my tablet has got painfully slow to boot..... it takes nearly 5 mins at
times. Don't fancy a reinstall - any ideas ?

David

When was the last time you thoroughly checked your system with your
anti-virus software running updated definitions? When was the last time you
checked your drivers, and made sure you've got the latest ones from the OEM
installed? When was the last time you checked your system for
malware/spyware/Trojans and the like? You might be interested in this
information on MVP Jim Eshelman's web site: www.aumha.org/secure.htm.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"David" <davidcleland********.com> wrote in message
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> my tablet has got painfully slow to boot..... it takes nearly 5 mins at
> times. Don't fancy a reinstall - any ideas ?
>
> David
>
>

David wrote:
> my tablet has got painfully slow to boot..... it takes nearly 5 mins at
> times. Don't fancy a reinstall - any ideas ?

In addition to Chris's suggestions, maybe remove all unnecessary clutter
from the HD and uninstall unused programs, then defragment the HD. In
addition if you have a look at Control Panel / Administrative Tools /
Event Viewer, Applications or System log messages, you /might/ find some
indications if something specific is wrong with your system (e.g. lot's
of Error entries).

If everything appears to be ok, then: to get a massive improvement in
"booting" time you could also enable hibernation in the Control Panel /
Power options (or Energy options). In the same options, on the Advanced
panel, you can change the power button to make the tablet go into
hibernation instead of shutting down. If you leave the "ask for password
after resuming" unchecked, start-up is even faster, although not
requiring a password might pose a security risk (how severe depends on
how you use the tablet).
With 1 gig of RAM on my desktop, resuming from hibernation takes about
10 seconds. Similar times on my tablet pc - though I can't check right
now, it's in repair, *sigh*... In any case, resuming from hibernation is
/definitely/ faster than booting.

regards,
- Jan

Standby is even faster - under 3 seconds here - and saves not having to
write to the hard drive like Hibernation does. Of course, the draw-back
with Standby is you're on battery usage because it is saving the "current"
position in memory instead of writing everything to a file and then shutting
off all power.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Jan Wagner" <nospam@thanks.com> wrote in message
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> David wrote:
>> my tablet has got painfully slow to boot..... it takes nearly 5 mins at
>> times. Don't fancy a reinstall - any ideas ?
>
> In addition to Chris's suggestions, maybe remove all unnecessary clutter
> from the HD and uninstall unused programs, then defragment the HD. In
> addition if you have a look at Control Panel / Administrative Tools /
> Event Viewer, Applications or System log messages, you /might/ find some
> indications if something specific is wrong with your system (e.g. lot's of
> Error entries).
>
> If everything appears to be ok, then: to get a massive improvement in
> "booting" time you could also enable hibernation in the Control Panel /
> Power options (or Energy options). In the same options, on the Advanced
> panel, you can change the power button to make the tablet go into
> hibernation instead of shutting down. If you leave the "ask for password
> after resuming" unchecked, start-up is even faster, although not requiring
> a password might pose a security risk (how severe depends on how you use
> the tablet).
> With 1 gig of RAM on my desktop, resuming from hibernation takes about 10
> seconds. Similar times on my tablet pc - though I can't check right now,
> it's in repair, *sigh*... In any case, resuming from hibernation is
> /definitely/ faster than booting.
>
> regards,
> - Jan

In article <u5DPa7ySFHA.1044@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
winxpnews********.com says...
> Standby is even faster - under 3 seconds here - and saves not having to
> write to the hard drive like Hibernation does. Of course, the draw-back
> with Standby is you're on battery usage because it is saving the "current"
> position in memory instead of writing everything to a file and then shutting
> off all power.

Here on my TC1100 I have 30 seconds to usable desktop (ie, with the
wireless running and everything) from hibernate and on average about 7-8
seconds to a usable desktop from standby (although this varies a lot).

--
Woody
http://www.alienrat.com/games

> Here on my TC1100 I have 30 seconds to usable desktop (ie, with the
> wireless running and everything) from hibernate and on average about 7-8
> seconds to a usable desktop from standby (although this varies a lot).

All sorted with a fresh install, far better now :)

The experience pack is very nice now too :)

David

Awesome, David. Enjoy everything!
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"David" <davidcleland********.com> wrote in message
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>> Here on my TC1100 I have 30 seconds to usable desktop (ie, with the
>> wireless running and everything) from hibernate and on average about 7-8
>> seconds to a usable desktop from standby (although this varies a lot).
>
> All sorted with a fresh install, far better now :)
>
> The experience pack is very nice now too :)
>
> David
>
>