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When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen
minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale |
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Could be you have your antivirus set to run a full scan at startup. Could be a
few other things. Try using MSCONFIG (from the Start\Run box) to trouble-shoot. 1. First, physically disconnect your system from the internet. 2. Run MSCONFIG 3. Look to see if "Normal" startup is currently selected. If not, look on the various tabs for items that have been de-selected. Write these down, in detail. 4. If not already selected, choose Selective Startup. 5. Uncheck all *except* the Win.ini and System.ini items. 6. Click OK, reboot when prompted. How is it now? Assuming the restart goes smoothly and quickly, repeat the running of MSCONFIG, re-enabling all except Startup tab items. Test. Next, you can either re-enable items one by one in the Startup tab, or do what I do--re-enable things by halves. Re-enable one half of the items in the Startup tab. Test. If the problem return, you know which items include the culprit. Based upon that, re-enable all except one half of the group you know includes the culprit. By keeping track and being methodical (don't use a scattered approach, disable things in blocks) you can quickly narrow down a large list. Report back here with results. However, if the problem persists even after disabling the entire Startup queue, then you have some *real* problem(s). If that is the case, in MSCONFIG, Advanced button, choose Enable Startup Menu. After restarting, you'll get a Startup Menu, one choice being "Logged (Bootlog.txt)". Once a bootlog has been created (it will be C:\Bootlog.txt) then use BootLog Analyzer (BLA) to find the delays. Post *only* the list of delays here for help. http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/files/bla.zip You may also simply have some real scummy crapware (adware, spyware, virus) involved. There are numerous posts to this newsgroup every day explaining what to do about those. I myself post a fairly long canned diatribe a few times a week, s. Try looking through some recent answers for suggestions. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "Dale" wrote in message ... When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale |
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Thanks for the help Gary. I will let you know how it
worked. Dale -----Original Message----- Could be you have your antivirus set to run a full scan at startup. Could be a few other things. Try using MSCONFIG (from the Start\Run box) to trouble-shoot. 1. First, physically disconnect your system from the internet. 2. Run MSCONFIG 3. Look to see if "Normal" startup is currently selected. If not, look on the various tabs for items that have been de-selected. Write these down, in detail. 4. If not already selected, choose Selective Startup. 5. Uncheck all *except* the Win.ini and System.ini items. 6. Click OK, reboot when prompted. How is it now? Assuming the restart goes smoothly and quickly, repeat the running of MSCONFIG, re-enabling all except Startup tab items. Test. Next, you can either re-enable items one by one in the Startup tab, or do what I do--re-enable things by halves. Re-enable one half of the items in the Startup tab. Test. If the problem return, you know which items include the culprit. Based upon that, re-enable all except one half of the group you know includes the culprit. By keeping track and being methodical (don't use a scattered approach, disable things in blocks) you can quickly narrow down a large list. Report back here with results. However, if the problem persists even after disabling the entire Startup queue, then you have some *real* problem(s). If that is the case, in MSCONFIG, Advanced button, choose Enable Startup Menu. After restarting, you'll get a Startup Menu, one choice being "Logged (Bootlog.txt)". Once a bootlog has been created (it will be C:\Bootlog.txt) then use BootLog Analyzer (BLA) to find the delays. Post *only* the list of delays here for help. http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/files/bla.zip You may also simply have some real scummy crapware (adware, spyware, virus) involved. There are numerous posts to this newsgroup every day explaining what to do about those. I myself post a fairly long canned diatribe a few times a week, s. Try looking through some recent answers for suggestions. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "Dale" wrote in message ... When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale . |
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You could have the BIOS set up to look for a non-existent
drive (hard drive or CD/DVD drive), which it takes a long time to find out that there is no drive on a particulat IDE channel, so make sure that only IDE channels that have drives installed on them are enabled in the BIOS. Four drives can be installed, if you only have a hard drive and a CD/DVD drive, make sure that the two other IDE channels are disabled in the BIOS. See this page if you don't know anything about the BIOS: http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/BIOS.htm Eric, http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale . |
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Thanks Eric, I appreciate your help.
