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[SOLVED] XP-Prof. Boot Problem


jomajo

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hello,

all the sudden my Xp machine takes several minutes to boot up.

After the splash screen comes up a black screen with only the mousepointer working,

then after 3 to 5 minutes appears the login window and even after logging in the user ( or admin) account it takes a little bit toolong until getting a usable desktop.

I can boot into safe mode without delays, but I have no idea how to solve.

I did a repair-reinstall , but it did not solve the problem.

On the same machine there is a Linux Ubuntu distro installed and that system is still working as before, so I would like to esclude hardware problems.

If someone has an idea how to solve this problem I would appreciate a lot.

Thanks

attached there is a CPU-Z report describing the hardware

my_computer.txt

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I'd venture to say - Trojan/Virus starting up and "eating" your CPU cycles since Safe Mode is fine...

1 - Safe Mode With Networking

2 - Get MalwareBytes, install, Update, and Run it (Full Scan).

If you DO need to Reboot, always use "Safe Mode + Networking" until MalwareBytes finds NOTHING then attempt to Normal Boot.

Side Note - Repair Install will sometime NOT rid you of Malware as it is "hidden" in another file and Registry Entries is firing it up during StartUp.

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hello

I did all the cleaning both of you suggested but there was not found anything remarkable.

Malwarebytes signed as hacktool an utility that is used to find the serial number of the distro and another utility useful to find forgotten passwords in an emailclient.

Anyway after let remove those two files and two reboots into safemode nothing else was found anymore.

After I did the other scan with Combofix, without any result.

And the problem persists.

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Run msconfig by typing msconfig in the run box. Select diagnostic startup. Click apply, close and restart when prompted. Is the problem still there?

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I would also explore other (non-malware related) hypothesis, a good idea would be to make a full boot with log:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721/en-us

and if nothing "strange" is logged in Ntbtlog.txt proceed with a full Boot time logging with procmon:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

WARNING this will create a BIG file.

Another tool that tends to be forgotten nowadays is Bootvis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BootVis

(the wikipedia page provides links to some other similar tool) available from Softpedia:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/BootVis.shtml

It could well be a "problematic service" :unsure:.

jaclaz

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Although never as bad as you portray, booting my XP system also slows down over time. Perhaps I've just been fortunate, but this slowdown has never resulted from a virus or other malware. Instead, I've always been able to correct the problem as follows:

Run "CCleaner" to clean the hard disk of unnecessary files and the Windows Registry of unnecessary entries.

Disable any unneeded programs that start up with Windows, such as programs that "check for updates".

Run "MyDefrag" to defrag the C-drive or system disk, and move system files, to that part of the hard disk where these files can be accessed more readily.

Run "Auslogics Registry Defrag" to defrag the Windows Registry.

Run "Smart Defrag 2" to defrag remaining system files that can only be defragged at boot time.

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Hello

So I made a bootlog.txt file ( have a look at the attachment).

Bootvis I tried already and even procmon, unfortunately both of them are creating big files impossible to attach here, and what is worse not comprehensive for me.

ntbtlog.txt

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Hello

So I made a bootlog.txt file ( have a look at the attachment).

Bootvis I tried already and even procmon, unfortunately both of them are creating big files impossible to attach here, and what is worse not comprehensive for me.

There seems to me there is not any particular issue in the log.

I see that you have Comodo installed, maybe it's part of the issue?

Run a procmon boot log, compress the biggish result .pml file with 7-zip or similar, upload to *any* free hosting site, post a link to it.

You can also try setting verbose status on, see:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325376/en-us

but usually you don' t get anything of use from it.

jaclaz

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There seems to me there is not any particular issue in the log.

I see that you have Comodo installed, maybe it's part of the issue?

Right you are jaclaz!

The latest version of CIS v6.1 has an issue with XP.

See the post at the Comodo Forum here.

Their recommendation is to reinstall v6.0 in XP.

Hope this helps.

M2GD

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great idea

here is the link to the bootlog.pml made with processmonitor

http://www2.zshares.net/wwss8fiy6naz

and here is the link to the file ( i don't know if it is right to call it a logfile or not) created by bootvis

http://www2.zshares.net/uf7jggemudrk

Both files are compressed in 7z format.

Thanks

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