Boot up takes too long
After pressing power on button it takes roughly 2 minutes for the xp pro boot screen to finally finish loading. it pauses a few times during load (looks as if its going to crash)
once its loaded its fine, works normal.
once its loaded its fine, works normal.
Computers & Internet - Shuttle - MS51N Motherboard
Answers & Comments
This happens when the computer gets full of "junk" (this happens with any computer over time) and can be remedied with a fresh windows install.
If you don't plan to reinstall windows in near future I suggest you go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and uninstall any software you don't use/need
Also tweaking the system registry migh help speed up boot time:
1. Click ‘Start’ then 'Run’
2. Type in ‘Regedit’ then click ‘Ok’
3. Navigate to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Cur rentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\ ‘
4. Right-click on “EnablePrefetcher” and set the value to ‘0′
5. Close 'Regedit'
6. Navigate to 'Windows\Prefetch' folder (usualy drive on C:) and delete all its contents
5. Reboot.
7. Enjoy greatly improved boot time ;]
Hope this helps!