why does my pc take so long to boot up?
963126
have you tryed threatening it?
1126428
The problem is not because of updating the bios. Updating the bios does not removes start  up program. Have you installed any other program?
969243
Try..\nDeleting temporary files\nDisc cleanup\nDefrag\nIf it still runs slow get an expert to look at it.
649740
Alot of things could be wrong.  I usually spend an hour or more running virus/spyware scans on computers, installing updates, optimizing boot programs, running boot and file system defrags, etc when people are having this problem.  If you don't know someone that can do this for you, then you should take it to Best buy or a local repair shop... assuming it's out of warrenty.  \nIf it's in warrenty... call Dell.\n\n(And for the fellow who thought it would be funny to say Windoze is slow... my computer which is getting on 3 years old with XP sp2 boots from cold poweroff in 16 seconds.  It could be faster but I allow for a 5 second OS delay just incase i want to boot a diff OS.  Slow is all a matter of how you manage your startup programs.)
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well, a little more ram could help, but here are some other ways to make your startup and shutdown a little faster.  the reason it is so slow is because some programs startup automatically when windows start, but there are way to elminate the programs you don't want starting.  here are few articles on how to do it.\n\nhttp://help.cnet.com/speed_up_start_up/9602-12576_39-0.html?messageID=2508332&tag=tip-2508332&kw=speed+up+start+up\n\nhttp://help.cnet.com/speed_up_start_up/9602-12576_39-0.html?messageID=2505921&tag=tip-2505921&kw=speed+up+start+up
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Do you have the Java Runtime Environment Installed , it must have installed while setup was on if not then you have to download it.\n\nOr else,\n\nGive it a few minutes it always takes time in the inital start up. \n\nDid you restart the computer after installing it. IF not please do it , it always helps.
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Look int that spot by the clock, are there a bunch of icons before the time?  These are programs that also start up when the computer starts.  Adjust them not to start up at "startup".  You can also check in your startup menu. "start>all programs>startup" These also startup when the computer turns on.  Also defrag may help.
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Well whats the age of your PC.  Are you getting an error?  When you say it takes too much time, makes me think you may have to little memory.  Have atleast 256MB or 512 MB of RAM?
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Trim down your start-up processes. Many applications will add entries to the system start-up so that they load up faster when first fun (such as many media players, acrobat, etc)\n\nOpen the "run" console from the start menu and type in "msconfig"\n\nUn-check anything in the "startup" section which does not need to run at boot (if you're not sure, try googling the process to find out what  it does first). You can also speed things up further by triming down the Windows services, but unless you know what you are doing I wouldn't reccomend that.\n\nA couple of other tips:\n*Clear out your prefetch folder from time to time, as this can become cluttered with no-longer required processes.\n*Refresh your paging files regularly - a number of applications available for this.\n*Defragment your drive at least once a week - you are better of using a 3rd party application for that though, as the in-built Windows defrag tool is not the most reliable or powerful
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Not neccessarily. If you have in your bios settings for your pc to search in cdrom, floppy, network & then the harddrive for the operating system it will take longer, as does if you have the standard bios check running first. Once your OS is loaded if you have tons of junk running on start up it can take forever for your pc to load. No idea what OS you have - run>msconfig to see what is running on start up. You can download msconfig on google if you have XP. Hijack this is also good to check for things that should not be loading. While your at it download spybot search & destroy and adaware to check for junk. They will also clean your pc of cookies that phone home and slow your pc on the internet. Download Cleanup! & that will clean everything on your pc freeing up memory & anything the previous programs might have left.\n\nLast but not least, once your pc is running clean & lean of junk sucking power and using your connection for it's own nefarious means and slowing you down. Sometimes it's just the website. They might have tons of junk running that slows load time. They might not have the fastest servers. They might not be able to handle x amount of concurrent visitors (think rush hour on expressway all getting off at one exit). If you can load one site quickly, and another is a constant slow one... it's not you.\n\n512 will only make your pc be able to load things into memory faster which would include your browser (think big pic's trying to load), but does not affect sites you are trying to visit as long as they are moving along on their side (think of it like someone is handing you plates, 256ram you can handle so many plates, at 512ram you can handle more  plates that are heavier... but if the guy handing them to you is still slow..... your being faster doesn't do much good) The DSL will do the biggest bang on speed. Cleaning your pc of temp internet files & cookies will help your speed since they won't be clogging your DSL with phoneing home.\n\nSo to sum it up... clean your pc & get the 512 upgrade. You will notice a performance boost from both. If you really want to get faster dump IE & just use Firefox for browseing. Your DSL might want you to log on with IE, but you can still open up browser pages with Firefox. Firefox runs faster because it is not bogged down with all kinds of stuff you don't need. You can pick your options from it's extensions (faster fox, no script, customize google are few good ones to use) it's also less susceptible to holes and problems like IE is.\n\nps. Just saw your note - 2ghz celeron is fast enough - if you are just surfing, emailing & doing basic stuff on your pc its fine. If you are into games or other performance intensive uses then you might want a faster processor. Though if you are surfing & maybe bookkeeping or writing reports (or whatever) keeping your pc clean & the 512 will help the most. I'd also recommend your looking up "blackviper" on google (some sites still post the info) he had an excellent tutorial on what MS has running in the background on your pc by default, what it is and the safety of shutting it down. Stopping unneeded programs this way, msconfig and other tools does lot's for performance. You can have the fastest car, but if you are running the air, lights on & a generator out of the cigarette lighter, your gonna take a performance hit. & Check out this link for better info on keeping your pc clean. \n\nIt's alot of info, but once you try it - you'll see it's not difficult at all.
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could be something wrong with your PC
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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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Right click on desktop and restore original settings? If that doesn't work you have a memory allocation problem...basically, you have so many things in your startup configuration that there is not enough memory left to initialize your desktop.\n\nRemedies: Run MSCONFIG from your Start...Run command and check the Startup tab. Remove everything that is not a required item. Basically, keep all windows, antivirus, spyware programs and disable everything else. Also, try restarting in safemode, if they come up there that is an assurance that it is memory related.
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normally if you want to make ur PC more faster than to got run type msconfig and select start up. un check everything ( don't worry it doesn't make any difference to not run files in start up) bcoz windows file normally starts. there is no windows core file in start up. it might stop all your software to get start @ windows start up. \n\ni hope it might boost ur system performance @ start up\n\nplease let me know if you have any further question.
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Check the battery..Go buy a new Battery.. See if it boots up then..If it dosent then it looks like a computer doctor is needed.Could be costly. If its an old one. it might pay you go buy a newer one.
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u have to much up and running in ur start menue u need to go to start then click run then type in msconfig.exe then go over to the 2nd to last and disble all then it will ask for u to restart ur computer then hings will speed up
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U haven't mentioned configuration of your machine. May be its slow because it has less RAM, or insufficient swap space, or a close to death HDD or a slow processor.\nLet's hope not so. The following are the steps.\n\n1> Enter your cmos setup by hitting DEL key during computer start up.  Make sure that the CD drive is the first in the boot order.\n2>Insert winxp cd in your cd drive and restart computer. It will boot from the cd.\n\n3> It seems u r a novice.So keep the partitions as it is and choose to install on your c drive. Just choose to format the c drive before installation. For the rest follow on screen instructions. \n\n4>If u do not know what is cmos setup,  boot order, disk partitioning, formatting etc. then call a hardware guy.