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January 20th, 2002 23:00
Slow XP Startup
After booting up and reaching the Desktop, XP goes into
hold mode while it loads more processes. This goes on for
over 1 additional minute. I've watched this phenomena by
starting Task Manager. About 1/2 of my processes are
already loaded. Then there's the over 1 minute wait for
the rest of them to pop up. In the meantime you can't do
a thing. All of the second batch of processes are labeled
SYSTEM under the User Name column in Task Manager. Bottom line its taking me almost 3 minutes to go from cold boot to a useable desk top. I've tried BootVis. Its getting
hung up trying to load during the worrisome second phase
SYSTEM process load. Any insights will be most
appreciated.
hold mode while it loads more processes. This goes on for
over 1 additional minute. I've watched this phenomena by
starting Task Manager. About 1/2 of my processes are
already loaded. Then there's the over 1 minute wait for
the rest of them to pop up. In the meantime you can't do
a thing. All of the second batch of processes are labeled
SYSTEM under the User Name column in Task Manager. Bottom line its taking me almost 3 minutes to go from cold boot to a useable desk top. I've tried BootVis. Its getting
hung up trying to load during the worrisome second phase
SYSTEM process load. Any insights will be most
appreciated.
- I agree. My old Compaq 466mhz Celeron only takes about 20 seconds to start up.
Thanks
Brad
Dimension 8200 1.9ghz
40gb Western Digital Ultra ATA/100 hard drive
128mb PC800 RAM
17" Philips Magnavox Monitor 107S
64mb NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4x w/TV out
SB Live! Digital soundcard with 1024 voices
NEC 16X DVD ROM drive
TEAC CD-W58E 8X/8X/32X CD-RW drive
Dell enhanced quiet key keyboard
Dell Microsoft IntelliMouse
Cnet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Erriscion Cable Modem
SMC 4port Cable/DSL router
Epson Stylus Color 740
NEC SuperScript 860
Windows XP HOME
BIOS version A03
Build date 12/14/01 - Presumably you did not run XP on your old computers. The only way to compare the speeds during boot-up is to boot the same software. My previous computer had an AMD K2 300Mhz machine (128mb). I compared booting it with my 8200 1.8 ghz machine (256 mb). I booted Win2k on both. The 8200 boots (to completion) in about 1/2 the time. Both machines have 7200rpm drives albeit different capacities.
XP loads more code than did WinME, Win98, Win95, etc.
Charles,
Tag # 6VMY111 - I thought about that too. But I do have windows XP on both computers.
Thanks
Brad
Dimension 8200 1.9ghz
40gb Western Digital Ultra ATA/100 hard drive
128mb PC800 RAM
17" Philips Magnavox Monitor 107S
64mb NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4x w/TV out
SB Live! Digital soundcard with 1024 voices
NEC 16X DVD ROM drive
TEAC CD-W58E 8X/8X/32X CD-RW drive
Dell enhanced quiet key keyboard
Dell Microsoft IntelliMouse
Cnet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Erriscion Cable Modem
SMC 4port Cable/DSL router
Epson Stylus Color 740
NEC SuperScript 860
Windows XP HOME
BIOS version A03
Build date 12/14/01 - XP and 128 meg ram you will have very poor performance. I boot in 30 seconds and shutdown in 12.
(Home built)
Pentium 4 1.9 Gig / 478 pin 400Mhz FSB
Shuttle Motherboard
Via chipset P4x266 VT8233 DDRam Support
Windows XP (home edition - Clean Install!)
DDRam 768 Meg - WD 80 gig HD ATA 100
Gainward GF3 Powerpack Golden Sample/64 meg
LiteOn 24x10x40 CD-RW - Pioneer DVD 500m
Pinacle Firewire Card - Linksys Lan 10/100
Santa Cruz Sound Card (4127 beta drivers)
Dell 991 Monitor - Altec Lansing 885 Thx Speakers
Microtek 3700 Scanner - HP 1100 Printer
Altec Lansing 885 Thx Speakers
Other: (Dell built)
XPSB1000r ,XP home, Gforce 2 pro 64meg
384 megs PC700 Rdram - 60 gig maxtor HD
DVD-Rom - Sony CD-RW BarryBMcMahon
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Posted April 25th, 2002 20:00
I have exactly the same symptoms as you.
None of the replies you received were useful, were they? They were all things that I tried and made no difference.
If you solve this, please let me know!
BradLic
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Posted January 21st, 2002 00:00
Thanks
Brad
Dimension 8200 1.9ghz
40gb Western Digital Ultra ATA/100 hard drive
128mb PC800 RAM
17" Philips Magnavox Monitor 107S
64mb NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4x w/TV out
SB Live! Digital soundcard with 1024 voices
NEC 16X DVD ROM drive
TEAC CD-W58E 8X/8X/32X CD-RW drive
Dell enhanced quiet key keyboard
Dell Microsoft IntelliMouse
Cnet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Erriscion Cable Modem
SMC 4port Cable/DSL router
Epson Stylus Color 740
NEC SuperScript 860
Windows XP HOME
BIOS version A03
Build date 12/14/01