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XP slow start - error message

by MelH Sep 3, 2010 3:29AM PDT

For a friend:

XP Home takes @ 20 min. to fully boot before he can do anything.
Message he receives is something like "virtual memory too low".

I don't have further details about his system. He will email them
later.

Is there somewhere he should start looking?

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Re: slow start + virtual memory low

by Kees Bakker Sep 3, 2010 3:32AM PDT

Things to look at first:
1. Program run at startup (start>run>msconfig, go to startup). Make a note of the current setup. Disconnect from Internet. Disable everything. Reboot. Gradually go back to the original status. See where it runs out of hand.
2. Services running at startup. Start>run>services.msc. That's more specialistic work. Comparing with a PC that boots normally is doable for everybody, however.

Kees

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The too low message.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 3, 2010 4:16AM PDT

Could mean a full hard disk. Many folk never clean up. Ask them to uninstall some application they don't use. Also run Disk Cleanup.
Bob

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