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bsbm525 - 30 Mar 2006 16:28 GMT

Hi,

I'm using a Windows XP SP2 notebook & when it boots up there is a long delay.
After I get the XP Welcome screen & audible, the Wallpaper background comes
up but no Desktop icons and it sits there for 3 minutes with no hard drive
activity & then it finally boots. It is a new Sony VAIO with a Centrino
processor, 50GB free space, 512RAM. The AV is up to date, no spyware was
detected, disk cleanup has been done and defrag is not needed.

Any suggestions?

Thanks....

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Galen - 30 Mar 2006 19:34 GMT

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

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Kill un-needed startup processes?

Pesky Startup Apps:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/startupapps.html

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PaulFXH - 31 Mar 2006 02:30 GMT

Hi bsbm525
Bootvis may allow you to check out what´s delaying your boot as weel
as permitting a boot optimization.
Download it here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664

I had understood that Bootvis is actually incorporated into WinXP and
runs something like every three days. Nevertheless, I was able to get a
75 second boot down to 45 seconds using Bootvis which shouldn´t happen
if it is truly aleady a part of WinXP.
In any event it won´t hurt to try and may well help a lot.
Paul

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