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deteriorated boot up time
What's more or less the normal boot up time for Windows 98
SE. I don't have any startup programs but the bare essentials. My computer used to be faster it is 4 1/2 years old. Is it the age and how can I get it back to previous performance? |
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deteriorated boot up time
johnny wrote:
What's more or less the normal boot up time for Windows 98 SE. I don't have any startup programs but the bare essentials. My computer used to be faster it is 4 1/2 years old. Is it the age and how can I get it back to previous performance? How long it takes depends on the hardware and other factors. In your case, the main clue is that this same computer, with the same Win98 install, used to be much faster. Many people found that they needed to reinstall Windows 95 about every 6 months, and Windows 98 about once a year. This isn't an absolute rule by any stretch of the imagination, and you are correct to ask first about how to clean up the existing system! Furthermore, you've already examined the first step, which is to look at what is launching at startup, though you may have a lot more running than you know. Practical steps: Computers without extraneous items running at startup start slowing for two primary reasons. (1) Various temporary caches are clogged. (2) They have acquired various parasites - spyware, adware, hijackers, etc. - which are eating up machine cycles. Go to my Computer Health page - http://aumha.org/a/health.htm - Start with Step 4, "Taking Out the Trash." Follow the steps there. Then go to my page on screening for and eliminating parasites on your computer - http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm - or, if you wish, first read more about parasites on "The Parsite Fight!" - http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm. Go through the protocol steps in the order given. Then return to the Computer Health page and go through the other health steps. And let me know what works for you, please! If these steps don't make a difference, double-check your startup load by launching MSCONFIG from a Run box, or by checking the lists on http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm - In the unlikely chance that all of the above hasn't given you a more spry and frisky computer, you may be looking at a reinstall of Windows 98 to regain its lost youth. -- Jim Eshelman, MS-MVP Windows http://aumha.org/ AumHa Forums: http://forum.aumha.org/ The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Computer Health: http://aumha.org/a/health.htm Troubleshooting: http://aumha.org/a/tshoot.htm |
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