unchecking unneeded items >in msconfig helps but you have a NIC or modem in your machine, that's the cause, >and as long as you wish to stay connected to the internet, you'll have to learn to >live with it. > > >On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 12:45 pm, Reese wrote: > >>Hi. I got rid of my start up screen and now have noticed that my pc waits 28 sec > >>before booting up to windows (98)....can I speed this up anyway? I have done a search > >>on the net, help files, tweak programs but as yet no lick. Thanks for any help. >Please > >>email me if you may know how to do this. Thanks again. Written in response to: The biggest slow down is... (Curt R: Monday, August 20, 2001 at 11:56 pm) Responses to this message: re: The biggest slow down is... (3nx0rp: Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 6:40 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] speeding strat menu at boot up (Reese: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 12:45 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Shuggee: Sat, Dec 15, 2001, 5:48 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Hammer: Mon, Oct 6, 2003, 7:35 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Paul D: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 3:09 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Ned Nowotny: Fri, Apr 12, 2002, 5:30 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Reese: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 3:04 pm) re: speeding start menu at boot up (GM: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 4:09 pm) re: speeding start menu at boot up (Reese: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 3:09 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Vdesigned: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 5:46 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Paul D: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 8:16 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (dada: Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 9:31 am) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Reese: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 3:14 pm) re: speeding strat menu at boot up (Dirty Dawwgg: Thu, Mar 7, 2002, 11:26 am) Speed freaks !!....... (GM: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 6:44 pm) The biggest slow down is... (Curt R: Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 11:56 pm) re: The biggest slow down is... (Dave Ednie: Tue, Aug 21, 2001, 7:49 am) re: The biggest slow down is... (3nx0rp: Thu, Mar 6, 2003, 6:40 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum