startup takes very long

[carlos]

Everytime I start up my computer is taking abnormal ammount of time to booth
, the hard drive goes on for about five minutes or more as if were loading
some program.Please help me to correct.

[Malke]

Carlos wrote:
> Everytime I start up my computer is taking abnormal ammount of time to booth
> , the hard drive goes on for about five minutes or more as if were loading
> some program.Please help me to correct.

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Once you have determined that the computer is clean, if the problem
persists do clean-boot troubleshooting:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796


Malke
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