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XEyedBear
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Firstly, could I check if this is the right forum?
My problem is with a 9 minutes start-up of an AMD 2.2 GHz system running Win XP which appears to be malware-free (according to Norton) and shows many page faults during start up. I have done all the obvious (to me!) things.
I am OK to post here?
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Mr_Opinionated
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I assume that you have run MSCONFIG and un-ticked the stuff you don't need at boot-up?
Have you installed a ton of stuff but left the P.C with puny memory?
I suggest, you back-up all your data, then re-install the O.S. Install all your security packages, and all should be well again. If you can't be BOTHERED to go through all that, try the Microsoft support pages, you should be able to download/run some system checking software.
Can you please watch your language?
Edited by Mouse (Mon Feb 11 2008 06:37 AM)
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RichieP
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Reformatting your computer should always be a last resort.
If you're unsure how to use MSCONFIG or what to remove, download Windows Startup Inspector and scan with it. Then click Consult and it will tell you what to leave and what to remove. You can do it within the program safely.
If it's still to slow after that, post back and we'll make some other suggestions.
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jesus_disciple
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When trouble shooting with msconfig, my first line of attack is to untick everything except your anti virus program. In fact, that and a firewall, if you're not using the Windows one, are the only programs you need at startup.
The other thing that works, despite denials from certain other techies, is to go to Start/Run and type in 'Prefetch' (without the quotes). Then go to Edit in the top tool bar and Select All. Then hit Delete. All computers get much faster afterwards. Remember to empty the Recycle Bin after you've done that.
The Prefetch solution is only available in XP and Vista.
Edited by jesus_disciple (Thu Feb 14 2008 09:13 PM)
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BurrWalnut
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jesus_disciple said
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The other thing that works, despite denials from certain other techies, is to go to Start/Run and type in 'Prefetch' (without the quotes). Then go to Edit in the top tool bar and Select All. Then hit Delete. All computers get much faster afterwards.
XEyedBear is talking about nine minutes to start up not the milliseconds that prefetch takes.
XEyedBear
The answer lies in your words ‘page faults’, I’d back up my data PDQ and then run chkdsk.
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jesus_disciple
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Quote:
XEyedBear is talking about nine minutes to start up not the milliseconds that prefetch takes.
I appreciate that, but believe it or not it works.
However I do think your suggestion is better first of all.
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BurrWalnut
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XEyedBear
I misread your original post as ‘paging faults’ which is completely different to ‘page faults‘.
Paging faults are found on disk drives, hence my ‘Backup your data now’ comment - which is a good idea anyway.
However, a page fault is usually caused by a driver referencing memory incorrectly. So you need to check out your RAM by downloading/running the Microsoft RAM checker, read the instructions here http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
Alternatively, the driver itself could be corrupt, so you should follow (click) the Microsoft links in Event Viewer to determine which one.
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