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I hope Im posting this in the right forum. I have a dimension 4400 running Windows xp home edition. The computer is almost 4 years old. When I restart my computer it takes forever to go down and come back up. I actually timed it from start to finish this morning. It took exactly 9 minutes to shut down and 11 minutes to come back up where I can use it. I run Spysweeper every day, Norton scans once a week. I have used msconfig to stop most start-up programs. What else could I do to speed it up a little? I know this time frame is outrageously long! I dread doing anything that has to restart the system. PLease help me here!
Which part of the process has the longest delay, the shut down or the restart? If it is the shutdown, which programs are still running when you shut it down. If it's the restart, which programs are still loading from startup? Do you have any USB devices connected to the computer? If so, try unplugging all USB devices except a mouse and/or keyboard and see if the problem disappears. If it does, you know where to start troubleshooting.
Steve
Ok then unplug the printer and see if it solves the problem. If it doesn't, do a cntrl-alt-delete just before you shutdown and shutdown each running program manually and see if you can isolate what is causing the problem. These are basic troubleshooting steps - you have to work it out by a process of elimination.
Steve
Start with applications. Many of the processes are necessary for Windows to run properly. If it is not an application that is causing the problem, then the next step would be to start considering the processes. Did unplugging the USB printer have any effect?
Steve
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Posted March 24th, 2005 20:00
Message Edited by cfarris on 03-24-2005 04:48 PM