HELP! V. slow startup and shutdown. (W2K)

[Dex]

On my Windows 200 machine, 1.4ghz, 384mb pc 2100 ram, I am getting incredibly long startup times between when windows begins to initiate and when it calms down and everything is ready. This includes loading the desktop wallpaper (it stays blank for a long time) and system tray programs. Also, my computer takes about 90 seconds, I have timed, from when I click 'shutdown' and when it actually turns itself off.

Does anyone have any tweaks or general advice on how to drastically reduce these times, as it is becoming a large inconvenience. Thanks!

[Andy-S]

Dex,

Download Mike Lins startup control panel or MSCONFIG for XP and disable all the startup programs that you don't need running.

You can get the control panel from here:

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml>http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml</a>

Cheers
Andy

[kef999]

Go into Add/Remove Programs and, if you've got it, remove Q329170.