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Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
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Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Friday, September 2, 2005 at 3:46 pm
Posted by Mike J.
(3 messages posted)
I have a question about Things
that slow down system bootup:
Hi, my system takes a good minute or two to start up. I don't feel it is a RAM problem
so I'm wondering what it could be. I have Windows XP, with 1.4GHz processor, 1 GB
of RAM. One drive is 75 GB and one more is 190 GB. I really didn't start having
this problem of speed too much until I started with a new ISP. I am using Time Warner's
Roadrunner right now through a wireless network that connects on system startup.
Could this be the problem? Also, although this doesn't directly pertain, my system
randomly freezes up now, but only when I am connected to my wireless network. Any
ideas?
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re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Friday, September 2, 2005 at 4:56 pm
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7201 messages posted)
The slowdown started after the software install, and when connecting with it you
have freezing
Personally I would suspect a buggy program, or some intruder that slipped in shortly
after the install of the connection
I would try connecting without the ISP software and run a few anti-spyware apps
What are you using for anti-virus and firewall protection?
Regards, Adam Bradley
On Friday, September 2, 2005 at 3:46 pm, Mike J. wrote:
>I have a question about Things
>that slow down system bootup:
>Hi, my system takes a good minute or two to start up. I don't feel it is a RAM
problem
>so I'm wondering what it could be. I have Windows XP, with 1.4GHz processor, 1
GB
>of RAM. One drive is 75 GB and one more is 190 GB. I really didn't start having
>this problem of speed too much until I started with a new ISP. I am using Time
Warner's
>Roadrunner right now through a wireless network that connects on system startup.
> Could this be the problem? Also, although this doesn't directly pertain, my system
>randomly freezes up now, but only when I am connected to my wireless network. Any
>ideas?
>
>
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re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Friday, September 2, 2005 at 5:16 pm
Posted by Mike J.
(3 messages posted)
I'm not sure if it was even that. The only software installed was NetGear so that
I could connect. So I can't just disable that and try to connect. I have Adaware
and Spybot and have run those. I also have Norton and use that for a firewall as
well.
On Friday, September 2, 2005 at 4:56 pm, Adam Bradley wrote:
>The slowdown started after the software install, and when connecting with it you
>have freezing
>Personally I would suspect a buggy program, or some intruder that slipped in shortly
>after the install of the connection
>I would try connecting without the ISP software and run a few anti-spyware apps
>What are you using for anti-virus and firewall protection?
>Regards, Adam Bradley
>
>
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re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Friday, September 2, 2005 at 5:47 pm
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7201 messages posted)
Do the laptop and the router have Ethernet ports? If so you could try removing the
wireless app and use them for testing
You may be able to change some settings on your connection to eliminate or lessen
the delay
but I'm not good on the wireless stuff (I actually don’t have any wireless PCs myself)
so I can't really say
Regards, Adam Bradley
On Friday, September 2, 2005 at 5:16 pm, Mike J. wrote:
>I'm not sure if it was even that. The only software installed was NetGear so that
>I could connect. So I can't just disable that and try to connect. I have Adaware
>and Spybot and have run those. I also have Norton and use that for a firewall as
>well.
>
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re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 7:38 am
Posted by Mike J.
(3 messages posted)
It's actually a desktop...but anyway, I could try fooling around with that. Thanks
for your help.
On Friday, September 2, 2005 at 5:47 pm, Adam Bradley wrote:
>Do the laptop and the router have Ethernet ports? If so you could try removing the
>wireless app and use them for testing
>You may be able to change some settings on your connection to eliminate or lessen
>the delay
>but I'm not good on the wireless stuff (I actually don’t have any wireless PCs myself)
>so I can't really say
>Regards, Adam Bradley
>
>
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re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 7:53 am
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7201 messages posted)
All right, good luck getting it sorted out
Regards, Adam Bradley
On Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 7:38 am, Mike J. wrote:
>It's actually a desktop...but anyway, I could try fooling around with that. Thanks
>for your help.
>
>
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