smaller troubles after WIn XP SP2

Hi NG,

I ordered the CD from MS and installed SP2 without any troubles.

After successfull installation everthing seems to work fine except:
* boot / start seems to take longer than before
* accessing printer(s) takes extremely long,
i.e. after accessing print menu (in all programs)
it takes long until the print wizard (print settings) appears.

Are such (rather small) troubles known after XP SP2,
and how to improve the situation?

Thx, Toni from Austria

Once I upgraded my machine to SP2 performance stunk. It would take 10
minutes to load up the desktop, then 1 or two minutes to pop up the start
menu. Only a few programs would run.

MS tech support had me change registry setting

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Rpcss\ObjectName=LocalSystem

This fixed the problem and the machine now runs normally.

Maybe this is your problem

MS tech support had me change

"Anton Haumer" wrote:

> Hi NG,
>
> I ordered the CD from MS and installed SP2 without any troubles.
>
> After successfull installation everthing seems to work fine except:
> * boot / start seems to take longer than before
> * accessing printer(s) takes extremely long,
> i.e. after accessing print menu (in all programs)
> it takes long until the print wizard (print settings) appears.
>
> Are such (rather small) troubles known after XP SP2,
> and how to improve the situation?
>
> Thx, Toni from Austria
>

Thx syrob I'll try it.

Toni

syrob wrote:
>
> Once I upgraded my machine to SP2 performance stunk. It would take 10
> minutes to load up the desktop, then 1 or two minutes to pop up the start
> menu. Only a few programs would run.
>
> MS tech support had me change registry setting
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Rpcss\ObjectName=LocalSystem
>
> This fixed the problem and the machine now runs normally.
>
> Maybe this is your problem
>
> MS tech support had me change
>
> "Anton Haumer" wrote:
>
> > Hi NG,
> >
> > I ordered the CD from MS and installed SP2 without any troubles.
> >
> > After successfull installation everthing seems to work fine except:
> > * boot / start seems to take longer than before
> > * accessing printer(s) takes extremely long,
> > i.e. after accessing print menu (in all programs)
> > it takes long until the print wizard (print settings) appears.
> >
> > Are such (rather small) troubles known after XP SP2,
> > and how to improve the situation?
> >
> > Thx, Toni from Austria
> >

Anton I am very curious about your fix posted by syrob. I attempted it, but
I am still having the same problem you discribe. Changing the registry to
LocalSystem under that key did not
help on my system. It still take a very long time to get the full Desktop
up. Have you
found any other work around? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Hank Gorman


"Anton Haumer" wrote:

> Thx syrob I'll try it.
>
> Toni
>
> syrob wrote:
> >
> > Once I upgraded my machine to SP2 performance stunk. It would take 10
> > minutes to load up the desktop, then 1 or two minutes to pop up the start
> > menu. Only a few programs would run.
> >
> > MS tech support had me change registry setting
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Rpcss\ObjectName=LocalSystem
> >
> > This fixed the problem and the machine now runs normally.
> >
> > Maybe this is your problem
> >
> > MS tech support had me change
> >
> > "Anton Haumer" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi NG,
> > >
> > > I ordered the CD from MS and installed SP2 without any troubles.
> > >
> > > After successfull installation everthing seems to work fine except:
> > > * boot / start seems to take longer than before
> > > * accessing printer(s) takes extremely long,
> > > i.e. after accessing print menu (in all programs)
> > > it takes long until the print wizard (print settings) appears.
> > >
> > > Are such (rather small) troubles known after XP SP2,
> > > and how to improve the situation?
> > >
> > > Thx, Toni from Austria
> > >
>

No I did not try it up to now.
I have a workaround: I do not shut down the PC,
I "hibernate" (I do not know the English term, I have a german XP) it
i.e. storing to disc; restoring is rather quick.

Printer problems seem to be linked to Adobe (Ver. 5);
accessing another printer is much quicker.

Toni

mx2000 wrote:
>
> Anton I am very curious about your fix posted by syrob. I attempted it, but
> I am still having the same problem you discribe. Changing the registry to
> LocalSystem under that key did not
> help on my system. It still take a very long time to get the full Desktop
> up. Have you
> found any other work around? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Hank Gorman
>
>
> "Anton Haumer" wrote:
>
> > Thx syrob I'll try it.
> >
> > Toni
> >
> > syrob wrote:
> > >
> > > Once I upgraded my machine to SP2 performance stunk. It would take 10
> > > minutes to load up the desktop, then 1 or two minutes to pop up the start
> > > menu. Only a few programs would run.
> > >
> > > MS tech support had me change registry setting
> > >
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Rpcss\ObjectName=LocalSystem
> > >
> > > This fixed the problem and the machine now runs normally.
> > >
> > > Maybe this is your problem
> > >
> > > MS tech support had me change
> > >
> > > "Anton Haumer" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi NG,
> > > >
> > > > I ordered the CD from MS and installed SP2 without any troubles.
> > > >
> > > > After successfull installation everthing seems to work fine except:
> > > > * boot / start seems to take longer than before
> > > > * accessing printer(s) takes extremely long,
> > > > i.e. after accessing print menu (in all programs)
> > > > it takes long until the print wizard (print settings) appears.
> > > >
> > > > Are such (rather small) troubles known after XP SP2,
> > > > and how to improve the situation?
> > > >
> > > > Thx, Toni from Austria
> > > >
> >

Additionally, I believe slow starting is linked with
the virus scanner (McAfee v6) which is pretty good
but seems to start slow - I'll try an update.

Toni

Anton Haumer wrote:
>
> No I did not try it up to now.
> I have a workaround: I do not shut down the PC,
> I "hibernate" (I do not know the English term, I have a german XP) it
> i.e. storing to disc; restoring is rather quick.
>
> Printer problems seem to be linked to Adobe (Ver. 5);
> accessing another printer is much quicker.
>
> Toni
>
> mx2000 wrote:
> >
> > Anton I am very curious about your fix posted by syrob. I attempted it, but
> > I am still having the same problem you discribe. Changing the registry to
> > LocalSystem under that key did not
> > help on my system. It still take a very long time to get the full Desktop
> > up. Have you
> > found any other work around? Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Hank Gorman
> >
> >
> > "Anton Haumer" wrote:
> >
> > > Thx syrob I'll try it.
> > >
> > > Toni
> > >
> > > syrob wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Once I upgraded my machine to SP2 performance stunk. It would take 10
> > > > minutes to load up the desktop, then 1 or two minutes to pop up the start
> > > > menu. Only a few programs would run.
> > > >
> > > > MS tech support had me change registry setting
> > > >
> > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Rpcss\ObjectName=LocalSystem
> > > >
> > > > This fixed the problem and the machine now runs normally.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe this is your problem
> > > >
> > > > MS tech support had me change
> > > >
> > > > "Anton Haumer" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi NG,
> > > > >
> > > > > I ordered the CD from MS and installed SP2 without any troubles.
> > > > >
> > > > > After successfull installation everthing seems to work fine except:
> > > > > * boot / start seems to take longer than before
> > > > > * accessing printer(s) takes extremely long,
> > > > > i.e. after accessing print menu (in all programs)
> > > > > it takes long until the print wizard (print settings) appears.
> > > > >
> > > > > Are such (rather small) troubles known after XP SP2,
> > > > > and how to improve the situation?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thx, Toni from Austria
> > > > >
> > >