Boot delay (SP2 related?)

[Dave G]

Hi Group...

I've recently installed SP2 over XP Home which seemed to go okay.

But... I now seem to have developed a boot delay of about 10 seconds AFTER
the Windows loading screen finishes.

Any thoughts?

And thanks in advance

Basic Hardware is... AthlonXP 2400, 512DDR, 80Gb IDE133

[Plato]

Dave G wrote:
>
> I've recently installed SP2 over XP Home which seemed to go okay.
> But... I now seem to have developed a boot delay of about 10 seconds AFTER
> the Windows loading screen finishes.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/189.htm#2

[dave g]

I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to see what
Plato wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general and:

> Dave G wrote:
>>
>> I've recently installed SP2 over XP Home which seemed to go okay.
>> But... I now seem to have developed a boot delay of about 10 seconds
>> AFTER the Windows loading screen finishes.
>
> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/189.htm#2
>
>
>

Now that's a useful site...

I'll have a trawl through. Thanks for the prompt response

Dave

[Rock]

Dave G wrote:

> Hi Group...
>
> I've recently installed SP2 over XP Home which seemed to go okay.
>
> But... I now seem to have developed a boot delay of about 10 seconds AFTER
> the Windows loading screen finishes.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> And thanks in advance
>
> Basic Hardware is... AthlonXP 2400, 512DDR, 80Gb IDE133
>

One approach is to do some boring clean boot troubleshooting:

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434