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  • Refugees
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    264 posts since Nov '04
    • 05 Dec `07, 8:39PM

      I realised the time taken for my computer to startup is kinda slow nowadays? What is causing this? My startup refers to those icon which appear in system tray and msn to pop out and stuff..

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    ndmmxiaomayi
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    53,307 posts since Aug '05
  • Refugees
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    264 posts since Nov '04
    • 05 Dec `07, 8:59PM

      roughly 10-12 icon in system tray. but when i just bought this laptop everything load very fast leh.

  • orionlight
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    1,101 posts since Jun '04
    • 05 Dec `07, 9:00PM

      perhaps you want to list out starup config so mayi can help you

      go Run-->Msconfig--->startup

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    ndmmxiaomayi
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    53,307 posts since Aug '05
    • 05 Dec `07, 9:04PM

      MSN can be configured not to run on startup.

      1. Open MSN

      2. Click on Tools > Options

      3. On the left, select Sign In

      4. Untick this box: Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when I log on to Windows

      5. Click OK to apply the settings

      And others... see your msconfig first...

  • Refugees
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    264 posts since Nov '04
    • 05 Dec `07, 9:07PM

      no no, as in i still want it to run on startup just that the speed kinda slow nowadays just want to know what cause the slowing down of the speed

  • abao
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    2,441 posts since Jul '05
    • 05 Dec `07, 9:33PM

      If your computer is starting slow, it could be:

      1. Virus, Spyware related or

      2. Too many start-up processes.
      For example, a windows XP Pro SP2 has about 30-40 processes when starting clean.

      If you have anti-virus,
      eg AVG = +4 processes
      firewall, eg Zonealarm = + 2 processes
      graphics card, eg intel = + 1, ati = +3 processes
      anti spyware, eg spybot = +2, AVG anti spy also = +2
      programming, eg, VS03, then u nid install IIS = +1, VS05 got another MSSQL app...

      assuming 1 process = 8-32mb and takes 5-60secs, u go count yourself on the resource needed to start up and so on...

      3. you hdd might be fragmented. so analyse and do a defrag if necessary.

      cheers Smile

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