slow start up with xp

[TOny]

I just got a Dell and it is a slow start up, the blue
windows screen appears and the the desktop, in about 30
seconds, the start up sound for windows goes. Then it
sits there for about 3 minutes and then the sys tray
starts opening. The things in the sys tray are Norton
Anti-virus and the dell alert. After the sys tray opens,
I can use the computer as noramal. Every once in a while
IE will lock up. any help is appreciated. thanks

[Sean]

Download BOOTVIS to check what services are running that could be causing the slow boot times. One major issue to look into is your Hard Drive settings in the BIOS. I am using an SATA 150 drive that is on IDE Primary 3; so to improve performance I had to
go into Device Manager-->IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers; Right Click on the Primary and Secondary IDE Channel, select Properties, select the Advanced Settings tab and look at the Current Transfer Mode text box for each device listed. If the Current Transfer M
ode says "Not Applicable", then set the Device Type to "None" which will prevent XP from searching these channels upon boot.
Also check the Prefetcher - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters and set EnablePrefetcher = 3.

[Gerry Cornell]

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D310560

HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D316434


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"TOny" > wrote in message =
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> I just got a Dell and it is a slow start up, the blue=20
> windows screen appears and the the desktop, in about 30=20
> seconds, the start up sound for windows goes. Then it=20
> sits there for about 3 minutes and then the sys tray=20
> starts opening. The things in the sys tray are Norton=20
> Anti-virus and the dell alert. After the sys tray opens,=20
> I can use the computer as noramal. Every once in a while=20
> IE will lock up. any help is appreciated. thanks