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Long time to boot up

Feb 23, 2004 12:47PM PST

When I turn on my computer XP it takes about 1 1/2 minutes to boot up
Anything I can do??
HB

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Re:Long time to boot up
Feb 23, 2004 12:53PM PST

Was it always like this or did you do something? How fast is your computer?

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90 seconds would be about right for a DSL/Cable connected PC.
Feb 23, 2004 8:04PM PST

Some of the delay is the interaction of the logon.

It's not an long bootup.

Bob

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You might
Feb 24, 2004 2:56AM PST

Search for and try 'Bootvis' and run it and see whats the holdup- and then try the optimize feature-helped one of my boxes about 14 seconds worth...