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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / May 2007desk top icons last to load
since yesterday when i turn on my computer, my desk top icons are the last to load. when before they were the first to load. can ayone help. Hi Angel. Try System Restore, and if that doesn't fix the problem, try running a full-system antivirus scan. Good luck, and let us know if its fixed. Take care, jamie ;-) > since yesterday when i turn on my computer, my desk top icons are the last to > load. when before they were the first to load. can ayone help. Thanks for repling to my question. I have done a full virus scan, and nothing has shown up. I've also done a restore and still the same thing. I think I might have to do a complete recovery.Unless you have any ideas. > Hi Angel. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > since yesterday when i turn on my computer, my desk top icons are the last to > > load. when before they were the first to load. can ayone help. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx Try this it is the Windows XP improve startup fixes Paul > Thanks for repling to my question. I have done a full virus scan, and nothing > has shown up. I've also done a restore and still the same thing. I think I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > since yesterday when i turn on my computer, my desk top icons are the last to > > > load. when before they were the first to load. can ayone help. Thanks for your reply Paul, but nothing has changed. My computer is just over a year old. I defragment it and once a week. Am using a registry cleaner called system mechanic, and I think that may be causing the problems, but a lot of people I have spoken to swear by it. Do you think registry cleaners should be used? > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > since yesterday when i turn on my computer, my desk top icons are the last to > > > > load. when before they were the first to load. can ayone help. >Thanks for your reply Paul, but nothing has changed. My computer is just over >a year old. I defragment it and once a week. Almost certainly way overkill. Hardly anyone's computer needs to be defragmented anywhere near that often. > Am using a registry cleaner >called system mechanic, and I think that may be causing the problems, but a >lot of people I have spoken to swear by it. Do you think registry cleaners >should be used? I'm not Paul, but I'll throw my two cents in. All such programs should be avoided like the plague. What it calls "registry errors" are not really errors, but probably just orphaned, unused entries. I strongly recommend *against* the routine use of registry cleaners. Routine cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may have. >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> > > > since yesterday when i turn on my computer, my desk top icons are the last to >> > > > load. when before they were the first to load. can ayone help. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup Thank you Ken for your reply, so your saying not to use registry cleaners at all, or not so often, also how often so I need to defragment. > >Thanks for your reply Paul, but nothing has changed. My computer is just over > >a year old. I defragment it and once a week. [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >Thank you Ken for your reply You're welcome. Glad to help.. > so your saying not to use registry cleaners at >all, or not so often, Not at all. Never. > also how often so I need to defragment. There's no answer that's right for everyone. It depends on how you use your computer and it depends on how much you use your computer. You should defragment your drive when doing so results in a speed up. Here's what I recommend. Pick some arbitrary interval--for example once a month. Defragment on that interval a few times, and assess whether the computer generally feels faster after doing so. If the answer is yes, defrag more frequently. If the answer is no, defrag less frequently. Repeat a few times, and you'll soon settle into a frequency that works well for you. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup Thanks for you reply Ken, I'll take your advice. > >Thank you Ken for your reply > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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