- Joined
- Sep 19, 2003
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
System specs below in sig. I'm running Windows XP. Not too much software installed, plenty of HD space and RAM.
When my system boots into Windows, I have to wait about a minute before I can do anything or run any programs. If I try to run a program before that time, nothing happens until about a minute later, then the system runs normally.
I have noticed that the last thing that happens before the system reaches its "normal" state is that my scanner initializes. Thinking this was the problem, I unplugged it but the PC was still slow to boot up. Could the scanner drivers be doing this? I didn't install any add-on software with it.
Also, I tried nailing down the slowness to a running process, but nothing seemed unusual in the task manager except that all of the "User" fields are blank until the system completely boots. After that, they appropriately populate with SYSTEM, etc.
When my system boots into Windows, I have to wait about a minute before I can do anything or run any programs. If I try to run a program before that time, nothing happens until about a minute later, then the system runs normally.
I have noticed that the last thing that happens before the system reaches its "normal" state is that my scanner initializes. Thinking this was the problem, I unplugged it but the PC was still slow to boot up. Could the scanner drivers be doing this? I didn't install any add-on software with it.
Also, I tried nailing down the slowness to a running process, but nothing seemed unusual in the task manager except that all of the "User" fields are blank until the system completely boots. After that, they appropriately populate with SYSTEM, etc.