VERY slow login on windows xp home - Computer Forums
We have a Dell Desktop and it is a few years old. For some reason when we click a name on the welcome screen, it shows the desktop background for like 15 minutes (haven't timed it). Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't do anything nor does the start key do anything. We think its because of a slow bootup process, but we're not sure which one in msconfig. Please help.
Re: VERY slow login on windows xp home
start by unticking all the useless crap you dont need. like quicktime player and stuff, and go from there
12-23-2007, 09:04 AM #3
Since it is a few years old, it should be pretty slow anyway. Probably time for a good reformat + some upgrading.
12-23-2007, 10:00 AM #4
Well its not really slow, it has 512 mb of ram that came with it. We are somewhat thinking of a reformat, but that would mean buying new XP disks (unless we wanted to use that "I formatted my pc and need a new key" excuse lol)
12-23-2007, 10:06 AM #5
You should clean out the registry. Maybe that will fix your problem. Or you can "Set it and forget it", and just reformat it.
Dude_se was right when he said uncheck all the unnecessary things in startup, only run your bare minimum on boot like AV/FIREWALL, turn off automatic updates as well and do them manually if you don't mind do it, give your computer a disk clean up/defrag as well to remove all those temporary INTERNET files and cookies that clutter up your system.
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VERY slow login on windows xp home - Computer Forums
We have a Dell Desktop and it is a few years old. For some reason when we click a name on the welcome screen, it shows the desktop background for like 15 minutes (haven't timed it). Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't do anything nor does the start key do anything. We think its because of a slow bootup process, but we're not sure which one in msconfig. Please help.
Re: VERY slow login on windows xp home
start by unticking all the useless crap you dont need. like quicktime player and stuff, and go from there
12-23-2007, 09:04 AM #3
Since it is a few years old, it should be pretty slow anyway. Probably time for a good reformat + some upgrading.
12-23-2007, 10:00 AM #4
Well its not really s
low, it has 512 mb of ram that came with it. We are somewhat thinking of a reformat, but that would mean buying new XP disks (unless we wanted to use that "I formatted my pc and need a new key" excuse lol)
12-23-2007, 10:06 AM #5
You should clean out the registry. Maybe that will fix your problem. Or you can "Set it and forget it", and just reformat it.
Dude_se was right when he said uncheck all the unnecessary things in startup, only run your bare minimum on boot like AV/FIREWALL, turn off automatic updates as well and do them manually if you don't mind do it, give your computer a disk clean up/defrag as well to remove all those temporary INTERNET files and cookies that clutter up your system.
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