slow startup..>?>?

my pc start in 5 to 8minuuts
is that normal or does my pc have a viirus or weak prossesor?
pc specs:
intel1.8 core 2 dou
3G or DDR2 ram at 800Mhz
asus p5ld2 mother board
500 WD HD

5 to 8 minutes is a long time. mine starts up in under a minute.

do virus and malware scans
defrag your hard drive
disable programs that run on startup you don't need
uninstall programs you don't use
run Disk Cleanup
download CCleaner and clean up your registry

Might be easier to back everything up and reformat...you could spend hours getting it to start fast again or you could do a full reinstall =]

By default, Windows only uses one core to start up. Enabling more cores can improve the start up time. Click start, then run. Type msconfig . Then go to boot and you can enable multiple cores. Hope this helps.

By default, Windows only uses one core to start up. Enabling more cores can improve the start up time. Click start, then run. Type msconfig . Then go to boot and you can enable multiple cores. Hope this helps.

kraken2109

oh that's pretty cool, i didn't know about that.

i'm gonna try it now see if it makes a difference

I forgot - It's in boot.ini and then click advanced. Good luck, hope it helps.

[QUOTE="kraken2109"]

By default, Windows only uses one core to start up. Enabling more cores can improve the start up time. Click start, then run. Type msconfig . Then go to boot and you can enable multiple cores. Hope this helps.

broken_bass_bin

oh that's pretty cool, i didn't know about that.

i'm gonna try it now see if it makes a difference

it didn't make a difference :(

my pc start in 5 to 8minuuts
is that normal or does my pc have a viirus or weak prossesor?
pc specs:
intel1.8 core 2 dou
3G or DDR2 ram at 800Mhz
asus p5ld2 mother board
500 WD HD

zahyr

im have xp and i unchecked some program that i dont need in startup but its the samezahyr

Did you ever installed other OS with your current HD?