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Old September 20th 05, 07:07 AM
Sitara Lal
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Default Excruciatingly slow startup after SP2

I have noticed that on both my computers (Dell desktop with XP Home and IBM
Laptop with XP Pro), the start-up process has slowed remarkably after SP2
was installed. On my laptop, it now takes almost 4 minutes from the time the
login password is entered until the startup process is completed!

Is this normal with SP2 and how can the process be accelerated?


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Old September 20th 05, 08:13 AM
George Hester
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Here is one suggestion see if this helps. I did hear of this issue with SP2
installed although that was an issue with long logon times when logging into
Windows XP SP2 with a Domain account. Not sure if that is the case he

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;832161

But try setting your Event Viewer so that Events are overwritten as
necssaary. For each of the type of events you right-click and choose
Properties. Then you will see the options. To get to the Event Viewer
easily go to the Control Panel | Choose Classic View | Administrator Tools |
Event Viewer.

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"Sitara Lal" wrote in message
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I have noticed that on both my computers (Dell desktop with XP Home and

IBM
Laptop with XP Pro), the start-up process has slowed remarkably after SP2
was installed. On my laptop, it now takes almost 4 minutes from the time

the
login password is entered until the startup process is completed!

Is this normal with SP2 and how can the process be accelerated?



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Old September 20th 05, 05:29 PM
Andre De Clercq
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I have exactly the same slow startup problem. It takes over 4 minutes before
my PC is fully operational. Nobody seems to know how this can be solved...

"George Hester" wrote in message
...
Here is one suggestion see if this helps. I did hear of this issue with
SP2
installed although that was an issue with long logon times when logging
into
Windows XP SP2 with a Domain account. Not sure if that is the case he

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;832161

But try setting your Event Viewer so that Events are overwritten as
necssaary. For each of the type of events you right-click and choose
Properties. Then you will see the options. To get to the Event Viewer
easily go to the Control Panel | Choose Classic View | Administrator Tools
|
Event Viewer.

--
George Hester
_________________________________
"Sitara Lal" wrote in message
...
I have noticed that on both my computers (Dell desktop with XP Home and

IBM
Laptop with XP Pro), the start-up process has slowed remarkably after SP2
was installed. On my laptop, it now takes almost 4 minutes from the time

the
login password is entered until the startup process is completed!

Is this normal with SP2 and how can the process be accelerated?





 




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