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With all the details given so far, I can say you might need a more powerful processor, more system memory, a better video device and a faster hard drive. You might also benefit from an antivirus scan, antimalware scan, disk defragmentation and CHKDSK. Your drivers may also be out of date and could use updating. You also might have too many programs starting up or at least ones that use up more resources than your system has available. It could even be the result of some bad piece of hardware. Your BIOS manufacturer may have an update that addresses this issue. Now - if you want to provide a little more detail about your system, about your problem, about your setup and about what you have done and when you started noticing the system - perhaps we could get a little more in-depth into your specific issue(s). ;-)-- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP --How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Hi,eddie gabIf i understood you correctly, its taking long time for your system to boot or load.This happens,When you have more items in your startup?When you have less physical memory(RAM)?When you have large data on your system?When there is a virus in your system? Have you performed clean boot?Have you ever performed Disk Defragmentation?Have you performed CHKDSK? Step 1:Goto Run--type msconfigIn System Configuration Window under General Tab Select "Selective startup" under that uncheck Load startup items.Click Apply and OK. It will ask for restart. Go ahead and restart your computer.Windows Services ChangesOnce the computer is rebooted, click on Start, Run and type MSCONFIG and press Enter again. This will reopen the System Configuration Utility. Click on theServices tab, then click on the option at the bottom called "Hide All Microsoft Services" to see what unnecessary Windows services are running that can be removed. Generally speaking, you want services related to your video/sound cards and antivirus or firewall programs left running. Other services may not be essential and can be removed. Remember to only remove unessential services or you risk experiencing boot problems. Use Google to search for information on unfamiliar services. Another good resource isBlack Viper's Strange Services page.Step 2:You can do disk defragmentation. This will help in increasing your system performance. To know how do this please click on the below link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314848Also you can change the registry key which will automatically defrag your system files at every startup. This will help in fast booting.Please follow these steps: (NOTE: Before doing this please take a backup of your registry)Automatically defrag system filesTo defrag the system files automatically at every boot (to optimize you system), change the valueEnable to Y in the following registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunctionStep 3:You can also do CHkDSk. This will identifies and fix the errors on your hard disk. To know how to do this please click on the below link:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265Step 4:Clean you temp files and prefetch files. To do this:Run--type Temp------ and delete all the files in that folder.Run---type %Temp%----and delete all the files in that folder.Run---type Prefetch---and deleteStep 5:Changing settings in BIOS1) You must start with the computer completely off, not in sleep or hibernation mode. Then turn the computer on.2) Enter the system BIOS screen by the manufacturers suggestion. Depending on the computer, this may involve pressing the DEL key, pressing F1, Pressing F10, holding down CTRL-ALT-S, or a variety of other keystrokes to get to the BIOS screen. For a more complete list of keystrokes to enter the BIOS screen, visit Michael Steven's page on the subject.3) Once in the BIOS setup, look for a BOOT menu and select it with your keyboard arrow keys, Tab, and Enter.4) In most modern BIOS screens, you'll find an option for Quick Boot. Enable this to skip memory tests and other minor Power On Self Tests (POST).(5)Choose the option to Exit and Save Changes (F10) and the computer will reboot.Step 6:Hardware Changes to Increase Boot Time(i) Apart from these Increase your RAM(ii) Replacing your Hard Drive with a Faster RPM DriveIf you have a slower hard drive such as a 5400 RPM or slower, you may want to consider upgrading to a faster 7200 RPM hard drive. The difference in RPM speed will generally be quite noticeable.Step 7:Reduce the Number of Fonts installedEvery font that is installed in Windows has to load when Windows starts. The more fonts you have installed, the slower Windows loads. Although you can safely have around 1000 fonts loaded in Windows, I like to keep my font list closer to 300-500 or fewer if possible. There are certain fonts that are definitely required by Windows, so be careful in removing any fonts from your computer unless you know they are not needed. Fonts such as Verdana,Arial,Trebuchet, Tahoma, Tahoma, Times New Roman, MS Sans Serif, and Courier New should be left on your system. Follow the directions below to remove extra fonts from Windows XP.1) Open My Computer 2) Double-click on Drive C3) Click on File, New Folder and title it Fonts Backup4) Double-click on the Windows folder to open it5) Double-click on the Fonts folder 6) Highlight the fonts you wish to remove, click on Edit and choose COPY7) Navigate back to the C:\Fonts Backup folder and PASTE these fonts into your backup folder8) Return to the Fonts Folder and right-click on any fonts you previously copied to the backup folder, then choose Delete.If you accidentally removed a font, simply reverse the procedure by copying and pasting the font back into the Windows\Fonts folder.Step 8:You can make Windows XP boot faster by 5 - 15 seconds (on some machines).To do so do the following:1.Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).2.Locate the following key in the registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters1.Make sure you backup the keys by exporting them to a .reg file.2.On the EnablePrefetcher value, change the setting from 3 to 5 (decimal).3.Close the registry editor.4.Restart your computer.Thanks and RegardsPCS365