Booting sometimes takes "forever"

Hi,

One thing that still puzzles me in Vista is the boot process,
especially after I have entered my password. Sometimes I am in my user
account within seconds, but other times it can take minutes. I always
get in, but why this inconsistency? Anyone else experience this, or is
it just me.

//ceed

"ceed" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> One thing that still puzzles me in Vista is the boot process,
> especially after I have entered my password. Sometimes I am in my user
> account within seconds, but other times it can take minutes. I always
> get in, but why this inconsistency? Anyone else experience this, or is
> it just me.
>
> //ceed
>
> I have noticed myself that after updates vista will take longer Shutting down/Starting up. You might want to try and Get rid of some of your start up programs By using Run->msconfig then startup tab (Note do NOT remove any start up items you dont know about, Try looking them up in Yahoo or Google to see if its ok to remove from startup)

How many programs do you have running in the background? How many of them
look for updates automatically? How many of them will look for an update
upon reboot if the program was not updated within the last hour?

Go into each program, other that your major security programs, and turn OFF
automatic updating. It just may make a huge difference. Then remember to
manually update these other programs on a weekly basis.

Really, is there any reason what-so-ever for a photo program to check for
updates every time the computer is started, or a music program or any
program - other than your major security apps? I think NOT!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

"ceed" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> One thing that still puzzles me in Vista is the boot process,
> especially after I have entered my password. Sometimes I am in my user
> account within seconds, but other times it can take minutes. I always
> get in, but why this inconsistency? Anyone else experience this, or is
> it just me.
>
> //ceed
>