why does my pc take so much time to boot?
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The most liekly culprit is spyware. Try LavaSoft's AdAware personal, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Microsoft's antispy beta. Also make sure that AOL is not installed on the computer as it extremely slows computers down. Spybots advanced tools allows you to manage startup items better than msconfig which can also be used.
1065910
Could be the cooling fan or the hard drive. Check both.
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Oh, man. A lot of potential causes - not enough RAM, defective RAM, memory software configuration, missing drivers, conflicting drivers, registry issues, startup conflicts (try Bootvis), and so on and on. In other words, this would be nearly impossible to figure out in a forum like this.
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There is a program called Quick Startup that disables some startup programs. I used it and my computer loads a lot faster.
501333
Keep in mind your computer needs memory to operate efficiently. Now for example, when you first bought your computer it didn't have too many programs loaded on it, over time you add programs that create startup items (programs that load when the desktop loads) and this increased the time it takes for the computer to load your desktop. Now when your tech came out and installed anti virus software on the computer, this added another program to load at startup, thus increasing the time for the desktop to load. Best thing to do is upgrade your memory (RAM). RAM isn't to expensive and will definately speed up your computing.
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Your laptop has too many things to run.\nIf you have windows XP: Click on Start, Run type in msconfig & hit Enter. Now select the "Startup" tab. There sould be a list of programs. These programs are what is loaded when your laptop starts up. deselecting programs that you don't need may help for a faster boot.
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Load as in start up? The main culprit in slow startup is a ton of useless garbage in startup. Go to Start>Run and type msconfig and go to the startup tab. Uncheck programs you don't want to start, which should be almost everything.\nAnother program that makes it easier to manage startup is tune-up utilities 2006. Will also clean out junk files and registry too which helps. Free trial for 30 days. Also C-Cleaner is free and does this too.\nhttp://www.tune-up.com/\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
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Click Start, then choose Run.  Enter 'msconfig' without the quotes at the prompt, and the System Configuration Utility will boot.  The tabs allow you to control startup options, boot programs and edit various system config files.  Just set the timer to 0 and you won't get a wait during startup.  Also try pressing Windows key and Pause/Break.  Then choose Advanced, System Startup.
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It sounds like a boot write virus... EEK! That's horrible. It could also be a few other things. System bios settings. Bad hard drive. You know I would suggest the good old restore disk. I hate to say it, but if all else fails turn to a tech.
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Because you have already checked if anything was overheating.\nI would check if the ram.\n\nIf you have two sticks of ram installed try booting with just one. Of course test both of them.
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if it brand new it probably has alot of uneeded stuff running in the back ground.\nif you know how to cleanout your startup in msconfig you may want to start there.\ntry defraging...that might help
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Just get the installation CD and reinstall from scratch.  It will be a faster and healthier computer with a fresh installation.  \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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If your computer has been on for a while, you may need to reboot to free up those system resources. The more programs you run, the less resources you will have available to you. \n\nIf you only have this much left after a fresh reboot, attempt to limit the number of programs you launch at startup. Contact me if you need further information.
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check for spyware, get Windows Defender free from Microsoft, Also you might want to check your CPU fan for proper cooling, if it is if it isnt running at max speed your CPU will overheat causing it to run slow
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could easily be ur PC. clean it out. if you have like 1 gig of space or less on your hard drive i noticed the computer will go into like... order or priority mode where it takes forever to do anything unless its directly related to your operating system. reformat! or clean up ur pc =/
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MAYBE VIRUSES ITS THE MAIN REASON OR U HAVE INSTALLED SOME PROGRAM THAT NEED A HIGH PROCESSING OR FINALLY THERE IS LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT START UP WHEN U START UR PC SO FIND THE REASON
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If you're talking about your computer bios, then it could be due to several reasons such as delay time set to query the readiness of the Hard disk(s) or other tasks that could happen during POST (Power-on Self-Test) like checking the availability of floppy drive, cd rom, VGA, bla bla bla... Some Bios's come with options like Silent Boot, Quick Boot etc, you ought to check them out in your box and modify to your satisfaction.