WinXP SP3 takes forever to load after cold reboot

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WinXP SP3 all MS updates

2GB RAM

320GB 5400 HD

All of a sudden one of my WinXP SP3 systems (PC, not laptop) is taking

forever to load and splash the Desktop - like 3-5 minutes. Using IE8 takes

over 3-5 minutes to go to a common Homepage. Just started about 5 hours ago.

CPU utilization is very minimal (
 
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Tom wrote:

> WinXP SP3 all MS updates

> 2GB RAM

> 320GB 5400 HD

> All of a sudden one of my WinXP SP3 systems (PC, not laptop) is taking

> forever to load and splash the Desktop - like 3-5 minutes. Using IE8

> takes

> over 3-5 minutes to go to a common Homepage. Just started about 5 hours

> ago. CPU utilization is very minimal ( Motherboard is about 5+ years old (P4 vintage); RAM is 1.5 years old;

> system

> manifest itself in IE being slow but even Outlook connecting to the Win2K3

> server is snail pace.

> Ideas and approaches appreciated!

> TIA
 
Tom wrote:

> WinXP SP3 all MS updates

> 2GB RAM

> 320GB 5400 HD

> All of a sudden one of my WinXP SP3 systems (PC, not laptop) is taking

> forever to load and splash the Desktop - like 3-5 minutes. Using IE8

> takes over 3-5 minutes to go to a common Homepage. Just started

> about 5 hours ago. CPU utilization is very minimal ( Motherboard is about 5+ years old (P4 vintage); RAM is 1.5 years old;

> system manifest itself in IE being slow but even Outlook connecting

> to the Win2K3 server is snail pace.

> Ideas and approaches appreciated!

> TIA



Once it has finished loading, how is the performance?



What has happened in the last five hours that you are aware of? Have you

installed any new programs or updates?



What is the malware status of your PC?



What anti-malware programs do you run. Are they current?



Are other PCs that are connected to the Win2K3 server exhibiting similar

symptoms?



If you have no clue as to what might be causing the issue, you can try

running System Restore to yesterday to see if the problem goes away. (Of

course, even if this works, we won't know what the cause of the issue

was...)



One troubleshooting method is to disconnect all devices (except mouse,

keyboard, and monitor) and configure a Clean Boot to see if booting time

improves or not:



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
 
"Tom" wrote:



> WinXP SP3 all MS updates

> 2GB RAM

> 320GB 5400 HD

> All of a sudden one of my WinXP SP3 systems (PC, not laptop) is taking

> forever to load and splash the Desktop - like 3-5 minutes. Using IE8 takes

> over 3-5 minutes to go to a common Homepage. Just started about 5 hours ago.

> CPU utilization is very minimal ( Motherboard is about 5+ years old (P4 vintage); RAM is 1.5 years old; system

> manifest itself in IE being slow but even Outlook connecting to the Win2K3

> server is snail pace.

> Ideas and approaches appreciated!

> TIA

Start off. If you have highspeed "Always on" internet. Disable it before

you reboot.

Turn off all automatic updates. ie; Windows, Antivirus, Adobe Reader,etc.

Set firewall to "block all". Reboot. See if it speeds up or starts giving

messages that something cannot reach the internet.

Also in "Internet Options" go to "Connections" and tick "Never dial a

connection".

Would not hurt to thouroghly clean all I.E. Temp files.
 
To all...

I've done the defrag. seemed to help a little. Load time now for startup,

Word and Excel are normal. Uniquely, can't access the Internet so I've put

in a TrendNet RJ-45 PCI card and still can't access the Internet. Devices

doesn't have the typical yellow triangle. I've switched cables, new port on

the router etc. still no Internet! ;-)

So, functionally, the PC works fine now albeit sometimes seems to take a

little longer on the splash to Desktop than normal but nothing as excessive

as last night! TGFT!

Other ideas on the RJ-45 port issue? I tried my laptop and I got in to the

Internet fine and when I tried the PC in the AM I couldn't get in. So, the

original assumption was related to the PC RJ-45 motherboard port being bad.

Still refining ideas here.

McAfee is AV and it's just gone offline a/o 2 weeks ago. So, CPU util

should be less w/o McAfee. Sites visited recently are normal 'highly public'

sites. No foreign etc.

TIA!





"poatt" wrote:



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>

> "Tom" wrote:

>

> > WinXP SP3 all MS updates

> > 2GB RAM

> > 320GB 5400 HD

> > All of a sudden one of my WinXP SP3 systems (PC, not laptop) is taking

> > forever to load and splash the Desktop - like 3-5 minutes. Using IE8 takes

> > over 3-5 minutes to go to a common Homepage. Just started about 5 hours ago.

> > CPU utilization is very minimal ( > Motherboard is about 5+ years old (P4 vintage); RAM is 1.5 years old; system

> > manifest itself in IE being slow but even Outlook connecting to the Win2K3

> > server is snail pace.

> > Ideas and approaches appreciated!

> > TIA

> Start off. If you have highspeed "Always on" internet. Disable it before

> you reboot.

> Turn off all automatic updates. ie; Windows, Antivirus, Adobe Reader,etc.

> Set firewall to "block all". Reboot. See if it speeds up or starts giving

> messages that something cannot reach the internet.

> Also in "Internet Options" go to "Connections" and tick "Never dial a

> connection".

> Would not hurt to thouroghly clean all I.E. Temp files.
 
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