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re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Friday, August 13, 2004 at 12:07 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7201 messages posted)
I would dump the earthlink software and see if it helps
XP alone can easily use more than 128 megs of RAM
So anything else that is running requires the system to swap to and from the disk
which will slow the system drastically
upping the RAM would really help, 256 is good enough for most users IMO but 512
is better
you could try setting Norton to not auto start but if you make sure not to connect
to the net until it is back on
regards, Adam Bradley
On Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:13 am, Ivan a. Gargurevich wrote:
>I have a question about Things
>that slow down system bootup:
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>I have a new Dell Dimension 2400, 128 MB RAM, 40GB hard disc with Intel Pentium
4.
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>I also have experience a slow boot of the system up to 1.5 minutes.
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>I discussed the matter with Dell. I followed their recommendations in regards to
>the sytem configuration and the registries.
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>I also looked over the recommendations given in this article.
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>I also try running a doagnostic program such as Registry Mechanic.
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>There has been no improvement to the sytem boot up.
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>I suspect it has to do with the installation of the Norton Antivirus program and
>Earthlink Total Access Internet software.
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>It would seem to me at this point that the only option is to spend more money and
>upgrade the memory.
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