Increased boot up time

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solar wrote:
> From boot to arriving at User Name window now takes me about 3 min
> 30 secs. Otherwise PC works fine as before.
> Before I'm pretty sure it was under a minute.
>
> Boot to "Intel Inside Pentium 4 " logo takes approx 2 min 10 secs.

Uhm... isn't this part before the OS?

> Screen blank for 2 secs
> Windows XP logo for approx 10 secs
> Screen blank approx 1 min 10 secs
> Arrive at User Name window.
>
> The last time I had logged on OK (24hrs ago) I was copying and
> pasting text into a Word doc from an astronomy discussion forum.
> Every thing froze, I hit control/alt/delete and ended AOL Task.

System Restore?

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Any Error Reports in Event Viewer?

Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
ID, Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
sure this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"solar" <solar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3CEFFD21-53B0-403E-9C02-F79991F30D2A@microsoft.com...
> Shenan
> Sorry. I forgot to say that I tried a 7 day old system restore
> setting.
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
>> solar wrote:
>> > From boot to arriving at User Name window now takes me about 3 min
>> > 30 secs. Otherwise PC works fine as before.
>> > Before I'm pretty sure it was under a minute.
>> >
>> > Boot to "Intel Inside Pentium 4 " logo takes approx 2 min 10 secs.
>>
>> Uhm... isn't this part before the OS?
>>
>> > Screen blank for 2 secs
>> > Windows XP logo for approx 10 secs
>> > Screen blank approx 1 min 10 secs
>> > Arrive at User Name window.
>> >
>> > The last time I had logged on OK (24hrs ago) I was copying and
>> > pasting text into a Word doc from an astronomy discussion forum.
>> > Every thing froze, I hit control/alt/delete and ended AOL Task.
>>
>> System Restore?
>>
>> --
>> <- Shenan ->
>> --
>> The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you research for
>> yourself before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately
>> responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know what you are
>> getting into before you jump in with both feet.
>>
>>
>>

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Colin

Please copy and paste a copy here.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Using invalid email address

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"solar" <solar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B060D303-B15A-42EE-8629-4151F75C7046@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Gerry
> A great lead that'll investigate over the next few days. There is an
> error
> report - something about an application hanging.
> Colin
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> Any Error Reports in Event Viewer?
>>
>> Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
>> discrepancies can
>> make it harder to search for information about the error message.
>>
>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
>> Event Viewer.
>> When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding
>> Event
>> ID, Source
>> and Description are important.
>>
>> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>>
>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
>> double
>> click on the
>> error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
>> resembling two
>> pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
>> message
>> (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste
>> the
>> info from the
>> Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
>> sure this is
>> the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> FCA
>>
>> Using invalid email address
>>
>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> "solar" <solar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3CEFFD21-53B0-403E-9C02-F79991F30D2A@microsoft.com...
>> > Shenan
>> > Sorry. I forgot to say that I tried a 7 day old system restore
>> > setting.
>> >
>> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>> >
>> >> solar wrote:
>> >> > From boot to arriving at User Name window now takes me about 3
>> >> > min
>> >> > 30 secs. Otherwise PC works fine as before.
>> >> > Before I'm pretty sure it was under a minute.
>> >> >
>> >> > Boot to "Intel Inside Pentium 4 " logo takes approx 2 min 10
>> >> > secs.
>> >>
>> >> Uhm... isn't this part before the OS?
>> >>
>> >> > Screen blank for 2 secs
>> >> > Windows XP logo for approx 10 secs
>> >> > Screen blank approx 1 min 10 secs
>> >> > Arrive at User Name window.
>> >> >
>> >> > The last time I had logged on OK (24hrs ago) I was copying and
>> >> > pasting text into a Word doc from an astronomy discussion forum.
>> >> > Every thing froze, I hit control/alt/delete and ended AOL Task.
>> >>
>> >> System Restore?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> <- Shenan ->
>> >> --
>> >> The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you research
>> >> for
>> >> yourself before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately
>> >> responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know what you
>> >> are
>> >> getting into before you jump in with both feet.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>