my compeuter takes 5 mintues from power on to windows welcome message what is wrong and how can i fix it

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• Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:17 PMSpiritX

   
  

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  Hi,
  
  First check Settings (BIOS/CMOS) as you boot - usually press F2 - and check that Hard drive is 1st in boot
  order and DVD next - you may have the order mixed - also look to see if there are devices you do not
  have like floppy drives enabled.
  
  After that it is a process of elimination :
  
  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
  
  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950685
  
  Optimizing Microsoft Windows Vista Performance
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959062
  
  To see all that is loading bootup - wait a few minutes without doing anything - then Right Click TaskBar -
  Task Manager - take a look at Appplications - Processes - Services - this is a quick reference (if you have
  a little box on Lower Left - Show for All Users then check that).
  
  How to Check and Change the Startup Programs in Vista
  http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html
  
  A quick check to see which are loading is Method 2 there - using MSCONFIG then post a list of those here.
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  Tools that should help :
  
  Process Explorer - Free - Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs
  they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
  
  Autoruns - Free - See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you
  login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-
  start settings.
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  
  Process Monitor - Free - Monitor file system, Registry, process, thread and DLL activity in real-time.
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
  
  There are many excellent free tools at Sysinternals
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
  
  WhatsInStartUP - Free - This utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows
  starts up. For each application, the following information is displayed: Startup Type (Registry/Startup Folder),
  Command -Line String, Product Name, File Version, Company Name, Location in the Registry or file system,
  and more. It allows you to easily disable or delete unwanted programs that runs in your Windows startup.
  http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/what_run_in_startup.html

  There are many excellent free tools at NirSoft
  http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/index.html
  
  Window Watcher - Free - Do you know what's running on your computer? Maybe not. The Window Watcher tells all, reporting every window created by every running program, whether the window is visible or not.
  http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptwinwatch.asp
  
  Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
  http://www.karenware.com/
  
  Hope these help.

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  Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

  • Proposed As Answer bySpiritX Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:17 PM
  • Marked As Answer byJason H. - Support EngineerMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 13, 2009 5:15 PM
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