-----Original Message----- You could have the BIOS set up to look for a non-existent drive (hard drive or CD/DVD drive), which it takes a long time to find out that there is no drive on a particulat IDE channel, so make sure that only IDE channels that have drives installed on them are enabled in the BIOS. Four drives can be installed, if you only have a hard drive and a CD/DVD drive, make sure that the two other IDE channels are disabled in the BIOS. See this page if you don't know anything about the BIOS: http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/BIOS.htm Eric, http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale . . |
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"Dale" wrote:
When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale Next time you reboot the computer press the Ctrl key just as soon as it starts to reboot (when the first BIOS information or manufacturer's logo shows on the screen) and hold it down until the Windows Startup Menu appears. Select the "logged - bootlog.txt" option from the menu When it has finished booting up go to http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/ and get the free Bootlog Analyzer program and run it to check out the log file you just created. Select the "show delays" option in the program to only display those items that took an excessive amount of time. That should show you where the computer is being delayed during the startup. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Dead link? If not something I have is blocking it for one reason or =
another. --=20 Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message = ... Could be you have your antivirus set to run a full scan at startup. = Could be a few other things. Try using MSCONFIG (from the Start\Run box) to = trouble-shoot. =20 1. First, physically disconnect your system from the internet. 2. Run MSCONFIG 3. Look to see if "Normal" startup is currently selected. If not, look = on the various tabs for items that have been de-selected. Write these down, = in detail. 4. If not already selected, choose Selective Startup. 5. Uncheck all *except* the Win.ini and System.ini items. 6. Click OK, reboot when prompted. =20 How is it now? Assuming the restart goes smoothly and quickly, repeat = the running of MSCONFIG, re-enabling all except Startup tab items. Test. = Next, you can either re-enable items one by one in the Startup tab, or do what I do--re-enable things by halves. =20 Re-enable one half of the items in the Startup tab. Test. If the = problem return, you know which items include the culprit. Based upon that, re-enable = all except one half of the group you know includes the culprit. By keeping track = and being methodical (don't use a scattered approach, disable things in blocks) = you can quickly narrow down a large list. =20 Report back here with results. However, if the problem persists even = after disabling the entire Startup queue, then you have some *real* = problem(s). If that is the case, in MSCONFIG, Advanced button, choose Enable Startup = Menu. After restarting, you'll get a Startup Menu, one choice being "Logged (Bootlog.txt)". Once a bootlog has been created (it will be = C:\Bootlog.txt) then use BootLog Analyzer (BLA) to find the delays. Post *only* the list of = delays here for help. http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/files/bla.zip =20 You may also simply have some real scummy crapware (adware, spyware, = virus) involved. There are numerous posts to this newsgroup every day = explaining what to do about those. I myself post a fairly long canned diatribe a few = times a week, s. Try looking through some recent answers for suggestions. =20 --=20 Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x =20 "Dale" wrote in message ... When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale |
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Dead link? If not something I have is blocking it for one reason or =
another. --=20 Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. "Ron Martell" wrote in message = ... "Dale" wrote: =20 When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen=20 minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process=20 something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale =20 Next time you reboot the computer press the Ctrl key just as soon as it starts to reboot (when the first BIOS information or manufacturer's logo shows on the screen) and hold it down until the Windows Startup Menu appears. =20 Select the "logged - bootlog.txt" option from the menu =20 When it has finished booting up go to http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/ and get the free Bootlog Analyzer program and run it to check out the log file you just created. Select the "show delays" option in the program to only display those items that took an excessive amount of time. That should show you where the computer is being delayed during the startup. =20 Good luck =20 =20 Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada --=20 Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca =20 "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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This any different than a cold boot?
"Dale" wrote in message ... When rebooting my computer it takes like ten to fifteen minutes to finish; and it seems to continuously process something. What could cause this. Thanks for your help. Dale |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:34:52 -0500, "Brian A."
GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote: Dead link? If not something I have is blocking it for one reason or = another. Didn't work for me either... using Firefox or IE. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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