re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' Monday, September 16, 2002 at 11:30 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jasper (87 messages posted) boot into safe mode and test the boot up time,this is the time it takes from when you see the desktop and have the hourglass until the arrow replaces the hourglass.if normal use msconfig and selective startup to find out what startup item or service is related to the delay. On Monday, September 16, 2002 at 10:42 pm, Matt wrote: >I have a question about Things >that slow down system bootup: > > >I installed Windows XP service pack one yesterday, which, according to my computer >was sucessful. When I restarted my computer it took almost 3 minutes to log on, and >it has stayed this way (it only used to take about 10 seconds to log on). >I am running a 1.8 Ghz machine with 512MB DDR Ram, and have at least 20GB hard drive >space free. >It would be great if anyone can help me. >Thanks. Written in response to: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Matt: Monday, September 16, 2002 at 10:42 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Matt: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at 10:50 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Matt: Mon, Sep 16, 2002, 10:42 pm) re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (jasper: Mon, Sep 16, 2002, 11:30 pm) re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Matt: Tue, Sep 17, 2002, 10:50 pm) re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (triplate: Tue, Sep 17, 2002, 4:58 am) re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (ccrashh: Tue, Sep 17, 2002, 8:20 am) 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 XP Discussion Forum