Please SPEED-UP my BOOT-UP

Can I speed up the boot-up process of my computer using any software? My computer boots into Windows XP in over 2 minutes, while this could seem normal but it sometimes boots in less than a minute and sometimes it even takes more than 2 & a half mins to boot into XP. It takes a lot of time to go from that Black screen that shows the Windows XP logo to the blue screen that displays Welcome. My PC runs on a 2.8Ghz P4 with 512 MB of DDR RAM and a Ge-Force FX 5200 with 256 MB of memory. I tried the Microsoft Bootvis utility and even defrag my HDD regularly with O & O degrag, but they all fail to optimize my boot process. Please Help.............Thanks!

Do you have LAN enabled?

u may find something useful at MAKE WINXP STARTUP/SHUTDOWN FASTER !

turn off the extra applications that u dont need
they consume memory at
startup infact service startup is typically the most time-consuming part of the boot process.
disk cleanup and defrag..
see here also *www.pcguide.com/opt/opt/boot.htm

also u can use the Hibernate feature it is great.

U need to some tricks.....

1)Remove any unnecessary programs and/or items from Windows Startup routine using the MSCONFIG utility. Here's how: First, click Start, click Run, type MSCONFIG, and click OK. Click the StartUp tab, then uncheck any items you don't want to start when Windows starts.

U may get some more idead from here......
*techiehome.org/viewtopic.php?t=71
and here
*techiehome.org/viewtopic.php?t=201

1) Install Intel® Application Acceleratorinstall & reboot.

Then

2) Go to regedit press Ctrl + F and enter "enableprefecther" set it value to
"6" then reboot system u will get a boost in bootup time..

Press Ctrl+R and disable unwanted startup items

piyush619 said:
Press Ctrl+R and disable unwanted startup items

Does that works ...

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I guess you could try Tune Up Utilities 2007 it has made my comp a tad bit faster for me and u might as well configure the start up items through it too...

47shailesh said:
Does that works ...

sorryy for mis posting

its Win+R

goto msconfig

click stratup tab and disable unwanted items from startup

piyush619 said:
Press Ctrl+R and disable unwanted startup items

Interesting...will have to try this one to see if it works.

YUP!! I defragged my registry, pagefile and xp is fast. Use pagedfrg from www.sysinternals.com

Mine is an old man computer!!!!!!!
p3 500 384

Thanks all. I defraged my pagefile and it helped me in gaining a few secs.

In addition to my earlier suggestion u can add these:

1)use ntregopt free registry compactor.. sometimes large regitry files cause slow boot up.

2)iISystem Wiper a freeware feature rich system cleaner.

Use clear page file on shut down registry tweak and a boot sector defrag. It will help u out.

47shailesh said:
In addition to my earlier suggestion u can add these:

1)use ntregopt free registry compactor.. sometimes large regitry files cause slow boot up.

2)iISystem Wiper a freeware feature rich system cleaner.

I am using C Cleaner, is it good?

Yeah C Cleaner is good enuf.

Just try using Ashampoo Magical Defrag, Ashampoo Firewall Pro.

May help u in decreasing boot up time.

My system is breeze fast.