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Slow Windows 98 Startup
I have a Dell Dimension XPS D300 with a Pentium II chip and have upgraded the system's operating system to Windows 98, added a 3D accellerator (32bit TNT2 Ultra) and recently upgraded the RAM by adding a 128bit card, so I have a total of 192MB.
I also recenly formatted my C drive and reinstalled Windows 98. For the first few time I loaded Windows, I entered rather quickly. After reinstalling several of my programs, however, several minutes are spent on the Windows 98 loadup of screen (the one with the Microsoft Windows logo and clouds in the background).
What could the problem be that is causing the delay on the screen? The hard drive is active for a minute or two and then the computer does not make a noise. After a couple minutes of inactivity, Windows finally loads.
I tried cancelling all programs in startup, deleting certain programs, but I have not been able to really pin point anything that could be causing the delay.
any recommendations to speed up the Windows startup would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I also recenly formatted my C drive and reinstalled Windows 98. For the first few time I loaded Windows, I entered rather quickly. After reinstalling several of my programs, however, several minutes are spent on the Windows 98 loadup of screen (the one with the Microsoft Windows logo and clouds in the background).
What could the problem be that is causing the delay on the screen? The hard drive is active for a minute or two and then the computer does not make a noise. After a couple minutes of inactivity, Windows finally loads.
I tried cancelling all programs in startup, deleting certain programs, but I have not been able to really pin point anything that could be causing the delay.
any recommendations to speed up the Windows startup would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
NeckboneWilly
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Posted January 3rd, 2002 18:00
Go to Start à run and type in MSCONFIG and click OK.
Click on .
Uncheck process CONFIG.SYS & process AUTOEXEC.BAT & load Startup group items.
Click on WIN.INI TAB, Click on the (+) next to windows and Uncheck the "run=" & "load=" Lines.
Click on Startup TAB, CHECK scan registry & system tray (Note. if system has winmodem be sure to check that too).
Click Apply then OK (reboot)
Go to Start à run and type in SYSTEM.INI and click OK.
Scroll down To the [386enh] category. At the Bottom of that category type this.
MinSPs=12
Next scroll down till you see the category [VCACHE]. Type under it:
MinFileCache
MaxFileCache
ChunkSize=512
Click on File à save then exit SYSTEM.INI
Right-click My Computer à Properties and click on Performance.
Click File system and change typical role of this machine from Desktop Computer to Network Server.
Click on OK.
Click virtual memory click on þ (Let me specify my own virtual memory settings).
Change both minimum and maximum from what they are to (swap size).
Click OK, say "Yes", click close (reboot).
Click Start à Programs à accessories à system tools à disk cleanup
Choose C: and click OK, select all, hit "Ok", say "Yes",
Click on Start à find à Files and folders
Look in C:\ and find Files named: *.tmp, ~*.*, *.chk
Click on find now.
Click on Edit à select all, hit shift+delete,
Click on Start à Shutdown, choose Restart, hit "OK", You're done.
Memory table based on total system RAM
RAM size(mb) VCache size(k) Swap size(mb)
16 4096 32
32 8192 64
64 16384 128
96 24576 192
128 32768 256
256 65536 512
(Calculate RAM/4=VCache; RAM*2=Swap)
Dell Dimension 4400
1.7 Ghz
512 mb DDR RAM
80 Gig HDD
48xCdrom
CDRW
Nic , GeForce 3
Soundblaster Live
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