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booting problem

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/booting-problem.41900/

gau_pppu
gau_pppu Original post #1
Nov 22, 2006 at 9:48 PM
for some day i have been watching that while start up, windows open normally, but my hard disk light glows for about 2 to 3 min, nd during those time i could not do any work, it never happened before, i have 512 mb ram, 2.8 prosser, nd i use avg anti virus and avg anti spyware, which regularly gets updated, is it due to theose two antivirus that i use, if not plz post a sutable solution for this,
aakash_mishra
aakash_mishra #2
Nov 22, 2006 at 9:58 PM
I think AVG on startup start scanning the HDD so ur computer is slow...
aryayush
aryayush #3
Nov 23, 2006 at 1:52 PM
Type 'msconfig' in the 'Start >> Run' dialog and hit return (enter). Click the 'Startup' tab and post a screenshot of the window. If you have a lot of services running at startup, they are bound to slow down the bootup time. Try disabling the non-essential ones. In fact, if you don't specifically want some service to run during startup, click 'Disable All' and hit 'OK' (no need to restart your computer though).

Alternatively, disable the auto-start option in the settings of your anti-virus program and restart your PC. If the bootup is dramatically faster, I would recommend launching the anti-virus application manually every time you boot. Or if there is some setting for running a virus scan every time the computer is started and is enabled, disable it. :)