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September 1st, 2004 02:00
Uninstalling SP 2 advice
After noticing a much slower boot-up time, I e-mailed Dell who advised me to uninstall SP 2 or do a system restore. I have no problem uninstalling SP 2 but will Microsoft have a fix for the slower boot-up time? II would at some point like the benefits of SP 2 without the slow boot-up. I defaged the drive but boot-up is still slow.
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NemesisDB
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September 1st, 2004 04:00
I notice a marginally slower boot-up time with SP2 (more so when i boot with a wireless card inserted). I doubt microsoft will release a fix as boot times seem only marginally slower (if at all) on most machines.
Some things that might be at fault:
1) DEProtection. This might cause a slight slow down as you are most likely using softwareDEP. You could try disabling it and see if it made a difference. Personally, I'd recommend keeping DEP on though, if not enabling it for everything. I haven't seen any stats on how big a hit software DEP actually causes...
2) Firewall: SP2 now loads the firewall during (before) most of the start-up completes. You could (at your own risk) try disabling it from the services manager and see if this makes a difference. I personally like and use the new firewall, so this isn't an option for me.
Other than that, I don't know. I'd say a little slower is normal, but nothing too anoying. As it's XP, you could also just not shut it down that often if that is an option...
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September 1st, 2004 09:00
Thank you. How to I disable DEProtection? Nvever heard of it (I just got my unit last month). I do have a firewall with NIS 2004 so do I need the firewall that SP2 loads? And how would I disable it thru services thru service mgr?
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September 1st, 2004 18:00
There was a fix on this either in this forum or in XP forum. Rolling-back the processor drivers did the trick.
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September 1st, 2004 20:00
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I think you may be mistaken - the processor driver roll-back was to cure a slow running system, specifically Inspiron if I remember, where the processor speed was running at less than rated speed after SP2. Driver roll-back on the processor is not going to work here.
Message Edited by gudgeon on 09-02-2004 07:04 AM
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September 1st, 2004 21:00
Gudgeon,
Yes your correct, I caught that after the fact. It was indeed the Inspiron celeron chip I believe. Socks46 doesn't give any computer specs though. But thanks for pointing that out.
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NemesisDB
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September 1st, 2004 22:00
Click control panel, administrative tools, component services, and click services. Turn off the firewall if you wish.
To get to DEP, click control panel, click system, click advanced, click settings under performanced, click Data Execution Prevention.
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September 1st, 2004 23:00