really REALLY slow performance at startup--need help desperately!

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hi, i'm not really sure where to post this, but this is urgent.   so for some odd reason, my xps 1530 takes forever to start, like 10 minutes.  there's a black screen for a very long time, and sometimes the toolbar doesn't load completely.  whenever i restart it, it seems ok.  but when i check the 'reliability and performance monitor' information, it tells me that bcmwltry.exe application stopped working.  what's going on?

kirkd · Answer

The file is for Broadcom Wireless. If you don't use this, it could be part of the problem.   First thing to do is run the Startup Repair. At boot, press F8 and select the Repair function.

stefanrp97 · Answer

I would uninstall, restart and reinstall your wireless card drivers/software.

treasurysecreta · Answer

how do i do that?  i'm not exactly computer-savvy.

stefanrp97 · Answer

First, I'll assume you have Vista.

The broadcom wireless driver is actually for the Dell wireless card in your system. Click on Start and select Control panel. Open Programs and features. Look for the Dell wireless card utility and uninstall it.

Before you uninstall though, if you depend on your wireless to connect to the internet I suggest you down load your latest wirless driver first. I would post a link for you, but I have no idea what Dell laptop you have nor what you have in it. That info would be helpful

treasurysecreta · Answer

i do have vista...my laptop is an xps 1530.  i mentioned it above.  what do you mean by 'what i have in it?'  it's a 32 bit, 4GB of RAM...

stefanrp97 · Answer

If you have a Dell branded wireless card instead of Intel, this is the driver you need: Dell Wireless Driver

treasurysecreta · Answer

how do i change the settings of the startup repair to the appropriate settings; namely, the last time i used it, a dell agent changed it to dell factory image restore...what setting do i want it at?  thanks!

stefanrp97 · Answer

The factory image restore is not something that automatically happens. You have to manually do it and it reases everything on your hdd and puts your computer back to the way you received it. If the factory image is corrupted and has problems, then I recommend reinstalling Vista using the disks that came with your computer. Cal XPS support for them to help you with this. 1-800-232-8544

treasurysecreta · Answer

and i have the dell wireless WLAN card utility.

treasurysecreta · Answer

i know that; that's not what i'm concerned with...i would like to know how to reset the settings for the "repair" option. i noticed that when i selected the "repair computer" option, it started into dell factory image mode.

by the way, my system information is intel(r)core(tm)2 duo T7250@2.00 GHz w/ 4 GB of memory.

thanks.

kansusuet · Answer

Check this out   http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532

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