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… this article applies primarily to Windows XP computers, its general concepts also apply to fixing slow computer startup problems on Windows Vista, Mac, and Linux computers.

Backing Up Your Data Files

Before you start troubleshooting your computer’s slow startup, you should back up all your data. Copy your personal data files (including text, music, photos, and videos) to either a separate hard drive (internal or external) or to removable media (such as CD or DVD discs, or USB …

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Computer Security & Viruses – Computer slow to respond Expert: Brian Benosky – 1/4/2008

Question QUESTION: For some time now my Internet Explorer has been slow and sometimes it goes blank and then sort of refreshes itself. This is vey annoying. When it does this it makes the windows sound assigned to …

Most of us experience slow windows startup after having used a computer for a long time. And for me, half a year is enough to get accustomed to leaving my computer alone after I press the start button, and probably, having a cup of coffee.

Despite the hardware factor (people seldom consider expensive hardware upgrades simply because computer starts up slowly), Windows starts with many other services and …

… be wondering if it is true. The answer is yes, it is really true. In fact most professionals know how to fix slow XP startup, but not all of them are willing to share the knowledge. Remember the last time you went to a computer shop and pay hundreds of dollars to get your PC repaired? Most of computer problems are easily repairable. You just need the right program & knowledge. Arm yourself with all those by continue reading this article.

What Causes Slow XP Startup?

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… it takes to start them up? We don’t have Mac’s, so therefore we get stuck with a slow Windows startup. But there is actually a way to speed up computer start time. The answer is in the Windows XP registry. Follow this advice and you won’t have to deal with a Windows XP slow startup again.

The Windows XP registry is the most important directory in your computer. It contains information on how to run every single program on your CPU. And this …

Experiencing Windows XP slow startup can be quite an annoyance, as this means that your computer takes very long to boot up. Waiting for 5-10 minutes for your computer to just start is something, that may not go down too well with many people. However, you can rest easy knowing that there are some easy answers to the question, “How to fix Windows XP slow startup?”, and some easy ways to make computer faster. …

Don’t you hate it when your computer begins to run very slow? I mean, when it takes a long, long time just for your cursor to become active, or when it takes 90 seconds to open up a Microsoft Word document. Besides making sure your computer doesn’t have any viruses (for which I recommend using Ad Aware SE Personal Edition, which is free and is also what Google recommends ), there are a variety of other reasons that will slow down a PC. …

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Slow Windows startup is an issue faced by almost every PC user at one point in their computer’s life cycle. There could be various reasons as to why Windows take a long time to boot. Using msconfig to remove useless programs from the startup menu is one way of fixing the issue. However, a lot of times, more needs to be done to speed up the Windows startup process.

Windows Vista and …

Are you tired of waiting for the comptuter to turn off? Very slow computer shutdown is not an uncommon problem. But, it can be easily rectified with just a few easy steps. There are literally dozens of programs and processes that need to close before Windows can finalize it major shutdown operations. However, rest assured your shutdown is not nearly as complex as a startup. One of the major reasons that your PC has a very slow computer shutdown is due to …

Comment by Brenna Reyes: My shutdown and startup were very slow, would take a …

… little tip can save someone hours of headache from Windows Vista transferring data at extremely slow speeds over a network.

Once the new machine was setup, I proceeded to transfer data from my old PC to the new Dell. Everything worked ok. Got the network setup, can share and transfer files within the network. Only 1 issue… SUPER slow transfer speeds through a wired network! Moving 6 Gigs of data from my XP machine to the new Windows Vista Business box was going to take over 6 days (as …

Comment by Randy Rodriguez: … place with the new security layers.