Slow Computer Startup, Registry

komm

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• Apr 4, 2006

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For the longest time, my computer has been quite slow at starting up compared to the other computers I have around the house. It takes roughly 2 minutes, which is a lot considering i'm pretty much running a barebones services.msc, and 1 or 2 third party tasks starting up. Any idea what could be wrong?

Does anyone know of a heavy registry cleaner? i have reg mechanic, but from what i've seen there's still a lot of unused folders and values in there that have not been cleaned. I'm also looking for a program to fully clean deleted files that have not yet been overwritten.

 

Michael Warren

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• Apr 4, 2006

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Download CCleaner, theres another program that will clean up your registry too. I believe that its called Tune Up System Maintance.

 

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• Apr 5, 2006

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also give the free TuneXP 1.5 a try. Pretty good program.

 

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• Apr 5, 2006

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another vote for CCleaner

 

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ilikepie

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• Apr 5, 2006

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Defrag with diskeeper might help

 

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komm

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• Apr 9, 2006

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I DLed those programs, they work nicely, thanks a bunch. But any idea about the first question?

 

twoeyes

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• Apr 9, 2006

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Only way to really speed up startup times is to reformat IMHO, those programs are just delaying the inevitable

 

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rseven

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• Apr 9, 2006

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Tune Up Utilities 2006 has a reg cleaner and defragmenter. It is available in a fully functional 30 day free trial version. I use it and it has never made a problem as some registry cleaners tend to do.

 

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• Apr 9, 2006

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Adragontattoo said:

another vote for CCleaner

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Add a third to that vote

 

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komm

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• Apr 10, 2006

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Reformatted, still starting up slow...

 

TalRW

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• Apr 10, 2006

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try going to start --> run --> msconfig and try turning off stuff you don't need in the startup tab.

 

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• Apr 10, 2006

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Also, check your System Event Log and see if you have any services that are failing to start. This can cause huge delays in the the Startup.

 

twoeyes

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bchur83 said:

Also, check your System Event Log and see if you have any services that are failing to start. This can cause huge delays in the the Startup.

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Ah good tip i'm gonna try that when i get home

 

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• Apr 11, 2006

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how do you check the system event log?

 

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mardgee said:

how do you check the system event log?

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Right Click My Computer, and click on manage. Then click the + in front of Event Viewer and then System.

 

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komm

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Ok, checked the system event log and it has tons of dcom errors on startup, googled around a little bit, and can't find anything on how to fix it. I also downloaded bootvis, but when windows finally loads I manually have to click on my username to log in to the computer. I don't have a password, and was able to bypass this before I formatted my computer. How do I avoid it, and how would I fix a DCOM error of:
DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. " attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" in order to run the server:
{1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}

EDIT: Found the solution, but this isnt fixing the slow boot problem.

 

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komm

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I tried tunexp, and this time recorded how many bars it passes. 27. That was after I did the enable ultra fast booting option. I can't get bootvis to work still, although I fixed the login clicking problem. Bootvis will show nothing when I load the boot records. Nothing just shows up in the charts. I tried tweaking it anyway, to no effect. I'm beginning to think I have some conflict or something...

EDIT: Read something about applying a static IP to my computer (adsl). Applied one, did nothing at all.

EDITEDIT: Disabled Network card and rebooted. Still 27 bar passes.

 

Last edited: Apr 11, 2006

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• Apr 11, 2006

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A conflict should show up in the Device Manager as an exclamation mark with a yellow background.

 

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komm

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ah ive got 2 of those... ill check them when i get home

 

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Ok, nevermind, they were question marks. Anyone have any idea what to do next? I've googled and searched through at least 50 pages of material, i cant find anything...