Slow boot up on a 6 month old hd?

Hi I'm running a Dell Dimension 8200 that I bought in 2001. About the
beginning of this year our hard drive gave us some problems, so we got rid of
it and got a new one, a Western Digital 80gb. We installed the usual stuff on
it, a lot of it being anti-problamatic programs (eg norton,zonealarm). Now,
about 3 months ago we noticed that it started up pretty slowly.

After the "windows is loading" screen, theres a blinking type cursor and it
used to be there for around 5 seconds, but now it's 20. Also, after you log
in, it might load the taskbar and startmenu and background, but it waits 10
seconds before it keeps going. This 'waiting issue also happens in other
places like shutdowns.

I'm positive it's not a virus or spyware, I try to take extremely good care
of it and run scans every now and then. Defraging doesn't help a lot.

Any one got ideas?
Thanks
Anthony

Magic word - Norton!

Try disabling Norton for a while (offline) and see if that cures the
problems.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Anthony" wrote in message
...
Hi I'm running a Dell Dimension 8200 that I bought in 2001. About the
beginning of this year our hard drive gave us some problems, so we got rid
of
it and got a new one, a Western Digital 80gb. We installed the usual stuff
on
it, a lot of it being anti-problamatic programs (eg norton,zonealarm).
Now,
about 3 months ago we noticed that it started up pretty slowly.

After the "windows is loading" screen, theres a blinking type cursor and
it
used to be there for around 5 seconds, but now it's 20. Also, after you
log
in, it might load the taskbar and startmenu and background, but it waits
10
seconds before it keeps going. This 'waiting issue also happens in other
places like shutdowns.

I'm positive it's not a virus or spyware, I try to take extremely good
care
of it and run scans every now and then. Defraging doesn't help a lot.

Any one got ideas?
Thanks
Anthony

Nope didn't work, still as slow

I'm not sure what you mean by 'disabling'- disable auto-protect, disable it
from startup, I'm not sure.

If you want me to disable it from starting up at all I'm not sure what to
do, or which programs to choose in MSCONFIG

Thanks
Anthony

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Magic word - Norton!

Try disabling Norton for a while (offline) and see if that cures the
problems.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"Anthony" wrote in message
...
Hi I'm running a Dell Dimension 8200 that I bought in 2001. About the
beginning of this year our hard drive gave us some problems, so we got rid
of
it and got a new one, a Western Digital 80gb. We installed the usual stuff
on
it, a lot of it being anti-problamatic programs (eg norton,zonealarm).
Now,
about 3 months ago we noticed that it started up pretty slowly.

After the "windows is loading" screen, theres a blinking type cursor and
it
used to be there for around 5 seconds, but now it's 20. Also, after you
log
in, it might load the taskbar and startmenu and background, but it waits
10
seconds before it keeps going. This 'waiting issue also happens in other
places like shutdowns.

I'm positive it's not a virus or spyware, I try to take extremely good
care
of it and run scans every now and then. Defraging doesn't help a lot.

Any one got ideas?
Thanks
Anthony

My preference would be to uninstall it completely! - but I appreciate that
you may not feel the same way

try creating a bootlog (pick Option 2 from the Startup Menu) - and have a
look there for anything that shows as 'failed' or is slow. Unfortunately, my
favourite tool for inspecting bootlogs is no longer available, seemingly -
but if you want me to have a look, then email the entire file to me
(C:\Bootlog.TXT)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"Anthony" wrote in message
...
Nope didn't work, still as slow

I'm not sure what you mean by 'disabling'- disable auto-protect, disable
it
from startup, I'm not sure.

If you want me to disable it from starting up at all I'm not sure what to
do, or which programs to choose in MSCONFIG

Thanks
Anthony

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Magic word - Norton!

