It takes such a long time for my computer to start that I've been using standby; but sometimes when I turn my monitor on, I find that my computer has restarted by itself, with my desktop page on. I have no way of knowing how long it has been on.
2007-02-25 11:32:48 · 4 answers · asked by Mary K 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
if you put your computer on standby, all it does is shut down the hard disk and monitor so that when you come back, all you need do is use any type of input device (mouse, spacebar etc,) and it starts right back up, this is because it has not lost its volatile memory(RAM) and will start back up quite quickly, If this is not happening on your machine, I'd suggest you do a thorough scan for spyware and scumware on your machine
2007-02-25 11:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by karl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to just shorten the time it takes for yor system to boot(or start).
There are too many things loading @ boot. Here is how to remove them.
From the start menu go to RUN, type "msconfig", choose "selective start up". At the top of the page click start up. You can uncheck everything on this list. There's nothing there that must run @ boot. They will be accessible when you call for them, not to worry but, once you do they will go back on this list. So, periodic visits here are required to keep it clean. At least that's the way I do it . Good luck
2007-02-25 11:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by ibtrigger2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont use standby go to the site below and follow if your computer runs slow
2007-02-25 11:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have a virus
but i usually find with my pc, if its running slow, i restart it and its good again
2007-02-25 11:42:13 · answer #4 · answered by grumpy0282 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