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From: Richard on 23 Apr 2010 16:00
On 22/04/2010 18:20, harkawy wrote:
> On Apr 21, 7:06 am, Richard<rsu...(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>> My computer always takes a good while to boot up, but suddenly I have
>> started getting a series of white progress bars that appear at the
>> bottom of my screen almost as soon as the boot process starts. This
>> takes about 15 mins to fill up and everything then goes ahead as per
>> normal and my speed becomes as usual. I have found a couple of forums
>> that have mentioned the problem, but there has never been a conclusion
>> as far as I can see. I am running XP Home SP3, have done a
>> SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes scan which both report no problem. I
>> have defragged and run Registry Mechanic - no problems. I did have an
>> external disk problem which I re-formatted successfully. I have
>> disconnected this drive but the problem remains. I have checked all
>> start-up programs - all OK. I then started in Safe mode and Bootlogging
>> mode and found a list of (16).sys files that are failing to load, but
>> which I don't have a clue about. One of the forums I looked at suggested
>> a memory ckecking process starting at every boot, but not that I have
>> started or know how to check for. Any help very much appreciated.
>> Richard.
>
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Done that....no good
From: Richard on 23 Apr 2010 16:03
On 22/04/2010 21:18, russg wrote:
> On Apr 22, 1:20 pm, harkawy<hark...(a)rabbitsoft.us> wrote:
>> On Apr 21, 7:06 am, Richard<rsu...(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> My computer always takes a good while to boot up, but suddenly I have
>>> started getting a series of white progress bars that appear at the
>>> bottom of my screen almost as soon as the boot process starts. This
>>> takes about 15 mins to fill up and everything then goes ahead as per
>>> normal and my speed becomes as usual. I have found a couple of forums
>>> that have mentioned the problem, but there has never been a conclusion
>>> as far as I can see. I am running XP Home SP3, have done a
>>> SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes scan which both report no problem. I
>>> have defragged and run Registry Mechanic - no problems. I did have an
>>> external disk problem which I re-formatted successfully. I have
>>> disconnected this drive but the problem remains. I have checked all
>>> start-up programs - all OK. I then started in Safe mode and Bootlogging
>>> mode and found a list of (16).sys files that are failing to load, but
>>> which I don't have a clue about. One of the forums I looked at suggested
>>> a memory ckecking process starting at every boot, but not that I have
>>> started or know how to check for. Any help very much appreciated.
>>> Richard.
>>
>> Try CCleaner to clean up your computer. "CCleaner is the number-one
>> tool for cleaning your Windows PC. Keep your privacy online and
>> offline, and make your computer faster and more secure. Over 400
>> million downloads!"
>>
>> http://www.piriform.com/
>
> 15 minutes seems excessive for the POST (Power on self test). You can
> probably tell the BIOS to stop
> the memory check at startup. It is what the crawling white line is.
> Most computers you hit F2 or DEL
> at boot time to enter BIOS setup. Then search for the POST settings.
Thanks for that help russg, but can't find anything to do with POST on
my start-up BIOS even though I'm sure you're right.
From: harkawy on 22 Apr 2010 13:20
On Apr 21, 7:06 am, Richard <rsu...(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> My computer always takes a good while to boot up, but suddenly I have
> started getting a series of white progress bars that appear at the
> bottom of my screen almost as soon as the boot process starts. This
> takes about 15 mins to fill up and everything then goes ahead as per
> normal and my speed becomes as usual. I have found a couple of forums
> that have mentioned the problem, but there has never been a conclusion
> as far as I can see. I am running XP Home SP3, have done a
> SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes scan which both report no problem. I
> have defragged and run Registry Mechanic - no problems. I did have an
> external disk problem which I re-formatted successfully. I have
> disconnected this drive but the problem remains. I have checked all
> start-up programs - all OK. I then started in Safe mode and Bootlogging
> mode and found a list of (16).sys files that are failing to load, but
> which I don't have a clue about. One of the forums I looked at suggested
> a memory ckecking process starting at every boot, but not that I have
> started or know how to check for. Any help very much appreciated.
> Richard.

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million downloads!"

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From: russg on 22 Apr 2010 16:18
On Apr 22, 1:20 pm, harkawy <hark...(a)rabbitsoft.us> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 7:06 am, Richard <rsu...(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > My computer always takes a good while to boot up, but suddenly I have
> > started getting a series of white progress bars that appear at the
> > bottom of my screen almost as soon as the boot process starts. This
> > takes about 15 mins to fill up and everything then goes ahead as per
> > normal and my speed becomes as usual. I have found a couple of forums
> > that have mentioned the problem, but there has never been a conclusion
> > as far as I can see. I am running XP Home SP3, have done a
> > SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes scan which both report no problem. I
> > have defragged and run Registry Mechanic - no problems. I did have an
> > external disk problem which I re-formatted successfully. I have
> > disconnected this drive but the problem remains. I have checked all
> > start-up programs - all OK. I then started in Safe mode and Bootlogging
> > mode and found a list of (16).sys files that are failing to load, but
> > which I don't have a clue about. One of the forums I looked at suggested
> > a memory ckecking process starting at every boot, but not that I have
> > started or know how to check for. Any help very much appreciated.
> > Richard.
>
> Try CCleaner to clean up your computer.  "CCleaner is the number-one
> tool for cleaning your Windows PC. Keep your privacy online and
> offline, and make your computer faster and more secure. Over 400
> million downloads!"
>
> http://www.piriform.com/

15 minutes seems excessive for the POST (Power on self test). You can
probably tell the BIOS to stop
the memory check at startup. It is what the crawling white line is.
Most computers you hit F2 or DEL
at boot time to enter BIOS setup. Then search for the POST settings.
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