Kim
December 11th 03, 11:42 PM
Mike,
The sites you suggested are very useful. Thanks for your
help.
Kim
>-----Original Message-----
>There are many ways to improve your boot time in windows
>XP. First of all, there are many services you can
disable
>which are set to start automatically by default. You
can
>find a very good guide here:
http://www.blackviper.com/.
>Be sure to look on the left for the XP section as he has
a
>section for 2K as well.
>
>In MSCONFIG, open up the tab that shows ALL those little
>executables starting up and slowing down your boot and
>open up a browser and point it here:
>http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HT
M
>
>When you see one that you think may be unnecessary,
search
>for it on this page. 9/10 times you'll find it and you
>can click on it and see if it is necessary. I have been
>using this site for quite a while and it has NEVER
steered
>me wrong.
>
>Follow these two cleanings by downloading bootvis from
>Microsoft at
>http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/
fa
>stboot/bootvis.mspx . It is very simple to use and is a
>utility designed to make some small changes to your
system
>to help it boot up and shut down more quickly.
>
>I did all these things and definitely saw an
improvement,
>but the as far as shut down time goes, the 2 things that
>made the biggest difference for me were setting the
system
>to NOT clear the pagefile at shutdown and using the
>classic login/logout screens and NOT the fancy welcome
and
>goodbye graphics that seem to bring systems to a halt.
>Also, you can disable the startup and shutdown sounds.
>
>Hope some of this helps.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>It seems my windows xp take a much longer time to get
my
>>pc ready for me to use. I have try to run the msconfig
>>but I am not sure which program can be disabled. I am
>>worry xp cannot boot up normally next time.
>>
>>Can someone help me?
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>
>>Kim
>>.
>>
>.
>
The sites you suggested are very useful. Thanks for your
help.
Kim
>-----Original Message-----
>There are many ways to improve your boot time in windows
>XP. First of all, there are many services you can
disable
>which are set to start automatically by default. You
can
>find a very good guide here:
http://www.blackviper.com/.
>Be sure to look on the left for the XP section as he has
a
>section for 2K as well.
>
>In MSCONFIG, open up the tab that shows ALL those little
>executables starting up and slowing down your boot and
>open up a browser and point it here:
>http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HT
M
>
>When you see one that you think may be unnecessary,
search
>for it on this page. 9/10 times you'll find it and you
>can click on it and see if it is necessary. I have been
>using this site for quite a while and it has NEVER
steered
>me wrong.
>
>Follow these two cleanings by downloading bootvis from
>Microsoft at
>http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/
fa
>stboot/bootvis.mspx . It is very simple to use and is a
>utility designed to make some small changes to your
system
>to help it boot up and shut down more quickly.
>
>I did all these things and definitely saw an
improvement,
>but the as far as shut down time goes, the 2 things that
>made the biggest difference for me were setting the
system
>to NOT clear the pagefile at shutdown and using the
>classic login/logout screens and NOT the fancy welcome
and
>goodbye graphics that seem to bring systems to a halt.
>Also, you can disable the startup and shutdown sounds.
>
>Hope some of this helps.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>It seems my windows xp take a much longer time to get
my
>>pc ready for me to use. I have try to run the msconfig
>>but I am not sure which program can be disabled. I am
>>worry xp cannot boot up normally next time.
>>
>>Can someone help me?
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>
>>Kim
>>.
>>
>.
>