slow startup

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Your loading up too many programs at startup and
utilizing a lot of your CPU's resources. Do this:
Start/Run/type MSCONFIG and press Enter. Now go to the
Startup tab and uncheck/disable everything except your
anti-virus program, if Norton, it will start with NAV.
Click Apply/OK and reboot. Now you have a "lean, mean
machine" and will boot in about 20 seconds. Disabling
programs does NOT delete them only stops them from
activating. After rebooting a window will pop up stating
that you have reset your startup, just click do not show
this again and your all set.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi All
>
>everything was fine with XP home for about 9 months and
in the last few
>days it is taking 3 minutes to boot up each time.
>
>What happens is, I power up, the hard disc starting
whirring and then on
>screen in the lower left hand corner the cursor justs
flashes for about two
>minutes, after that it disappears and the screen changes
to display the XP
>home logo and the blue bar underneath, from this point
it loads as fast as
>normal and once I log on there no problems.
>
>Its just the two minutes waiting for the logo screen to
appear.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>cheers
>
>Andy
>
>
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