Delay in booting up
System boots up ok till wall paper displayed then a delay of 1.5 min. before windows finally loads ok. No problems thereafter. There is some activity on the hard drive during delay but no change in status. Have run all diagnostic (AGV PC tune Up) tests but no cure. Any help much appreciated.Thank you1 person got this answerI do too
January 5th, 2011 5:27pm

Thanks for your advice - have tried the checks suggested but still no cure. Take care Cheers
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January 7th, 2011 4:02am

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any from than more than 48 hours ago. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important. A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click on the error you want to copy. You will see a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer. This places a copy of the report into your Clipboard. Paste into the body your message. Make sure that this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.Hope this helps, Gerry Cornell
January 7th, 2011 4:13am

Trying and checking things will not help. Figuring out what is going on and making adjustments will help.Using Process Explorer is one way to get some timings, but I like to do things a different way so I can see the entire boot process from end to end.You can download a good free tool called Boot Log XP and measure and see graphically your entire startup process from end to end. Then you will know exactly how long it takes and how long each individual startup process takes. There are other good tools too just for understanding the XP boot process.Only when you know how long things take and what the slow spots are, can you make informed decisions about what to do about them, On the other hand, you could just start trying experiments and guessing. That may work too eventually, but trying and guessing just prolongs your agony.Figuring out the boot process is usually really easy to do - there are so many things starting with XP that you don't "need", you could end up like me with zero startup items.You can get Boot Log XP from the following site:http://www.greatis.com/ When you run Boot Log XP, you will need to restart your system so it can measure things and generate the report. Wait patiently for it to completely finish and you will get a graphical report and then you can see how long each startup process on your system takes and the total time.You can save the report, share it, print it, etc. If you can't figure it out or have questions, export the short text file report to a text file and copy and paste the contents of the short text file report back here for analysis and suggestions. Just send the short text report. Do not send the long text report - it is too long and boring.Then when you start to make adjustments, you can run the Boot Log XP tool again and see what effects your adjustments have on your startup time.I can see that it takes my system exactly 24.03.024 seconds to boot, but I have zero startup items configured at boot time. If I add or delete a startup item, I can test it again and see what happens to the boot time. Zero startup items may not be the right configuration for everybody, but I am all about looking for better performance.If you installed AVG "out of the box" with all options enabled, that is not going to be the best setup for AVG unless you are okay with slow performance. AVG installs many things you don't really need to have installed, but the boot log will tell you for sure what is going on, then you can decide what to do about it (or just accept things the way they are).Since we don't know anything about your system, if you want some real help, you need to also tell us what you have. Please provide additional information about your system:What is your system make and model?What is your XP Version and Service Pack?Describe your current antivirus and anti malware situation: McAfee, Symantec, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, MSE, Panda, Trend Micro, CA, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc.Click Start, Run and in the box enter:msinfo32Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information back here.There will be some personal information (like System Name and User Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just delete it from the pasted information. Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!
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January 7th, 2011 5:22am

Trying and checking things will not help. Figuring out what is going on and making adjustments will help.Using Process Explorer is one way to get some timings, but I like to do things a different way so I can see the entire boot process from end to end.You can download a good free tool called Boot Log XP and measure and see graphically your entire startup process from end to end. Then you will know exactly how long it takes and how long each individual startup process takes. There are other good tools too just for understanding the XP boot process.Only when you know how long things take and what the slow spots are, can you make informed decisions about what to do about them, On the other hand, you could just start trying experiments and guessing. That may work too eventually, but trying and guessing just prolongs your agony.Figuring out the boot process is usually really easy to do - there are so many things starting with XP that you don't "need", you could end up like me with zero startup items.You can get Boot Log XP from the following site:http://www.greatis.com/When you run Boot Log XP, you will need to restart your system so it can measure things and generate the report. Wait patiently for it to completely finish and you will get a graphical report and then you can see how long each startup process on your system takes and the total time.You can save the report, share it, print it, etc. If you can't figure it out or have questions, export theshort text file report to a text file and copy and paste the contents of theshort text file report back here for analysis and suggestions. Just send the short text report. Do not send the long text report - it is too long and boring.Then when you start to make adjustments, you can run the Boot Log XP tool again and see what effects your adjustments have on your startup time.I can see that it takes my system exactly 24.03.024 seconds to boot, but I have zero startup items configured at boot time. If I add or delete a startup item, I can test it again and see what happens to the boot time. Zero startup items may not be the right configuration for everybody, but I am all about looking for better performance.If you installed AVG "out of the box" with all options enabled, that is not going to be the best setup for AVG unless you are okay with slow performance. AVG installs many things you don't really need to have installed, but the boot log will tell you for sure what is going on, then you can decide what to do about it (or just accept things the way they are).Since we don't know anything about your system, if you want some real help, you need to also tell us what you have. Please provide additional information about your system:What is your system make and model?What is your XP Version and Service Pack?Describe your current antivirus and anti malware situation: McAfee, Symantec, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, MSE, Panda, Trend Micro, CA, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc.Click Start, Run and in the box enter:msinfo32Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information back here.There will be some personal information (like System Name and User Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just delete it from the pasted information. Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!
January 7th, 2011 5:28am

Hello Gerry have downloaded process explorer & I feel sure that this will eventually trace my problem - it certainly provides a wealth of information of which I was totally unaware of until your most helpful advice. I'm away for a few days but as soon as I can I will 'explore' my system & let you know how I get on. I'm on a steep learning curve with regard to 'in depth' fault finding but your help is much appreciated. Once again thank you for your time & advice.Regards Eric
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January 7th, 2011 5:31am

steep learning curveYou need to buy "crampons" when moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 <G>A very minor point. Microsoft anticipates that the post containing the solution will be marked by the person seeking the help as the Answer. The idea is to point other users to the post containing the solution to the original problem or question. In your case you have not yet got the answer, or to be more precise, you have not yet confirmed by solving the problem that you have the answer.Premature marking of a post as the answer may not help your quest for an answer as otherrs see the thread as answered and move on to next thread without realising that resolution of the query is unconfirmed. Using the "Vote as Helpful" until you have confirmed "job done" is better.Hope this helps, Gerry Cornell
January 7th, 2011 8:15am

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