Slow Startup TheWizard 12/30/2008 12:27:01 AM I have a Dell Latitude D820, 2yrs old. It has performed flawlessly up until the last two weeks. Since then I've experienced problems with startup. Everything comes up fine to the login screen. Once I login it could take anywhere from normal boot up time, time prior to problem, to 10 minutes. Sometimes my desktop will show all icons but the system tray items take forever. Sometimes only the wallpaper displays with no icons and then after a while everything pops up. And then again sometimes normal startup. I haven't downloaded anything from the net as of the last 2 or so months and all my updates are current with the exception of service pack 3. I'm still using service pack 2 as some of my work programs don't like it. My virus/spyware software is up to date and I run checks which reveal no issues. I have also run defrag and disk cleanup to no avail. It will however boot up fine in safe mode. I notice sometimes if I shutdown I get programs not responding/end programs on explorer.exe.

RE: Slow Startup bkdrywall 12/30/2008 1:23:01 AM I have the exact same problem or symptom. Just within the last week. After the Windows splash screen it could take a minute or more to get to the Welcome screen, then wait again. I keep my computer in good working order. I'm here looking for the same help or advice. BillK "TheWizard" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a Dell Latitude D820, 2yrs old. It has performed flawlessly up until > the last two weeks. Since then I've experienced problems with startup. > Everything comes up fine to the login screen. Once I login it could take > anywhere from normal boot up time, time prior to problem, to 10 minutes. > Sometimes my desktop will show all icons but the system tray items take > forever. Sometimes only the wallpaper displays with no icons and then after > a while everything pops up. And then again sometimes normal startup. I > haven't downloaded anything from the net as of the last 2 or so months and > all my updates are current with the exception of service pack 3. I'm still > using service pack 2 as some of my work programs don't like it. My > virus/spyware software is up to date and I run checks which reveal no issues. > I have also run defrag and disk cleanup to no avail. It will however boot > up fine in safe mode. I notice sometimes if I shutdown I get programs not > responding/end programs on explorer.exe.

Re: Slow Startup "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> 12/30/2008 9:22:47 AM What are your anti-virus and anti-soyware arrangements? What is the CPU and how much RAM does your computer have? Right click on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get this information. Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak? Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48 hours ago. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important. HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TheWizard wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a Dell Latitude D820, 2yrs old. It has performed flawlessly > up until the last two weeks. Since then I've experienced problems > with startup. Everything comes up fine to the login screen. Once I > login it could take anywhere from normal boot up time, time prior to > problem, to 10 minutes. Sometimes my desktop will show all icons but > the system tray items take forever. Sometimes only the wallpaper > displays with no icons and then after a while everything pops up. > And then again sometimes normal startup. I haven't downloaded > anything from the net as of the last 2 or so months and all my > updates are current with the exception of service pack 3. I'm still > using service pack 2 as some of my work programs don't like it. My > virus/spyware software is up to date and I run checks which reveal no > issues. I have also run defrag and disk cleanup to no avail. It will > however boot up fine in safe mode. I notice sometimes if I shutdown > I get programs not responding/end programs on explorer.exe.

RE: Slow Startup nass 12/30/2008 9:34:02 AM "TheWizard" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a Dell Latitude D820, 2yrs old. It has performed flawlessly up until > the last two weeks. Since then I've experienced problems with startup. > Everything comes up fine to the login screen. Once I login it could take > anywhere from normal boot up time, time prior to problem, to 10 minutes. > Sometimes my desktop will show all icons but the system tray items take > forever. Sometimes only the wallpaper displays with no icons and then after > a while everything pops up. And then again sometimes normal startup. I > haven't downloaded anything from the net as of the last 2 or so months and > all my updates are current with the exception of service pack 3. I'm still > using service pack 2 as some of my work programs don't like it. My > virus/spyware software is up to date and I run checks which reveal no issues. > I have also run defrag and disk cleanup to no avail. It will however boot > up fine in safe mode. I notice sometimes if I shutdown I get programs not > responding/end programs on explorer.exe. Did you installed/Mapped a printer recently to this Laptop? How much RAM/ Disk space you got now? Does everything work after a while? does the Laptop heat up? Try to test the RAM by using MS Ram test tool or the one supplied by the DELL under Hardware Diagnostic tools and see if it is the HDD or RAM going bad. http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Have a look in the event viewer and see if there is any error. Also try to start in Clean Boot Mode by using the Stat up. Process Explorer v11.31 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 Run a thorough scan by doing the following steps: 1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies by doing this: Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options. On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs: General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs | Advanced Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies. Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option: [&] Browsing [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box. Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the culprit and update it or remove it. How to manage Add-Ons: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256 Scan for malware from here: Download and Update SuperAntispyware and run a complete scan - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah Run a scan from here on-line: http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html Comodo BOClean : Anti-Malware Version 4.27 http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html If you wish to send me your Hijackthis log I will be happy to help you further or send to one of many forums on the internet! Download Hijackthis and send me the log. (http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php) my address is : to_you_ross(at remove this and repalce with the obvious)yahoo.co.uk ( _ is underscore) Run disk clean up on your Drive. You can download this tool o run clean up: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-slim Run Disk Clean Up on your Drive. HTH, nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk