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WinXP Pro ten minutes? bootup
My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes
from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? It's not a matter of life and death but very tedious. Cheers, Ruth. |
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The fact that the unit boots up normally or faster when cold should point to a
heat built up problem. Is this a desktop unit? If so, access the internal compartment and clean out all dust bunnies from the interior. A can of compressed air will do a good job for this task. Run the unit with the cover removed and verify that all fans are operating. In most cases there are two or three fans to check, e.g., CPU, power supply, and optionally case/chassis. If the fan on the CPU is not operating, close down the system immediately and replace the fan...do not operate the unit without this fan operating. wrote in message ... My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? It's not a matter of life and death but very tedious. Cheers, Ruth. |
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Thank you for your prompt reply David.
Yes, it is a desktop unit. As luck would have it, I have just had the video graphics card replaced because the fan had gone on that! At the same time, I requested that the large amount of dust be cleaned out and I feel pretty sure the guy did do just that. Maybe it's another fan? Cheers, Ruth. On Sun, 25 May 2008 05:59:19 -0400, "David Webb" wrote: The fact that the unit boots up normally or faster when cold should point to a heat built up problem. Is this a desktop unit? If so, access the internal compartment and clean out all dust bunnies from the interior. A can of compressed air will do a good job for this task. Run the unit with the cover removed and verify that all fans are operating. In most cases there are two or three fans to check, e.g., CPU, power supply, and optionally case/chassis. If the fan on the CPU is not operating, close down the system immediately and replace the fan...do not operate the unit without this fan operating. wrote in message .. . My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? It's not a matter of life and death but very tedious. Cheers, Ruth. |
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Yes, it would be prudent to check the operation of all fans on your system.
wrote in message ... Thank you for your prompt reply David. Yes, it is a desktop unit. As luck would have it, I have just had the video graphics card replaced because the fan had gone on that! At the same time, I requested that the large amount of dust be cleaned out and I feel pretty sure the guy did do just that. Maybe it's another fan? Cheers, Ruth. On Sun, 25 May 2008 05:59:19 -0400, "David Webb" wrote: The fact that the unit boots up normally or faster when cold should point to a heat built up problem. Is this a desktop unit? If so, access the internal compartment and clean out all dust bunnies from the interior. A can of compressed air will do a good job for this task. Run the unit with the cover removed and verify that all fans are operating. In most cases there are two or three fans to check, e.g., CPU, power supply, and optionally case/chassis. If the fan on the CPU is not operating, close down the system immediately and replace the fan...do not operate the unit without this fan operating. wrote in message . .. My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? It's not a matter of life and death but very tedious. Cheers, Ruth. |
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On Sun, 25 May 2008 08:05:44 -0400, "David Webb"
wrote: Yes, it would be prudent to check the operation of all fans on your system. Thanks again. Cheers, Ruth. wrote in message .. . Thank you for your prompt reply David. Yes, it is a desktop unit. As luck would have it, I have just had the video graphics card replaced because the fan had gone on that! At the same time, I requested that the large amount of dust be cleaned out and I feel pretty sure the guy did do just that. Maybe it's another fan? Cheers, Ruth. On Sun, 25 May 2008 05:59:19 -0400, "David Webb" wrote: The fact that the unit boots up normally or faster when cold should point to a heat built up problem. Is this a desktop unit? If so, access the internal compartment and clean out all dust bunnies from the interior. A can of compressed air will do a good job for this task. Run the unit with the cover removed and verify that all fans are operating. In most cases there are two or three fans to check, e.g., CPU, power supply, and optionally case/chassis. If the fan on the CPU is not operating, close down the system immediately and replace the fan...do not operate the unit without this fan operating. wrote in message ... My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? It's not a matter of life and death but very tedious. Cheers, Ruth. |
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On Mon, 26 May 2008 19:08:39 +1000, wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:15:42 +0700, Kayman wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2008 19:19:02 +1000, wrote: My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? Could be a number of things. What AV/A-S apps do you use? Do you update definitions prior scanning and how frequently do you scan? Have you (thoroughly) cleaned and defragged the HDD lately? Do you know which programs are running in the back ground and at start-up? Do you use a 3rd party firewall? Have you reviewed all other 3rd party software installed to your machine? Ever considered removing 'clutter'? There is quality software freely available doing all the above :-) Hopefully I'm right in guessing you mean my antivirus and spyware apps! Yes, AV=Anti Virus, A-S=AntiSpy application(s) I'm using Zone Alarm Just to confirm, you're using ZA AV (did you pay for this apps?). and only Lavasoft. Yes, frequently clean and defrag HHH. CCleaner is very effective cleaning the Hard Hrive Disk (HDD) http://www.ccleaner.com/ Yes, I know what's in my startup and have pruned those. Good! BTW,A good tool to use is: AutoRuns for Windows http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx Don't use Windows firewall and use the Medium zone of firewall using Zone Alarm. Unfortunate choice I don't really know about the programmes running in the background, suspect nothing of great moment. Process Explorer can assist http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx Am quite good at removing clutter! Glad to hear I come back to the point, that I get an excellent response booting up when it's the first boot of the day and after that it all goes downhill. It goes downhill *during* computer usage (surfing etc.)