"Darkbluetuber" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi, I have a Windows Vista x64. I never really minded the boot time
> since I would walk away when it boots. But when i realized that it was
> taking 3 minutes to boot, i knew that something was wrong. I'm an
> advanced home user and tried a lot of tweaks(msconfig, services, BIOS,
> some registry) and nothing really worked. When I power on the system,
> the BIOS screen is about 3 seconds, then the Windows Splash(I have 'no
> GUI boot"), then a 2-3minute of unactivity. It's just a black screen,
> the keyboard and mouse don't work. Then the Vista logo appears and
> instantly my desktop. Once the desktop appears it's usuable. I read
> somewhere that 3rd party boot screens affected boot time, so i
> uninstalled LogonSudioVista, but same result. I defrag HD and registry,
> and also cleaned registry too. I have very few start up programs and
> disabled them but still a 3 minute boot time. I have a great system but
> a extremly disappointing boot time. I even tried HP chat, they
> redirected me to websites that I already visited. There are no external
> hard drives connected. I uninstalled all the bloatware that comes with
> HP.
>
> System Specs:
> Model: HP pavilion m9340f
> CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700(2.66GHz) no overclocking
> RAM: 6Gigs
> HardDrive: 750gigs at 750rpm
> GPU:Nvidia Geforce 9500gs
>
> Thank you in advance for your help:D
>
>
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> Darkbluetuber[/color]

Antivirus programs take a toll as does the side bar, especially if you have
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