TSGL: Extremely slow booting

[The Computer Whisperer]

Use Startup Inspector to look at what is really starting up when windows
does and make adjustments

http://www.windowsstartup.com/download.php

open a run dialog from the start menu.... start/run

then type....

 sfc /scannow

This will make sure your system isn't hiccuping on a particular operating
system file.

Justin

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On 15/12/06, Heidi Schröder <HiHalloHeidi at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
>
>
> once again I am trying to solve a problem for my friend - she does know
> absolutely nothing about the technical side of a computer. Her husband
> obviously is not much better but is willing to follow how to work out
> things
> when it is written down clearly.
>
>
>
> Now by chance I came to know that their computer does take roughly 10
> minutes to boot up after being completely switched off and about 5 minutes
> even to wake up from Standby mode (seems that has been this way always or
> for a long time already at least). It is Windows XP for sure, home edition
> is my guess and I hope they are doing all updates as well. I know for sure
> they are using Internet Explorer (probably still 6, as my friend did not
> mention any problems with a new view of Internet Explorer) and they are
> using some Norton Pack with firewall and antivirus software. Lately the
> computer became very slow in general so I have told them to do a general
> clean-up which obviously did work as by now my friend can write her mails
> without the terrible delay she had then. But I have really no idea what
> programme to advise them for to check the start-up folder which was my
> first
> guess for the long delay. I mean, all such programmes I came to know so
> far,
> usually are not really good for you when you do not know quite a bit about
> the programmes you have installed and all that.
>
>
>
> As I can't imagine there can be that much in the start-up folder to slow
> the
> computer down that badly - are there any other problems that can slow the
> computer down at booting that much?
>
>
>
> I know it is the usual difficult bit and I ask for a lot of guessing, but
> please do it - I will not get more information from my friend as she does
> not want to get into the computer stuff more than absolutely
> necessary  and
> her husband will not talk to me, the person who does know all computer
> things better usually.
>
>
>
> Have a nice day
>
> Heidi
>
>
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