I have a question about Things that slow down system bootup:

I have just put in a 30G hard drive,have 256M of memorey,I have deleted all but 46 fonts,got a 500mhz prosser,noyhing in start -up .and my computer is still slow plus i am on dsl THANKS FOR ANY HELP DEWEY

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On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 6:26 pm, Galaxy Master wrote:

  When I go to microsoft outlook it takes a minute
>or longer to boot up,when i scan something the mouse is slow to react.
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the scanning thing is normal.

as for outlook, see if this applies: olexp: outlook express performance is slow (q271510)

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Sounds like something intensive is running in the background.
What other programs do you have on the computer ?

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Neither of these have anything to do with booting up

For information about what happens at boot up, see this thread

Paul D

On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 6:29 pm, DEWEY REYNOLDS wrote:
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>On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 6:26 pm, Galaxy Master wrote:
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  When I go to microsoft outlook it takes a minute
>>or longer to boot up,when i scan something the mouse is slow to react.
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Read this previous post on things that slow bootup




On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 5:56 pm, DEWEY REYNOLDS wrote:
>I have a question about Things
>that slow down system bootup:

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>I have just put in a 30G hard drive,have 256M of memorey,I have deleted all but 46
>fonts,got a 500mhz prosser,noyhing in start -up .and my computer is still slow
> plus i am on dsl
>THANKS FOR ANY HELP
>DEWEY

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What you need to do is upgrade your processor. You could also defrag your hard disk because frags will always slow your speed down. If those don't work there might be something in your system or config file that is slowing it down.


On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 12:07 am, Curt R wrote:
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Read this previous post on things
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>On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 5:56 pm, DEWEY REYNOLDS wrote:
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>>I have a question about Things
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>>that slow down system bootup:

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>>I have just put in a 30G hard drive,have 256M of memorey,I have deleted all but
>46
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>>fonts,got a 500mhz prosser,noyhing in start -up .and my computer is still slow
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>> plus i am on dsl
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>>THANKS FOR ANY HELP
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>>DEWEY

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Did you defrag your new drive?


On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 6:29 pm, DEWEY REYNOLDS wrote:
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>On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 6:26 pm, Galaxy Master wrote:
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  When I go to microsoft outlook it takes a minute
>or longer to boot up,when i scan something the mouse is slow to react.
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Check to see to see that the system cache mem is enabled and or do a fresh install 
of the op sys to intergrate the hd with mB





On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 5:56 pm, DEWEY REYNOLDS wrote:
>I have a question about Things 
>that slow down system bootup:

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>I have just put in a 30G hard drive,have 256M of memorey,I have deleted all but 
46 
>fonts,got a 500mhz prosser,noyhing in start -up .and my computer is still slow
> plus i am on dsl
>THANKS FOR ANY HELP
>DEWEY

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Is your computer faster than your neighbor's:
If yes - your computer is fine
If no  - your computer sucks

Try also the quake3 fps (frames per second) before/after test






On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 6:26 pm, Galaxy Master wrote:
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On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 5:56 pm, DEWEY REYNOLDS wrote:
>I have a question about Things
>that slow down system bootup:

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>I have just put in a 30G hard drive,have 256M of memorey,I have deleted all but 46
>fonts,got a 500mhz prosser,noyhing in start -up .and my computer is still slow
> plus i am on dsl
>THANKS FOR ANY HELP
>DEWEY I give this tip to everyone that has this problem 1) go to your start menu-->run--> "msconfig" 2)go to the startup tab and UNCHECK the programs that don't need to be going at the the startup but DO NOT uncheck your System Tray or your firewall After I did this I saw a great improvement in my startup (4 1/2 minutes to about 1 1/2 minutes

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Hi, I just got done working on a friend's new computer, with a 1.something GHz processor, 128 MB RAM, and an absolutely huge hard disk. It took all of seven minutes to boot up. That's about four times slower than this dinky little 700MHz AMD Athlon system I'm running now. Here's what I did to speed it up... 1.) I made sure to go to WindowsUpdate.com, and loaded in all the latest updates. 2.) I loaded in the latest BIOS version (It was a new computer, but it already had a BIOS revision out.) 3.) I ScanDisked/Defragged the hard drive. 4.) I got rid of those 'cling-on' startup programs (You know...those little turd programs that attach themselves to the startup process and have to be flicked away.) (TKBell.exe for the RealPlayer, a notification program for MS Money, etc....basically all the non-essential stuff.) 5.) MOST IMPORTANT...I downloaded a copy of XTeq Systems X-Setup, and tweaked the performance settings of the system. Result? The system not only started a lot faster (1 1/2 minutes), but programs ran roughly twice as fast, judging by the amount of time it took to start them up. Hope this helps...