? If so, what are the symptoms? Or, do you have the 'downhill' experience only during logoff *and* logon? If there was a major problem with all the items you listed, this then would not be the case, would it? Well, I can't say for sure if you systam is free from any malware infestation. Here is what I suggest you to do. De-activate (disable) ZA firewall and activate (enable) the in-build application (Windows firewall). Dowload/install: 1.CCleaner - Free Cleans temporary internet files, cookies, history, recent urls, application MRUs, etc. ... http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender". 2.SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html After SAS is updated, it is suggested scanning the system in Safe Mode. How do you boot to Safe Mode? By pressing/tabbing F8 (or F5 on some keyboards) during re-boot. Alternatively: click onto Start==Run, type "msconfig" (without quotation marks), click OK. Then click onto BOOT.INI tab and 'check' /SAFEBOOT then OK and click Restart. To go back to Normal Mode, you must access the System Configuration utility again and click the General tab then click/check the radio button 'Normal Startup'- load all device drivers and services'. A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222 3.Download David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL: http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp English: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/ To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe {Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS} Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode *and* Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm 4.User Profile Hive Cleanup Service http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en This should keep you busy foe a while. Report back, please. Good luck -- Your computer is most likely to fail at a time when you need it most. (Bill Husted,CNS) |
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WinXP Pro ten minutes? bootup
On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:35:22 +0700, Kayman wrote:
On Mon, 26 May 2008 19:08:39 +1000, wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:15:42 +0700, Kayman wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2008 19:19:02 +1000, wrote: My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? Could be a number of things. What AV/A-S apps do you use? Do you update definitions prior scanning and how frequently do you scan? Have you (thoroughly) cleaned and defragged the HDD lately? Do you know which programs are running in the back ground and at start-up? Do you use a 3rd party firewall? Have you reviewed all other 3rd party software installed to your machine? Ever considered removing 'clutter'? There is quality software freely available doing all the above :-) Hopefully I'm right in guessing you mean my antivirus and spyware apps! Yes, AV=Anti Virus, A-S=AntiSpy application(s) I'm using Zone Alarm Just to confirm, you're using ZA AV (did you pay for this apps?). and only Lavasoft. Yes, frequently clean and defrag HHH. CCleaner is very effective cleaning the Hard Hrive Disk (HDD) http://www.ccleaner.com/ Yes, I know what's in my startup and have pruned those. Good! BTW,A good tool to use is: AutoRuns for Windows http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx Don't use Windows firewall and use the Medium zone of firewall using Zone Alarm. Unfortunate choice I don't really know about the programmes running in the background, suspect nothing of great moment. Process Explorer can assist http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx Am quite good at removing clutter! Glad to hear I come back to the point, that I get an excellent response booting up when it's the first boot of the day and after that it all goes downhill. It goes downhill *during* computer usage (surfing etc.)? If so, what are the symptoms? Or, do you have the 'downhill' experience only during logoff *and* logon? If there was a major problem with all the items you listed, this then would not be the case, would it? Well, I can't say for sure if you systam is free from any malware infestation. Here is what I suggest you to do. De-activate (disable) ZA firewall and activate (enable) the in-build application (Windows firewall). Dowload/install: 1.CCleaner - Free Cleans temporary internet files, cookies, history, recent urls, application MRUs, etc. ... http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender". 2.SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html After SAS is updated, it is suggested scanning the system in Safe Mode. How do you boot to Safe Mode? By pressing/tabbing F8 (or F5 on some keyboards) during re-boot. Alternatively: click onto Start==Run, type "msconfig" (without quotation marks), click OK. Then click onto BOOT.INI tab and 'check' /SAFEBOOT then OK and click Restart. To go back to Normal Mode, you must access the System Configuration utility again and click the General tab then click/check the radio button 'Normal Startup'- load all device drivers and services'. A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222 3.Download David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL: http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp English: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/ To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe {Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS} Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode *and* Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm 4.User Profile Hive Cleanup Service http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en This should keep you busy foe a while. Report back, please. Good luck Oh, I almost forgot... 