gregorys Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) When i boot a machine xp loads then i get to the blue screen of "windows is loading" is takes a good 5 mintues to loadThis machine is a powerful machine, so being underpowered in the not problemi ran dell memory check everything seemed finebooted with safe mode and did the same thing (take forever to load)any suggestions? Edited February 20, 2008 by gregorys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlash428 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 When i boot a machine xp loads then i get to the blue screen of "windows is loading" is takes a good 5 mintues to loadThis machine is a powerful machine, so being underpowered in the not problemi ran dell memory check everything seemed finebooted with safe mode and did the same thing (take forever to load)any suggestions?Could be a number of things...Is this computer a member of a domain or is it a stand-alone workstation?Are there group policy settings (local or domain) that need to be applied on startup?Are any startup scripts assigned to the computer?An answer of yes to any of these questions (as well as other things, possibly) can definately have an effect on the time it takes to get from the Windows XP splash screen to the logon screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregorys Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the reply.The computer is a stand alone.If you have any other suggestions please let me know im banging my head on the deskno polices are being applied either.. Edited February 20, 2008 by gregorys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedEuphoria Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) well normall slowness is because of a couple things, as I dont know your level of expertise I dont want to insult you as I'm no expert either.I'll post some helpful hints for all around faster accesif you have files on your desktop other than shortcuts it takes time to load this, like if you have a folder just move that folder somewhere else and create a shortcut on the desktop for quick access. Also defrag all your hard drives and do disk cleanup, possibly run a spyware cleaneryou can go to my computer, click "tools">"folder options">"veiw"> uncheck "automatically search for network folders and printers"go to start>run and type msconfig, click the "startup"tab and these are all the programs that will start when windows starts, most programs when installed like to set themselves for automatic startup with windows, uncheck most of them except for antivirus/firewall and others you need/want to run. All the progs will run normally just wont hog up resources while booting. Edited February 20, 2008 by SpeedEuphoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Have you checked to see if you have any bad sectors on your hard drive. In my experiences if safe mode takes a long time to load also you are looking at a hardware issue, usually hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extravert Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) All usefull hints, but some things are overseen1. Disable any hardware in device manager you don't use2. Boot with tracing and watch the file where it is slowdown3. Try the good old bootvisBad sectors where reallocated and this jopb won't last 5 minutes each time? Edited February 20, 2008 by Extravert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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