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'I use Windows XP Home Edition up to date and clean . Sometimes there is a
slow logoff time = 1 minute and other times 10 seconds . I use the internet
alot and have had slow log on times to America's Army online game and a lot
of cannot connect' messages , though I am in NewZealand , though I just did a
repair to the installation and I got a fast logon .
Is the User profile huge ?
And thankyou very much for being here to advise , this is a terrific
service , I just wish I could use it properly sometimes , thankyou .
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I had a similar prob last month with intermittent slow "save my settings' &
received the reply below from Carey - I think it was the 3rd. link which
reduced to less than 1 sec. -
Worth a try, I think.

"I would also suggest running a disk cleanup and checkdisk:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

Also, install the following:

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] laylang=en

What's User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (UPHClean)?
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articl [...] 2257"

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups



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johnf

> 'I use Windows XP Home Edition up to date and clean . Sometimes there
> is a slow logoff time = 1 minute and other times 10 seconds . I use the
> internet alot and have had slow log on times to America's Army online
> game and a lot of cannot connect' messages , though I am in NewZealand
> , though I just did a repair to the installation and I got a fast logon
> . Is the User profile huge ?
> And thankyou very much for being here to advise , this is a terrific
> service , I just wish I could use it properly sometimes , thankyou .
> --
> signature

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thankyou johnf , I did read your earlier post thankyou , and now I'm going
to use the UPHClean utility . I'd of thought the utility wasin Windows XP
somewhere like DiskCheck . Trying anyway , thanks
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"johnf" wrote:

> I had a similar prob last month with intermittent slow "save my settings' &
> received the reply below from Carey - I think it was the 3rd. link which
> reduced to less than 1 sec. -
> Worth a try, I think.
>
> "I would also suggest running a disk cleanup and checkdisk:
>
> Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>
> How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>
> Also, install the following:
>
> User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] laylang=en
>
> What's User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (UPHClean)?
> http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articl [...] 2257"
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
>
>
> --
>
> johnf
>
> > 'I use Windows XP Home Edition up to date and clean . Sometimes there
> > is a slow logoff time = 1 minute and other times 10 seconds . I use the
> > internet alot and have had slow log on times to America's Army online
> > game and a lot of cannot connect' messages , though I am in NewZealand
> > , though I just did a repair to the installation and I got a fast logon
> > . Is the User profile huge ?
> > And thankyou very much for being here to advise , this is a terrific
> > service , I just wish I could use it properly sometimes , thankyou .
> > --
> > signature
>
>
>

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