jayloveroni
December 5th 03, 01:54 AM
try bootvis.exe from microsoft
jjs
>-----Original Message-----
>
>I downloaded a whole mess of XP "hot fixes" from the MS
>site, and now my computer's startup is slower than
>molasas. The whole process takes nearly 3 minutes from
>pushing the button or hitting restart to being able to
>actually open a program or whatever. A good minute and a
>half of that time is just sitting and watching my
>desktop - all the icons and the wallpaper and everything
>else is there, but if I try and open a program, no luck.
>Finally, the icons wipe down, and I hear the hard drive
>buzz - then I can get to work.
>
>Anyone know why this happens? My startup was fairly
>smooth before I downloaded and added these hot fixes.
>.
>
jjs
>-----Original Message-----
>
>I downloaded a whole mess of XP "hot fixes" from the MS
>site, and now my computer's startup is slower than
>molasas. The whole process takes nearly 3 minutes from
>pushing the button or hitting restart to being able to
>actually open a program or whatever. A good minute and a
>half of that time is just sitting and watching my
>desktop - all the icons and the wallpaper and everything
>else is there, but if I try and open a program, no luck.
>Finally, the icons wipe down, and I hear the hard drive
>buzz - then I can get to work.
>
>Anyone know why this happens? My startup was fairly
>smooth before I downloaded and added these hot fixes.
>.
>