Booting slowed down after some hotfix or SP2

[Lalo]

A bit of background.
I have previously installed winxp, then installed sp1 and,
through automatic updates, kept my machine updated. In the
mean time, after some update, when you boot, the pc didn't
respond for 30/45 seconds. I mean, after the taskbar and
the desktop load, if you double click an app or start a
dial-up connection, it do nothing. After those seconds,
all the apps you tried to start work perfectly, and the
system runs smoothly with no performance problems.
I thought it was because I have installed McAfee firewall,
but apparently it wasn't.
After a clean install of windows xp pro sp1, the system
works fine. Then I installed sp2, the problem started
again.
I tried to deactivate win firewall, and even security
center, but it didn't work.
Then run msconfig and choose tu run in diagnostic mode.
The system works fine

Up to now, I'm pretty sure it is some of the hotfixes that
sp2 installs. But don't know which one.

Any clue about this problem???

[r]

Please try some basics ...

Clean Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and other temporary files:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowstempfiles.htm

Check for errors and defragment hard drive:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsharddrive.htm

Clean Windows Startup and hidden Startup:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsstartup.htm

Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
(Links to online virus scans on the same page)

Check Event Viewer (Start - > Settings -> Control Panel - > Administrative
Tools - > Event Viewer) for possible errors.

Good Luck!
---
How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm







"Lalo" wrote:

> A bit of background.
> I have previously installed winxp, then installed sp1 and,
> through automatic updates, kept my machine updated. In the
> mean time, after some update, when you boot, the pc didn't
> respond for 30/45 seconds. I mean, after the taskbar and
> the desktop load, if you double click an app or start a
> dial-up connection, it do nothing. After those seconds,
> all the apps you tried to start work perfectly, and the
> system runs smoothly with no performance problems.
> I thought it was because I have installed McAfee firewall,
> but apparently it wasn't.
> After a clean install of windows xp pro sp1, the system
> works fine. Then I installed sp2, the problem started
> again.
> I tried to deactivate win firewall, and even security
> center, but it didn't work.
> Then run msconfig and choose tu run in diagnostic mode.
> The system works fine
>
> Up to now, I'm pretty sure it is some of the hotfixes that
> sp2 installs. But don't know which one.
>
> Any clue about this problem???
>

I will try them.

Just to add: during the seconds, it showed no disk
activity and CPU was 99% free.


>-----Original Message-----
>Please try some basics ...
>
>Clean Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and other
temporary files:
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowstempfiles.htm
>
>Check for errors and defragment hard drive:
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsharddrive.htm
>
>Clean Windows Startup and hidden Startup:
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsstartup.htm
>
>Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
>(Links to online virus scans on the same page)
>
>Check Event Viewer (Start - > Settings -> Control Panel -
> Administrative
>Tools - > Event Viewer) for possible errors.
>
>Good Luck!
>---
>How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"Lalo" wrote:
>
>> A bit of background.
>> I have previously installed winxp, then installed sp1
and,
>> through automatic updates, kept my machine updated. In
the
>> mean time, after some update, when you boot, the pc
didn't
>> respond for 30/45 seconds. I mean, after the taskbar
and
>> the desktop load, if you double click an app or start a
>> dial-up connection, it do nothing. After those seconds,
>> all the apps you tried to start work perfectly, and the
>> system runs smoothly with no performance problems.
>> I thought it was because I have installed McAfee
firewall,
>> but apparently it wasn't.
>> After a clean install of windows xp pro sp1, the system
>> works fine. Then I installed sp2, the problem started
>> again.
>> I tried to deactivate win firewall, and even security
>> center, but it didn't work.
>> Then run msconfig and choose tu run in diagnostic mode.
>> The system works fine
>>
>> Up to now, I'm pretty sure it is some of the hotfixes
that
>> sp2 installs. But don't know which one.
>>
>> Any clue about this problem???
>>
>.
>

[Lalo]

And as I said before, it was a clean install.
I don't think it should be necesary to clean Inet files,
spyware or virus.
Event viewer doesn't point anything but info.

>-----Original Message-----
>I will try them.
>
>Just to add: during the seconds, it showed no disk
>activity and CPU was 99% free.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Please try some basics ...
>>
>>Clean Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and other
>temporary files:
>>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowstempfiles.ht
m
>>
>>Check for errors and defragment hard drive:
>>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsharddrive.ht
m
>>
>>Clean Windows Startup and hidden Startup:
>>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsstartup.htm
>>
>>Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
>>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
>>(Links to online virus scans on the same page)
>>
>>Check Event Viewer (Start - > Settings -> Control Panel -

>> Administrative
>>Tools - > Event Viewer) for possible errors.
>>
>>Good Luck!
>>---
>>How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
>>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Lalo" wrote:
>>
>>> A bit of background.
>>> I have previously installed winxp, then installed sp1
>and,
>>> through automatic updates, kept my machine updated. In
>the
>>> mean time, after some update, when you boot, the pc
>didn't
>>> respond for 30/45 seconds. I mean, after the taskbar
>and
>>> the desktop load, if you double click an app or start
a
>>> dial-up connection, it do nothing. After those
seconds,
>>> all the apps you tried to start work perfectly, and
the
>>> system runs smoothly with no performance problems.
>>> I thought it was because I have installed McAfee
>firewall,
>>> but apparently it wasn't.
>>> After a clean install of windows xp pro sp1, the
system
>>> works fine. Then I installed sp2, the problem started
>>> again.
>>> I tried to deactivate win firewall, and even security
>>> center, but it didn't work.
>>> Then run msconfig and choose tu run in diagnostic
mode.
>>> The system works fine
>>>
>>> Up to now, I'm pretty sure it is some of the hotfixes
>that
>>> sp2 installs. But don't know which one.
>>>
>>> Any clue about this problem???
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Alex Nichol]

Lalo wrote:

>I have previously installed winxp, then installed sp1 and,
>through automatic updates, kept my machine updated. In the
>mean time, after some update, when you boot, the pc didn't
>respond for 30/45 seconds. I mean, after the taskbar and
>the desktop load, if you double click an app or start a
>dial-up connection,

It may be made worse by some software you have added to run at startup;
a Firewall is quite possible, an AV even more. But Installing SP2
leaves files scattered around and undoes all the optimisations that have
gone on - it accordingly deletes the PreFetch folder, and that has to be
rebuilt. Defrag the system, and then reboot two or three times during
the next week, so that data on boot accumulates in PreFetch along with
that on programs you load, and the every-three day optimisation will
start to improves things pretty soon


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)