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November 23rd, 2004 21:00

Startup

my startup is extremely slow after installing sp2 on my inspiron 1150 laptop. It takes like 12-15 mins everytime, my username stays frozen for a long time after I enter my password. Does anyone know why this is, its only the startup, after that my laptop runs at normal speed?
 
Also, can someone post a link on reinstalling cd/dvd software. Thanks.
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    ejn63

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    Posted November 23rd, 2004 21:00

    Windows up to date on critical patches? Antivirus and firewall software up to date and running in real time at all times? Have you swept the system for spyware?
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    Ed C

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    Posted November 23rd, 2004 22:00

    Yeah

    It's SP2. Try removing it and see what happens.

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    Posted November 24th, 2004 15:00

    Well I disagree and will not be installing it on any of my PCs.
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    Posted November 24th, 2004 15:00

    SP2 was very slow as well on my machine.  What I did to fix it is run the WinXP SP2 update then run any additional updates after that.  I also cleared out my startup tab in 'msconfig' ... anything and everything in that tab *can* be unchecked cause in XP all the system drivers and information is in the one tab over to the left.  That made a tremendous amount of difference in my speed and memory useage that XP.  Overall SP2 was a very important update that I strongly recommend you have.

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