slow windows load, driving me mad

[kevork aghazarian]

it takes about 2minutes everytime i load windows for my
recycle bun icon to appear, during which i am unable to
access anything, after 2minutes everything responds, i
troubleshooted, and it wasnt my anti-virus software, i
think it might be some services, but i do not know which
ones, i am running winxp pro 512mb ram pc-333 2.0ghz amd
athlon xp

[Gerry Cornell]

Slow start! For delays before the icons appear on the Desktop use the =
Bootvis.exe tool -the download on the link page which follows:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.asp

Otherwise I would look in Event Viewer at the logged errors.

1. To open Event Viewer, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click =
Administrative Tools, double-click Event Viewer and select System for =
system errors or Application for application errors. Look for Error in =
the Type column and double click on Error to reveal a Description of the =
error. This can be copied by using Clipboard Viewer (see later).
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2. Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you =
should double click for further information and you can copy using copy =
and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

3. For some errors you will find "+ Related Knowledge Base Article", =
which if double clicked takes you to the Knowledge Base Article =
containing a suggested solution.

There always seems to be a step 2 but not always a step 3.=20

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports (Step 1). Run Event Viewer and =
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window which appears =
is a button resembling two pages. Double click the button and close =
Event Viewer. Now start your message ( email )and do a paste into the =
body of the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer =
Error Report complete with links into the message. Make sure this is the =
first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. It can be helpful to place =
a shortcut to Event Viewer on your Desktop.

Download Adaware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and =
use it to remove parasites.

How good is your housekeeping?

1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder.

2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst OFFLINE.

3. Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
Cleanup.

4. Run Disk Defragmenter.=20

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"kevork aghazarian" > wrote in message =
...
> it takes about 2minutes everytime i load windows for my=20
> recycle bun icon to appear, during which i am unable to=20
> access anything, after 2minutes everything responds, i=20
> troubleshooted, and it wasnt my anti-virus software, i=20
> think it might be some services, but i do not know which=20
> ones, i am running winxp pro 512mb ram pc-333 2.0ghz amd=20
> athlon xp