Try disabling Norton for a while (offline) and see if that cures the
problems.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Anthony" wrote in message
...
Hi I'm running a Dell Dimension 8200 that I bought in 2001. About the
beginning of this year our hard drive gave us some problems, so we got
rid
of
it and got a new one, a Western Digital 80gb. We installed the usual
stuff
on
it, a lot of it being anti-problamatic programs (eg norton,zonealarm).
Now,
about 3 months ago we noticed that it started up pretty slowly.

After the "windows is loading" screen, theres a blinking type cursor
and
it
used to be there for around 5 seconds, but now it's 20. Also, after you
log
in, it might load the taskbar and startmenu and background, but it
waits
10
seconds before it keeps going. This 'waiting issue also happens in
other
places like shutdowns.

I'm positive it's not a virus or spyware, I try to take extremely good
care
of it and run scans every now and then. Defraging doesn't help a lot.

Any one got ideas?
Thanks
Anthony

Noel, if you are you looking for Boot Log Analyzer, you can still get it
at:-
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

HTH

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
My preference would be to uninstall it completely! - but I appreciate that
you may not feel the same way

try creating a bootlog (pick Option 2 from the Startup Menu) - and have a
look there for anything that shows as 'failed' or is slow. Unfortunately,
my favourite tool for inspecting bootlogs is no longer available,
seemingly - but if you want me to have a look, then email the entire file
to me (C:\Bootlog.TXT)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"Anthony" wrote in message
...
Nope didn't work, still as slow

I'm not sure what you mean by 'disabling'- disable auto-protect, disable
it
from startup, I'm not sure.

If you want me to disable it from starting up at all I'm not sure what to
do, or which programs to choose in MSCONFIG

Thanks
Anthony

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Magic word - Norton!

Try disabling Norton for a while (offline) and see if that cures the
problems.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Anthony" wrote in message
...
Hi I'm running a Dell Dimension 8200 that I bought in 2001. About the
beginning of this year our hard drive gave us some problems, so we got
rid
of
it and got a new one, a Western Digital 80gb. We installed the usual
stuff
on
it, a lot of it being anti-problamatic programs (eg norton,zonealarm).
Now,
about 3 months ago we noticed that it started up pretty slowly.

After the "windows is loading" screen, theres a blinking type cursor
and
it
used to be there for around 5 seconds, but now it's 20. Also, after
you
log
in, it might load the taskbar and startmenu and background, but it
waits
10
seconds before it keeps going. This 'waiting issue also happens in
other
places like shutdowns.

I'm positive it's not a virus or spyware, I try to take extremely good
care
of it and run scans every now and then. Defraging doesn't help a lot.

Any one got ideas?
Thanks
Anthony

Ahah! - thanks, Mart!

The original program appears to have been sold, and is now part of a
commercial suite - so I'm not sure of the provenance of this download,
although it appears to be the correct file (at least at the moment!)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
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"Mart" wrote in message
...
Noel, if you are you looking for Boot Log Analyzer, you can still get it
at:-
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

HTH

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
My preference would be to uninstall it completely! - but I appreciate
that you may not feel the same way

try creating a bootlog (pick Option 2 from the Startup Menu) - and have a
look there for anything that shows as 'failed' or is slow. Unfortunately,
my favourite tool for inspecting bootlogs is no longer available,
seemingly - but if you want me to have a look, then email the entire file
to me (C:\Bootlog.TXT)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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Yes, it is exactly the same as the 'original?' freeware version which used
to be at:
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Ahah! - thanks, Mart!

The original program appears to have been sold, and is now part of a
commercial suite - so I'm not sure of the provenance of this download,
although it appears to be the correct file (at least at the moment!)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Noel, if you are you looking for Boot Log Analyzer, you can still get it
at:-
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

HTH

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
My preference would be to uninstall it completely! - but I appreciate
that you may not feel the same way

try creating a bootlog (pick Option 2 from the Startup Menu) - and have
a look there for anything that shows as 'failed' or is slow.
Unfortunately, my favourite tool for inspecting bootlogs is no longer
available, seemingly - but if you want me to have a look, then email the
entire file to me (C:\Bootlog.TXT)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's