Startup veeeeerrrrryyy slow

[Bluefish]

Desktop running vista, i know when i turn it on i get the packard bell screen that should only appear for a few seconds, well that's there for minutes now, about 5 or so, and then it runs along still slow till it comes up with the user icons, then when you click one of them it's back to normal speed, i did a bit of googling, and did a startup scan, which said all ok, but underneath it said unplug any cameras or devices and restart, and if you keep seeing this message contact the administrator, or words to that effect. Well i've had a word with myself and i'm fecked if i know what's wrong, it must take 10 mins or so to get to the icons being on the screen, any advice? Oh and i've unchecked boxes for what loads at startup, but it was working fine one day then the next it's gone on a go slow.

[Brian]

My lappy is nigh on 5 years old and slower than a slow thing.

Ive learnt to live with it now, until I can afford a new one.

When that day comes, im also getting virgin with fibre optic so i`ll be faster than a fast thing.

[ant]

you could try adding a new user account as it could possibly be your profile is corrupt, reboot then log on as new user and see if that helps
Vista is evil though

[Bluefish]

Don't see how that would work ant, as once you get to the log on screen it's fine? Anyhow off to bed now, will check back later cheers

[meeee]

Do a system restore back to when it was running fine

[GothicLord]

I hate Vista with a passion, it was released much the same way windows ME was, as a stop gap to keep share prices up, and stop it looking like they are running behind on a new version. As such it is half windows XP and half windows 7, unfortunately it seems to be the worst parts of both.

I would say there are a couple of things that could help here, 1st is running disk clenup (tick all the boxes), then run disk defragmenter, these will help speed things up a bit. The other thing is to unplug any USB sticks or external hard drives when booting, or remove any other form for external storage (such as sd cards or ipods). I know this sounds silly, but I have known usb and other external storage devices to cause Vista to totally hang on boot up.

[Bluefish]

Oct 10, 2012 23:07:47 GMT meeee said:

Do a system restore back to when it was running fine

Already tried that, twice no joy lol

[Bluefish]

how do i do a disc clean up gothiclord? Oh if you mean cc cleaner, done it. I have done scans and a defrag

[Ellen]

Hit it and call it names

[Bluefish]

cheers ellen, never thought of that

[Brian]

start, accessories, system tools, disc cleanup

[Brian]

thats on windows 7, think its the same on vista... worth a try mate

[Bluefish]

nope not there

[Bluefish]

may have found it, will see

[Brian]

after start click all programs accessories etc