tharealmegaman Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 The other day, I started up my laptop and it loaded windows just as fast as it normally would, but it started to hang halfway through loading the startup programs. It eventually loads everything, but its taking maybe 5 minutes to get there. Before, it would go from off to totally started in under a minute, so you can understand how frustrating this is for me. I have no clue why. Any ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasto Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Start Menu>Run>msconfig Choose what you want to start, and what you don't want to start Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 run msconfig and look under startup. also check the startup thingy in the start menu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharealmegaman Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 I'm very familiar with msconfig, and that's not the problem. I'm only running a few things on startup like gmail notifier, microsoft antispyware, and some laptop functionality processes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Is this the first and only time it has happened? Cause if it is then its not much to worry about. It happens to me like once Every 2 months or so. I can't explain it: Nothing other then that happens so I just leave it alone. Its kinda like A random Blue screen, if it doesn't happen often then it probably nothing to worry about. Just an IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharealmegaman Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Unfortunatly, it wasn't a one time thing. It happens on every startup now. I even ran spyware and virus scans and nothing came up. I deleted any startup scripts I had and no-go. Its frustratingly slow on startup. Sometimes I need it to start up right away and it won't. Not to mention its embarassing at a tech school. It runs just as fast as it always did after starting up, however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 You could always reformat after backing up important data.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encrypted_God Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Clean-up your registry. Defrag, maybe run a CHKDSK. Go look in your Admin. options>services too. Disable some unwanted and useless items in there also. A good guide that I have and will use is this ONE for that. Question: What have you installed recently? Hardware, Software? If all fails I would then do what STE said. I mean it is recommended that you do a Clean install of the OS (of your choice) at the very least, once a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellcomef3-a Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 (edited) Ok, do this to nail the device or driver that's causing your slow boot: Start > Run > type: C:\boot.ini > OK This will open your Boot.ini file in Notepad. Append the following switch: /Sos to the Windows XP line (following /fastdetect). Then File > Save and Exit Notepad. Re-boot. This will display the name of each driver as it loads and also give text descriptions of what's happening during start-up. Let me know what happens then. I take it you are running XP? Edited January 20, 2006 by peter.ski Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 I use to have the problem too, all i did was reinstall some key drivers like audio and video and it started up with 15seconds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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