my winxp pro sp2 has a boot time of 3 minutes. from the power switch to the logon display takes 30seconds. from the logon display to the actual desktop, there is another 2 1/2 minutes of waiting time. i don't plan on buying new RAM or reinstalling winxp. i want to know tweaks for a faster boot time
2007-01-21 05:19:04 · 2 answers · asked by cool 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I feel the most common cause of a slow startup is startup applications. You can stop some of them from starting. Be careful since many of them are required for windows to run. Follow the path below to stop services.
Start>Run>Msconfig. Now click on startup. Uncheck anything you don't need to start up. If you do not know what it is do a google search for it.
If you run your pc through the test at http://www.pcpitstop.com/ it will tell you what programs are not necessary and provide suggestions to improve your computer.
2007-01-21 05:45:41 · answer #1 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you can do is firstly turn off RAM checking in the BIOS. This means that it will not have to do a RAM count every time the PC is started. From there on the desktop disable the XP view and change it back to classic view in the control panel. On some PC's this speeds up the PC considerably. Remove all un-needed software from the PC and remove as many things as possible from running when the PC starts. Hope it helps.
2007-01-21 13:40:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