Boot delay

[piaqt]

Anyone know what the purpose of "boot delay" is?[/color:ab7189182b]

[XPerties]

To enable certain programs to have a allowed amount of time to start up with out having errors. Sorta like Zone Alarm need in the early stages of its versions.

-XPerties

[sedative]

is that why my computer "freezes" (for lack of a better word) when i reboot?

when i first boot, i can run certain programs.. like mirc or solitaire or whatever. but others won't work, especially internet explorer. if i click on it, i have to wait like a minute for the browser window to pop up. if this isn't why it delays, anybody know why it does? and more importantly, how in the world do i fix it?

[XPerties]

whats your system specs? Are you overloading your cpu with a bunch of crap loading up with windows. Its alwasy nice to have a login screen. This gives your system a little more time to relax on boot up.

-XPerties

[sedative]

welp, no login screen, just goes straight into windows. only things that load are norton av, mcafee firewall (the norton firewall p***ed me off), and weatherbug. now that i think of it, i bet it's norton.. when it first starts it starts without auto protect enabled.. it doesn't enable it until the same time that internet explorer starts working.

[piaqt]

OK, so what's the optimal time limit for boot delay, or is it a "try and see" thing?[/color:37f87d6022]

[piaqt]

Sedative: it probably [i:4714885e54]is[/i:4714885e54] Norton. Effing thing is a real pain. BTW, which version are you running? Also, there may be something in the KB on this. I've had my go-rounds with Norton, too.[/color:4714885e54] :WTF?:

[sedative]

whatever the newest one is.. the about windows says 8. what is that norton 2002?

[piaqt]

Norton 2002 is the XP- compatible one. You can get it from ht*p://members.home.nl/gejave/[/color:f0e6d25b04]