My Toshiba Tecra laptop 8100 with XP is Slow/Slow/Slow!
When turning on, it takes 5 to 10 minutes to settle down. Once it stops grinding and I try to start any application -- such as Internet Exployer, it takes another 5 to 10 minutes. I have Nortons 360 and another anti-virus application that gives me the indication that all is O.K. How can I speed this machine up
My problems are a very long boot up (go away and make a coffee length) and also slow running, especially in opening progs for the first time ie, very slow to open Word initially, then much faster opening subsequent Word files. Even so, the laptop has slowed considerably and is often hesitant.
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I have a Gateway, Windows XP laptop that's about 1 year old. A little over a week ago, it started "running slow". It's slow to start up (takes about 5-10 min), the mouse "sticks" sometimes although that is an intermittent problem, when I have multiple applications minimized (outlook express, firefox, My Documents, AIM), it's slow to toggle between them, and it's slow to open folders in My Documents.
Why is it taking my computer 3 minutes to boot to the desktop? As you can see from my signature below, I don't have exactly a slow poke machine. All drives are defragged weekly, the BIOS is set to boot off of the hard disk, and I only have the one OS installed.This thing use to boot to the desktop in 20 seconds.
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O23 - Service: WLTRYSVC - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSSystem32wltrysvc.exe
I recently reloaded windows xp from scratch in a 2004 dell inspiron laptop using Dell cd's. It was working fine with sp2, but later I added sp3 and now computer takes about 5 minutes to open an application (anything from MSOffice apps to web browsers to anything else. After it finally comes up, it works slow but doable.
I would like to know what are the things I should be looking at that could be slowing the process so much. Is sp3 related? I'd rater not remove sp3 since all the applications were loaded after sp3 was installed
I have Windows XP. I have over 300 errors in Applications & System. What does this cause and how can I fix them?
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View 14 Replies View Relatedon the wifes pc xp only a cheap one fron local retail out let but it does her.but drives me mad as my pc is so fast in starting up and hers takes about 2 years if you know what i mean,my pc and my laptop are fast at starting but hers is slow......as i said your able to make a cup of tea before its up and running...i have dissabled some start up programs that i thought may of afected it but to no aval still the same?
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My problem occures after I hit enter for the Select Operating System page. I Hit enter, Win XP proceeds to load. After I hit enter and Windows loads the blue welcome screen 1 minute has passed. I hear the Welcome Audio music, however blue welcome screen is still there for 30 more seconds. Next is my picture that I have as my background that is shown without icons for 1minute 21seconds. Windows now displays my icons on my desktop. the icons blink at minute 4. after 4 minutes and 51 seconds I am able to use my computer. At bootup I only have 43 programs running and 357MB of the 1 gig ram taken.
What I have done:
1) I have started in safe mode and defraged my PC, 0% frag on all partitions except a drive that isn't currently plugged in and it was 1% because it's my backup drive (not worried about that 1%)
2)Removing all connected Componets and rebooted, same problem.
3) I have tried using msconfig.exe and setting the startup selection as Normal- it's defaulted to Selective. Tried reducing my startup programs. ....
Hi .friends laptop from switching on till it gets on homepage is taking over 3-8 minutes ,once its on the homepage and internet no problems. ive done the usuall things cleared temp files cookies n browsing history etc also did msconfig and cleared the clutter from start-up he is running xp and uses internet explorer 7 .have noticed that at top of screen it says internet explorer provided by sky broadband ,
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View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen I start my computer everything goes fine and fast showing me the what I have got in my computer etc etc. My problem starts when I get the windows xp on my screen and the little moving bar underneath to show me windows is starting up it is taking anything upto 10 minutes before the screen changes to my desktop and allows me to use my computer. I have recently changed my power pack and reforrmated my system.Before everything was fine has anyone any ideas what could be causing this please.
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View 7 Replies View Relatedwhen i run a virus scan using blueyonders pcguard this failed about 3/4 of the way through.The next day when starting up my computer it took about 20 minutes to boot.As i didnt have much to lose i completely formatted the hard drive and reinstalled windows xp. I have not installed pcguard again after a few problems with this so i have chosen avg anti virus and zone alarm.Even after a clean install my problem is still there. I have opended the computer and cleaned any dust and checked that the fans are working and still have long start up problems.I have also run chkdisk and this showed nothing but took about 2 hours.One thing i have noticed is that when windows does start the theme tune is very distorted and crackly.I have now updated to windows service pack 2 still same problems. Im not sure what else i can add as this is my first post at this sort of thing.
View 10 Replies View Relatedpc was very stable until I introduced new replacement tv card After a system freeze caused by a new pinnacle tv tuner I had to do a hard reset ( press power button for 4 secs ) When the system rebooted it stuck on the post screen, it auto detects my hardware and then stops.After about half an hour it moves on to the next bios screen (which would normally only show up for a second or two during boot up) and then stayed on that screen for 16 - 24 hours.I gave up, left it running & went to sleep (still displaying the same screen in the morning) & then work the next day. I came home from work to find the windows welcome screen on my monitor!!?? But on rebooting it takes nearly 24 hours to start up
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View 14 Replies View RelatedI have asked about this before (the speed thing) but its driving me nuts! all of a sudden my start up is verrry slow, i use a few anti spyware and have Norton antivirus and internet security. I have eliminated a few startup things that just aren't necessary (for a long time I have run it this way. I mean, what an awful buzzkill, and it is considerably slower once I am online, I got a low reading from Comcast when they did a speed test. now is that THEM? Or whats a matta me? I did an online speedtest (Speakeasy and it was about the usual as I have always got, I pay for ectra fast to Comcast also. Computer: its a Dell Dimension 8200 (about 3 yrs) 512 mb ram Pent 4 1.80 microprocessor, I am going to put more mem in (i can put up to 2 gb) but wasn't thinking I need to just I never get a low mem nag.
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1- Is this normal.
2- Can I see what cause this slow down.
3- What do you suggest I do to stop that.
my Computer is slow to start up.[5 minutes] I am running XP professional with sp2 and all of the sudden when I first start it up it has the welcome screen.after going pass that the computer running perfectly
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