slow boot up for xp

slow boot up for xpCould be malware. Could be too many start-up items. Could be the computer needs some regular maintenance. Could be all of these. Without more info from you and what you have done to remedy the situation it's hard to give you an accurate answer.I don't vote for myself I'm not here for the points. If this post helps you, vote. Visit my forum @ http://repairbotsonline.com/

· I suggest you download Process Explorer.For further information about Process Explorer see here:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx This freeware utility performs a similar function to the Windows Task Manager but it goes much further. In Process Explorer please add a Column. Select View, Select, Columns, Process, Performance and check the box before Start Time. Next select "Show Processes from all Users" and click on the column header "Start Time". This will sort so that you can see start with the earliest first. You may need to click twice or three times.The first item I see is smss.exe =Session Manager. You should then see a long list of items loading over a brief period of time. The boot process ceases on my computer with the loading of two AVG files (my anti-virus is AVG 2011).How long does it take from smss.exe loading for the main files to load? What are the files arriving at the end and how long does it take for them to appear after smss.exe?Can you also detail what anti-malware software is installed? Hope this helps, Gerry Cornell

Go to Start | Run and type msconfig and then check to see what the startup items are including the services and disable those you don't need. Many programs insist that they must run when Windows starts, even though you may never use them, so use msconfig to weed out the ____. steve <lambchop1> wrote in message news:Email removed for privacy...slow boot up for xp

What does slow mean to you?I know my system takes exactly 32.08 seconds to boot from power up.You can use some free tools to measure your boot up time, see how long every startup items takes, decide what you might be able to do about it, make some adjustments and measure the startup time again to see if things get better or worse. First you need to know how long it takes right now.By actually measuring and getting some times (down to the tenth of a second), you can eliminate the: it seems faster, it might be faster, it could be faster, I think it is faster kinds of subjective or emotional opinions and reactions. You will know. If you have an actual time that you measured, you will know for sure if any adjustments you make are helping or not by comparing a before and after boot time. You will not waste time guessing or trying things.Before starting on that, try to be sure your system is reasonable free of malicious software by doing the following:Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs:Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/They can be uninstalled later if desired.Then 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.Since most systems seem to have many startup items that are not needed, perhaps you can eliminate some startup items. On my system, I have zero startup items, zero non Microsoft Services starting and I have disabled many non essential Microsoft Services. That may not be practical for everybody, but the chances are pretty good that most systems have some things starting that do not need to be starting, and some of them take a long time to start.Then tell us what all your startup items are and we can help you look at them to see if there are some that you can might not need.Here is one way to provide a list of your startup items:Download and install CCleaner from here:http://www.piriform.com/ccleanerLaunch CCleaner and click Tools, Startup and in the bottom right of the screen, click the "Save to text file" button to save the Startup information to a text file (name it something like startup.txt so you can find it).Save the startup information to your desktop (or someplace you can find it) open the text file with a text editor, select all the text and paste the contents of the startup list back here for analysis.Uninstall CCleaner later if you don't like it (most people seem to like it for it's other features).Here is what my startup.txt file looks like:If you visit the following site, you can download a good free tool called Boot Log XP and measure and see graphically your startup process.http://www.greatis.com/When you run Boot Log XP, you will need to restart your system so it can measure things. Wait for it to finish and you will get a report that you can see and save.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.Just Uninstall Boot Log XP when you are done.There are also other free tools you can use to analyze and optimize your system startup, but you need to actually measure it to see what is going on and if any adjustments are moving things in the right direction. Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!

What does slow mean to you?I know my system takes exactly 28.03 seconds to boot from power up.You can use some free tools to measure your boot up time, see how long every startup items takes, decide what you might be able to do about it, make some adjustments and measure the startup time again to see if things get better or worse. First you need to know how long it takes right now.By actually measuring and getting some times (down to the tenth of a second), you can eliminate the: it seems faster, it might be faster, it could be faster, I think it is faster kinds of subjective or emotional opinions and reactions. You will know. If you have an actual time that you measured, you will know for sure if any adjustments you make are helping or not by comparing a before and after boot time. You will not waste time guessing or trying things.Before starting on that, try to be sure your system is reasonable free of malicious software by doing the following:Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs:Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/They can be uninstalled later if desired.Then 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.Since most systems seem to have many startup items that are not needed, perhaps you can eliminate some startup items. On my system, I have zero startup items, zero non Microsoft Services starting and I have disabled many non essential Microsoft Services. That may not be practical for everybody, but the chances are pretty good that most systems have some things starting that do not need to be starting, and some of them take a long time to start.Then tell us what all your startup items are and we can help you look at them to see if there are some that you can might not need.Here is one way to provide a list of your startup items:Download and install CCleaner from here:http://www.piriform.com/ccleanerLaunch CCleaner and click Tools, Startup and in the bottom right of the screen, click the "Save to text file" button to save the Startup information to a text file (name it something like startup.txt so you can find it).Save the startup information to your desktop (or someplace you can find it) open the text file with a text editor, select all the text and paste the contents of the startup list back here for analysis.Uninstall CCleaner later if you don't like it (most people seem to like it for it's other features).Here is what my startup.txt file looks like:That's right - empty... but you may have a few things, but most folks have more things than they need. I run lean!If you visit the following site, you can download a good free tool called Boot Log XP and measure and see graphically your startup process.http://www.greatis.com/When you run Boot Log XP, you will need to restart your system so it can measure things. Wait for it to finish and you will get a report that you can see and save.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.Just Uninstall Boot Log XP when you are done.There are also other free tools you can use to analyze and optimize your system startup, but you need to actually measure it to see what is going on and if any adjustments are moving things in the right direction. Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!