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Hey,DGBrothers,//read your reply..I inherated an IBM 96Aptiva it has..win95.Win.98 installed two..long story,win 98 se some old 95 programs.I want to remove ALL except MY OWN 98seit has 17000000 mb can you imagine ALL THAT ROOM??? been up graded 2 times I need a good program,,,sugestions please?thanks


On Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 11:12 pm, DGBrothers wrote:
>Hi,
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>I just got done working on a friend's new computer, with a 1.something GHz processor,
>128 MB RAM, and an absolutely huge hard disk. It took all of seven minutes to boot
>up. That's about four times slower than this dinky little 700MHz AMD Athlon system
>I'm running now.
>
>Here's what I did to speed it up...
>1.) I made sure to go to WindowsUpdate.com, and loaded in all the latest updates.
>
>2.) I loaded in the latest BIOS version (It was a new computer, but it already had
>a BIOS revision out.)
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>3.) I ScanDisked/Defragged the hard drive.
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>4.) I got rid of those 'cling-on' startup programs (You know...those little turd
>programs that attach themselves to the startup process and have to be flicked away.)
>(TKBell.exe for the RealPlayer, a notification program for MS Money, etc....basically
>all the non-essential stuff.)
>
>5.) MOST IMPORTANT...I downloaded a copy of XTeq Systems X-Setup, and tweaked the
>performance settings of the system.
>
>Result? The system not only started a lot faster (1 1/2 minutes), but programs ran
>roughly twice as fast, judging by the amount of time it took to start them up.
>
>Hope this helps... :)

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Well, it's always best to start from scratch. Things will run faster and be more stable. So, I'd start out by making a boot disk (be sure to copy FDISK and FORMAT onto the floppy as well). Then I'd back up any files you want to keep (documents, photos, etc.) onto a CD-RW, tape, or floppies. Then boot the machine with the boot floppy, and FDISK (low level format) the hard drive. As soon as that's done, reboot from the floppy, and FORMAT the drive. After the format, reboot, boot from the Win98SE CD-ROM, and set up Win98SE. Once Win98SE is up and running, set up your internet connection settings (you wrote them all down before you formatted, didn't you?) go to www.windowsupdate.com, and download all the updates to Win98SE. After the requisite reboots and going back to www.windowsupdate.com until all the updates are installed, go immediately to www.zonelabs.com, and download the free ZoneAlarm firewall. Read the instructions carefully, and set it up. Then get yourself a good antivirus program, I use Norton Antivirus 2003. Be sure to do a LiveUpdate to get the latest Virus Definition files. And do LiveUpdate regularly, to keep your virus protection up-to-date. Next, search the internet for three programs, the first is called AdAware, the second is called Spybot Search & Destroy, the third is called Spyware Blaster. Download and install them, and use them all regularly. Now, your computer is protected from hackers, from viruses, and from spyware. Now, we get a chance to strike back at the hackers. Search the internet for a free program called VisualZone, it an adjunct for the ZoneAlarm firewall that tracks down hackers and reports them to their ISP, hopefully getting them disconnected. Sign up for the DShield service (it's free) to report hackers trying to hack into your computer. Next, set up your email program. Most people use Outlook or Outlook Express. Be sure to configure Norton Antivirus to protect your email after you've got the email program installed and running correctly. Now search for Microsoft's DCOM Configuration Utility, and disable DCOM. And search for the Microsoft .NET Framework Wizard, and set all the settings to 'No Trust'. Another handy program you might want to get is called Startup Cop. It's free, and allows you to easily prevent programs from starting up during bootup. There are a lot of 'cling-on' programs that start up, and you just don't need them, and they slow your computer down and make it less stable. Be sure to thoroughly research each program before disabling its startup, as some programs you DO need. Next, get yourself another free program called RegCleaner by Jouni Vuorio. It'll keep the trash out of your registry, and keep your system running fast and stable. Karen Kenworthy, from PC Magazine also has a neat program (it's actually a conglomeration of several utility programs). The best one is the registry compressor, which removes some trash from the registry that RegCleaner misses, and compacts the registry. Now that the system is running stably, is completely updated, and is protected from hackers, virii, and spyware, go ahead and install the rest of the programs you want. Be sure to run your spyware checkers after each install, to keep your system clean, and get into the habit of checking all downloaded files with Norton Antivirus. The latest and greatest for running Win98SE is not to use it as the primary operating system at all. Instead, after you format the hard drive, you install Linux, and a program called Win4Lin. It runs Win98SE as a program running under Linux. The Windows programs then run under the Win98SE 'program'. If Win98SE crashes, you don't have to reboot. Just close the window that Win98SE is running in, start it again, and you're up and running again. Programs take far fewer resources and run more stably under this setup. The only restriction is that because Linux doesn't allow direct hardware access by any program, DirectX won't work under Win98SE, so most modern games won't work. But having a Win98SE machine that runs a dozen programs at once stably, and 'reboots' take all of 5 seconds by closing the Win98SE window and reopening it? No games is a small tradeoff. AND you can now run all the Linux programs out there, as well, like the program that replaces Microsoft Office, called OpenOffice (did I mention OpenOffice is FREE, and just as good as MS Office?). Hope this helps... -----------------------------------------------------------


