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More info?)
If you don't have a Home network, then you might try to unbind
File and Printer sharing & Client for Microsoft Networks from
your LAC. Other than that, I'd still investigate the Event Logs as
some Symantec services don't always start properly.
"Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> all latest drivers. I have Microsoft antispyware and Nortn AV.
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
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>> Five minutes is excessive. If youv'e trimmed back Startups and
>> Watchdogs then you need to check for Event errors. I would
>> run Eventvwr.Msc (Event Viewer) clear both System and the
>> Application logs (Right Click Headings). Reboot and then go
>> through each log looking for Red Icons (denotes Errors). Double
>> Click each error and read the brief description and Event ID.
>> It appears that you may have a Service attempting to start and
>> perhaps one or more of it dependant services isn't running. It
>> would help us to know what Security software you have on the
>> PC that is running a Real-Time function (AV/Firewall). If you
>> use either Symantec/McAfee then some of that excessive time
>> is probably those products fault. But even with those, most PC
>> boot times should yield a usable desktop by 2 minutes or so.
>>
>> "Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > sorry. It takes up to 5 minutes.
>> >
>> > "Ryan" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Grrr... Win xp 1.5ghz laptop. Startup takes up 2 5 mins. Actually,
>> >> it's
>> >> logon that takes a while, starting windows is fine. I eliminated
>> >> startup
>> >> programs + services to the bare minimum to still function. I have
>> >> done
>> >> numerous spyware.virus scans. Any help?
>> >>
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