Slow Startup

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XP Pro Sp2 - when I startup (with SOS switch in boot.ini) there is a long
pause after the drive tests and the Welcome Screen withg no apparent drive
activity. Event Viewer always shows a long pause as in the example below

Time Source Category Event
21:52:26 SecurityCenter None 1800
21:53:11 ESENT General 100
21:53:11 ESENT General 102
21:56:28 LoadPerf None 1001
21:56:28 LoadPerf None 1000

Can anyone please suggest a reason for the long delay between the third and
fourth events.

 

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Hi there,

Try the below step:

1. Click Start, run, type "Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" (with
out quotation marks) and click OK.

For more information, see here:
http://65.24.134.81/KipSolutions/SP2/SP2Overview.htm

** SP2 causes system boot times to slow down is discussed in the above site.

--
HTH
Venkatesh
"Rob J" <RobJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> XP Pro Sp2 - when I startup (with SOS switch in boot.ini) there is a long
> pause after the drive tests and the Welcome Screen withg no apparent drive
> activity. Event Viewer always shows a long pause as in the example below
>
> Time Source Category Event
> 21:52:26 SecurityCenter None 1800
> 21:53:11 ESENT General 100
> 21:53:11 ESENT General 102
> 21:56:28 LoadPerf None 1001
> 21:56:28 LoadPerf None 1000
>
> Can anyone please suggest a reason for the long delay between the third
and
> fourth events.

 

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Venkatesh

Thank you for the information - I will give your suggestion a try

"Venkatesh [MS India Community Star]" wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Try the below step:
>
> 1. Click Start, run, type "Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" (with
> out quotation marks) and click OK.
>
> For more information, see here:
> http://65.24.134.81/KipSolutions/SP2/SP2Overview.htm
>
> ** SP2 causes system boot times to slow down is discussed in the above site.
>
> --
> HTH
> Venkatesh
> "Rob J" <RobJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4C30C392-2559-4BD6-8F90-46D4B8816D88@microsoft.com...
> > XP Pro Sp2 - when I startup (with SOS switch in boot.ini) there is a long
> > pause after the drive tests and the Welcome Screen withg no apparent drive
> > activity. Event Viewer always shows a long pause as in the example below
> >
> > Time Source Category Event
> > 21:52:26 SecurityCenter None 1800
> > 21:53:11 ESENT General 100
> > 21:53:11 ESENT General 102
> > 21:56:28 LoadPerf None 1001
> > 21:56:28 LoadPerf None 1000
> >
> > Can anyone please suggest a reason for the long delay between the third
> and
> > fourth events.
>
>
>