5.Download and execute TrendMicro™ HijackThis™ http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...HJTInstall.exe 6.Disable Notepad's word wrap, in Notepad.exe - Format== uncheck: "Word wrap" 7.Download and run Deckard's System Scanner http://www.techsupportforum.com/sect...eckard/dss.exe 4.Save the scan results (Main.txt and Extra.txt) 5.And then post the contents of Main.txt and Extra.txt to one of the below mentioned fora. Please DO NOT POST LOGS to this or other newsgroups. NOTE: Registration is required in any of the below before posting a log and read the 'stickies' explaining some requirements prior submitting HJT log. http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://castlecops.com/forum67.html http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=27 http://www.5starsupport.com/ipboard/...p?showforum=18 http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 You can expect a response within 24hrs or so. |
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:35:22 +0700, Kayman
wrote: On Mon, 26 May 2008 19:08:39 +1000, wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:15:42 +0700, Kayman wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2008 19:19:02 +1000, wrote: My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? Could be a number of things. What AV/A-S apps do you use? Do you update definitions prior scanning and how frequently do you scan? Have you (thoroughly) cleaned and defragged the HDD lately? Do you know which programs are running in the back ground and at start-up? Do you use a 3rd party firewall? Have you reviewed all other 3rd party software installed to your machine? Ever considered removing 'clutter'? There is quality software freely available doing all the above :-) Hopefully I'm right in guessing you mean my antivirus and spyware apps! Yes, AV=Anti Virus, A-S=AntiSpy application(s) I'm using Zone Alarm Just to confirm, you're using ZA AV (did you pay for this apps?). and only Lavasoft. Yes, frequently clean and defrag HHH. CCleaner is very effective cleaning the Hard Hrive Disk (HDD) http://www.ccleaner.com/ Yes, I know what's in my startup and have pruned those. Good! BTW,A good tool to use is: AutoRuns for Windows http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx Don't use Windows firewall and use the Medium zone of firewall using Zone Alarm. Unfortunate choice I don't really know about the programmes running in the background, suspect nothing of great moment. Process Explorer can assist http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx Am quite good at removing clutter! Glad to hear I come back to the point, that I get an excellent response booting up when it's the first boot of the day and after that it all goes downhill. It goes downhill *during* computer usage (surfing etc.)? If so, what are the symptoms? Or, do you have the 'downhill' experience only during logoff *and* logon? If there was a major problem with all the items you listed, this then would not be the case, would it? Well, I can't say for sure if you systam is free from any malware infestation. Here is what I suggest you to do. De-activate (disable) ZA firewall and activate (enable) the in-build application (Windows firewall). Dowload/install: 1.CCleaner - Free Cleans temporary internet files, cookies, history, recent urls, application MRUs, etc. ... http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender". 2.SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html After SAS is updated, it is suggested scanning the system in Safe Mode. How do you boot to Safe Mode? By pressing/tabbing F8 (or F5 on some keyboards) during re-boot. Alternatively: click onto Start==Run, type "msconfig" (without quotation marks), click OK. Then click onto BOOT.INI tab and 'check' /SAFEBOOT then OK and click Restart. To go back to Normal Mode, you must access the System Configuration utility again and click the General tab then click/check the radio button 'Normal Startup'- load all device drivers and services'. A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222 3.Download David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL: http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp English: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/ To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe {Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS} Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode *and* Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm 4.User Profile Hive Cleanup Service http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en This should keep you busy foe a while. Report back, please. Good luck Many thanks for giving me such detailed assistance, I really appreciate it. Your recommended instructions will indeed keep me busy but I will work my way through them, after all it's in my own interest to do so VBG Obviously, it's not a matter of life and death but it has a real nuisance value! Will get back to you although may not be immediately. Cheers, Ruth. |
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 19:42:00 +0700, Kayman
