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#31 slippybippy

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Posted 11 April 2012 - 04:03 PM

Did it. It really didn't help unfortunately.

It still took 2 minutes to User screen, and 5 mins to load after, even thouh it's ticked to start after services, it still starts third after volume ctrl and the Dell Quick Set.

If it didn't used to load everything in less than 2 mins, I never would know the difference, but I do.

Any other ideas?

:-)

#32 Essexboy

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Posted 11 April 2012 - 04:08 PM

Bear with me I will do some investigating

#33 slippybippy

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 10:32 AM

Update:

The Avast really slowed up my computer. Windows wouldn't open normally. They were quite slow. I decided the Avira was the lesser of the two evils, so I uninstalled it and put back the Avira.

It still takes over 10 mins to be up and running unfortunately.

#34 Essexboy

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 02:40 PM

Could you run a fresh OTL scan and select all users please

#35 slippybippy

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 08:27 PM

Here it is.

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#36 Essexboy

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 01:09 PM

Lets look at the main services

run farbar service scanner

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Tick "All" options.
Press "Scan".
It will create a log (FSS.txt) in the same directory the tool is run.

Please copy and paste the log to your reply.

#37 slippybippy

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 01:24 PM

Here it is:

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  • Attached File  FSS.txt (1.9K)
    Number of downloads: 11

#38 Essexboy

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 01:33 PM

This looks like one of those times when a refresh of the Operating system is needed, do you have a windows disc ?

#39 slippybippy

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 01:42 PM

Yes, I have the disk that came with the computer. I'd lose everything on the computer, correct? I backed up my pics and files last weekend. Do you say this because we haven't found the problem, or is there something showing that Windows is screwy?

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 02:11 PM

As it is at the moment I can see no reason for the slow boot, unfortunately with XP this is a common occurence

The first thing to do is slipstream SP3 onto a spare blank CD this will save the hassle of millions of updates

Details are here

Have a read and let me know if you have any questions

Then once you have an SP3 xp disc we will proceeed from there

#41 slippybippy

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 04:14 PM

I have a problem. Everytime I try to burn a disc using Roxio, after 30-45 seconds, the burning stops and says there's something wrong with the disc and it couldn't burn. Happened 3 times. Any ideas? I have a Vostro 1500 Dell laptop. I installed the Roxio today, as last time I reformated about 4 years ago I forgot to load it.

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Posted 14 April 2012 - 05:41 AM

Do you have a recovery partition ? The steps here will show if you have and how to access it

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 11:09 AM

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