On Monday, April 7, 2003 at 1:55 pm, shirley byrd wrote:
>Hey,DGBrothers,//read your reply..I inherated an IBM 96Aptiva it has..win95.Win.98
>installed two..long story,win 98 se some old 95 programs.I want to remove ALL except
>MY OWN 98seit has 17000000 mb can you imagine ALL THAT ROOM??? been up graded 2
>times I need a good program,,,sugestions please?thanks
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Checking your start-up folder is kind of a waste of time. There are a whole crapload of proggies that boot with your OS. If you Hit the start button and click Run.. type 'msconfig' ,, hit the startup tab and take a look, alot of these progs you might not even have installed anymore, but it can be loading parts of the working files of them that were left from an inpartial uninstall (i.e deleting the folder instead of correctly uninstalling) Just a thought...

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try going to start / run , type in > msconfig and go to start up and see all you have on start up


On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 5:56 pm, DEWEY REYNOLDS wrote:
>I have a question about Things
>that slow down system bootup:

>
>I have just put in a 30G hard drive,have 256M of memorey,I have deleted all but 46
>fonts,got a 500mhz prosser,noyhing in start -up .and my computer is still slow
> plus i am on dsl
>THANKS FOR ANY HELP
>DEWEY

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for outlook quick startup, disable instant messaging.

Tools > Options > Other > "Enable Instant Messaging support in Outlook"

uncheck that.

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My startup folder has a lot of entries that he programs no longer exist. I got my computer as a hand me down from my brother. Is there any way to delete these unwanted entries from the startup since the programs are no longer used?


On Friday, April 18, 2003 at 10:47 pm, Josh Curry wrote:
>Checking your start-up folder is kind of a waste of time. There are a whole crapload
>of proggies that boot with your OS. If you Hit the start button and click Run..
>type 'msconfig' ,, hit the startup tab and take a look,
>alot of these progs you might not even have installed anymore, but it can be loading
>parts of the working files of them that were left from an inpartial uninstall
>(i.e deleting the folder instead of correctly uninstalling)
>Just a thought...

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Thanks for the info on Spybot S&D. I have used this with great sucess on removing the unwanted startup programs. Just wanted to give a big thanks.


On Saturday, January 1, 2005 at 6:49 am, Travel wrote:
>My startup folder has a lot of entries that he programs no longer exist. I got my
>computer as a hand me down from my brother. Is there any way to delete these unwanted
>entries from the startup since the programs are no longer used?
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Win XP Pro SP2 and running Boot.vis time and again. The shell was reporting a LONG boot up time. Execessive would be an understatement. This went on for a few months. http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm At this site I found information to place WIA Windows Image Aquisition in manual or disable. I had start up error in EVENTS trying to load the WIA


On the next bootup the XP SP2 Shell loaded in very quick time. Problem is fixed. For what it is worth there has been no impact on scanner, camera connections, etc., with setting WIA to Manual. H.W. Gorman

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Sorry for posting to wrong forum


On Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 3:23 pm, H.W. Gorman wrote:
>Win XP Pro SP2 and running Boot.vis time and again.
>The shell was reporting a LONG boot up time. Excessive would be an understatement.
>This went on for a few months.
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>http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
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>At this site I found information to place WIA
>Windows Image Acquisition in manual or disable.
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>I had start up error in EVENTS trying to load the WIA
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Having 500 MHZ and 256 MB is quiet not enough: Just before I had a Pentium III-1 GHZ and 256 MB of RAM and I could "fall asleep" waiting until the computer loads up in Normal mode - up to 5 min. -regular (Windows 98) My suggestion: Since memory is always a solution to the speed of the computer try adding a memory up to maximum your computer's motherboard allows (if you are not limited to the money budget) and just play with msconfig by disabling some programs at the start up that create unspeakable load on the computers. Running defrag is also good solution to optimize computer speed. Of course, I think you should first try to run defrag and minimize start-up programs - then decide if you want to add more memory if your computer still allows it. Eduard.


On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 6:40 pm, GM wrote:
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>Sounds like something intensive is running in the background.
>What other programs do you have on the computer ?
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Having 500 MHZ and 256 MB is quiet not enough: Just before I had a Pentium III-1 GHZ and 256 MB of RAM and I could "fall asleep" waiting until the computer loads up in Normal mode - up to 5 min. -regular (Windows 98) My suggestion: Since memory is always a solution to the speed of the computer try adding a memory up to maximum your computer's motherboard allows (if you are not limited to the money budget) and just play with msconfig by disabling some programs at the start up that create unspeakable load on the computers. Running defrag is also good solution to optimize computer speed. Of course, I think you should first try to run defrag and minimize start-up programs - then decide if you want to add more memory if your computer still allows it. Eduard.

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