[Lola2014]

Dear Phillpower2,

 

I wanted to take a moment and thank you for all your help, I really appreciated it.

 

Wishing you a great year ahead!

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Hello Lola2014 and best wishes for the new year 

 

How are things with the computer now.

 

You are welcome btw 

[phillpower2]

Hello Lola2014 and best wishes for the new year 

 

How are things with the computer now.

 

You are welcome btw 

[Lola2014]

Thank you for the best wishes Philpower2 :-). Everything is fine with the computer now except that it takes longer to boot which is fine with me. Thank you for all your help, you guys are awesome!

[phillpower2]

You are most welcome Lola2014 

 

An additional step for you if you wish to try and speed up the boot time/s;

 

Use msconfig to determine what is causing the problem

These are good tutorials on using msconfig in XP, Vista or Windows 7:
How to use msconfig in Windows XP
How to use msconfig in Windows Vista
How to use msconfig in Windows 7 and Windows 8

Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
Click on the Startup tab (for Windows 8, the Startup tab has a link to open Task Manager/Startup tab. Use that.) make a note of what is currently starting then click the Disable Allbutton.
Reboot and see if it runs better.
If yes then use msconfig to enable several items at a time until you find the culprit.

If no, start msconfig and click on the Services tab.
Check the Hide All Microsoft Services box, make a note of what is currently starting then click the Disable All button.
Again, do a regular boot, see if it runs normal.
If yes then use msconfig to enable services until you find the culprit.

Once you've found the culprit, uninstall it or find out how to eliminate it from your system. Simply disabling it in msconfig is a temporary fix at best.
Enable everything else you disabled.  

 

Above canned text courtesy of colleague Ztruker