wrote: As promised, I am reporting back!! On Sun, 25 May 2008 19:19:02 +1000, wrote: My Windows XP Pro (SP1 & SP2 on it) can take up to nearly 10 minutes from bootup to showing the icons. I have removed all unnecessary programmes, cleaned out startup - you name it I feel I've done it to no avail! In boot.ini it shows the following: multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptIn My 12 year old other computer boots up lightning fast! In the boot.ini file it has the same message *except* it omits the NoExecute=OptIn The other comment I would make is that on the first bootup of the day the computer bootup is relatively fast and as the day wears on, if I have to reboot the 10 minute factor is obvious. I actually read a book while I wait!! Would anyone have an inkling as to what is happening please? Could be a number of things. What AV/A-S apps do you use? Do you update definitions prior scanning and how frequently do you scan? Have you (thoroughly) cleaned and defragged the HDD lately? Do you know which programs are running in the back ground and at start-up? Do you use a 3rd party firewall? Have you reviewed all other 3rd party software installed to your machine? Ever considered removing 'clutter'? There is quality software freely available doing all the above :-) Hopefully I'm right in guessing you mean my antivirus and spyware apps! Yes, AV=Anti Virus, A-S=AntiSpy application(s) I'm using Zone Alarm Just to confirm, you're using ZA AV (did you pay for this apps?). and only Lavasoft. Yes, frequently clean and defrag HHH. CCleaner is very effective cleaning the Hard Hrive Disk (HDD) http://www.ccleaner.com/ Yes, I know what's in my startup and have pruned those. Good! BTW,A good tool to use is: AutoRuns for Windows http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx Don't use Windows firewall and use the Medium zone of firewall using Zone Alarm. Unfortunate choice In that case, what would you suggest as an alternative?! I don't really know about the programmes running in the background, suspect nothing of great moment. Process Explorer can assist http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx Am quite good at removing clutter! Glad to hear I come back to the point, that I get an excellent response booting up when it's the first boot of the day and after that it all goes downhill. It goes downhill *during* computer usage (surfing etc.)? If so, what are the symptoms? Or, do you have the 'downhill' experience only during logoff *and* logon? If there was a major problem with all the items you listed, this then would not be the case, would it? Well, I can't say for sure if you systam is free from any malware infestation. Here is what I suggest you to do. Before going into any details, I must thank you very warmly for all the excellent detail and trouble you had gone to, it was all so easy to follow. I did everything you suggested except forwarding the log from Deckard's System scanner as there had been such an improvement in the boot-up time, I felt it was unnecessary at this point of time to bother them. The Multi-Av.exe programme was mind blowing, Sophos anti-virus programme in particular was unbelievably thorough! It was the only one (probably because I ran it first) to find four viruses. Two of these four were the same ones, found in the "patches" used in my grand-childrens' games.one Alarm! Your point made, maybe VBG Malwarebytes anti-Malware showed no problems. All the cleaners did great work. Super Anti-spyware was impressive and found quite a number of tracking cookies. Hijack This reported everything was clean. Last but certainly not least, the whole purpose of this exercise, thanks to you, was to improve the boot up speed of my computer. This it has done and I have gone from nearly 10 minutes to just under 2. I am more than happy with this. Thank you again for your time and I would be interested to learn any further comments you may care to make. Cheers, Ruth. De-activate (disable) ZA firewall and activate (enable) the in-build application (Windows firewall). Dowload/install: 1.CCleaner - Free Cleans temporary internet files, cookies, history, recent urls, application MRUs, etc. ... http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender". 2.SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html After SAS is updated, it is suggested scanning the system in Safe Mode. How do you boot to Safe Mode? By pressing/tabbing F8 (or F5 on some keyboards) during re-boot. Alternatively: click onto Start==Run, type "msconfig" (without quotation marks), click OK. Then click onto BOOT.INI tab and 'check' /SAFEBOOT then OK and click Restart. To go back to Normal Mode, you must access the System Configuration utility again and click the General tab then click/check the radio button 'Normal Startup'- load all device drivers and services'. A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222 3.Download David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL: http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp English: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/ To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe {Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS} Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- {or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode *and* Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm 4.User Profile Hive Cleanup Service http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en This should keep you busy foe a while. Report back, please. Good luck Oh, I almost forgot... 5.Download and execute TrendMicro™ HijackThis™ http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...HJTInstall.exe 6.Disable Notepad's word wrap, in Notepad.exe - Format== uncheck: "Word wrap" 7.Download and run Deckard's System Scanner http://www.techsupportforum.com/sect...eckard/dss.exe 4.Save the scan results (Main.txt and Extra.txt) 5.And then post the contents of Main.txt and Extra.txt to one of the below mentioned fora. Please DO NOT POST LOGS to this or other newsgroups. NOTE: Registration is required in any of the below before posting a log and read the 'stickies' explaining some requirements prior submitting HJT log. http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://castlecops.com/forum67.html http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=27 http://www.5starsupport.com/ipboard/...p?showforum=18 http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 You can expect a response within 24hrs or so. |
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