[YungRell]

This is just annoying little thing . Always after the splash screen it takes about 20-30 seconds to load up before i even see a cursor on my screen. I tried a boot defrag with no prevail did not work same problem. Also i ran chkdsk after restart and nothing was found. Im kinda leaning towards maybe the drivers for the video card isnt updated properly?? Any input

 

[Shekka]

Sounds to me like a service is causing it. Try msconfig, and go to services, hide all ms services and disable the rest. Reboot and see if it helps. If it does then slowly start turning a few services on at a time to see is causing the issue.

 

[SteveThePirate]

Hi,

You might have too many programs opening on start up. You can either use msconfig to have a look and edit accordingly or use Revo Uninstaller to do the same.

Revo Uninstaller - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

Good Luck

Steve

 

[YungRell]

alright thank you both. I just went ahead and did a fresh install to see if that could be the problem also. The operating system itself. If the problem persists i know defintely that it is a hardware problem

 

[YungRell]

Well i did a fresh install and then after that i used driver genius to install some drivers back on the pc. First boot up it worked perfectly fine and then when i installed the drivers that problem came right back. I Think it mite be 1 of the graphic drivers making the slow boot up process after the xp splash screen

 

[YungRell]

Well i did a system Restore and i used 1 of the restore points to where it says "Restore to this point where unsigned driver installed" . After that the system was fine again. Question is what in the world was the unsigned driver for?

 

[spunk.funk]

Only you would know. Don't use Driver Genius to install drivers. First go to Start/Run and type devmgmt.msc and press enter. In the Device Manager any devices with yellow marks net to them need drivers installed. If you have a name brand PC (Dell, HP etc) go to the Computer manufacturers support/download drivers and type in your service tag# or your make and model # and download the drivers specifically for your computer model. Start with the Chipset driver.

 

[YungRell]

Well that's the thing its a custom pc. Its a MV7IG motherboard. And I know for a fact that it haves a video card in the pci slot. Do I manually have to check to see what kinda card it is so I can install the driver

 

[spunk.funk]

download your drivers here
If you don't know what make and model # of your video card is you can run Speccy. let speccy scan your computer and if you need help, in Speccy go up to Files/Publish Snapshot and paste the URL in your next post.
http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdownloads.asp?model=M7VIG 400

 

[Shekka]

You will have to look at the video card to see what it is if it is a addon card, then you need to go to their website and download the drivers.

 

[YungRell]

alright guys i think i have it now. Ugh spunk and shekka its 1 more problem.. I Figured out why after the XP splash screen it loads so slow. Reason being is because of my driver WG111v2 for my USB wireless adapter. it sucks because that's what i use to get on my internet with. Why does installing a driver makes the XP splash screen slow at load up. I mean it takes 20-30 seconds to load up.

 

[Shekka]

The service must be taking a while to initialize. One possible work around would be to delay the service for the adapter, so that it starts after windows has loaded...

 

[YungRell]

How would you do that Shekka??

 

[Shekka]

Actually before we find the service to the netgear card, lets see if manually adding a ip fixes the issue.

Can you set the ip for the wireless card to a static address and see if this helps anything..

 

[YungRell]

eh i cant do that right now because im using my neighbors wireless connection right now.

 

[Shekka]

What is the ip that you are getting? We can still set it as a static to test. We just have to be out of the dhcp range so we don't get any conflicts.

 

[YungRell]

Wouldnt this be more of a driver issue on why windows xp boots up slow then a networking type problem??

 

[Shekka]

The reason I want to try and enter a static is because it could be that the service is timing out rather than just loading slow. If it is timing out it could be because it can't grab a ip address pre-login. Therefore, if we enter a static address it won't need to look for a dhcp address because it sees that it already has a address.
It takes a few minutes to test. I think it is worth while to try.

 

[YungRell]

alright well what do i need to do because im a WG111v2 USB adapter to pick up the wifi signal from my neighbors house? ill follow the proceduces on what to do

 

[Shekka]

what is the ip address that you currently have?

start - run - cmd

type: ipconfig /all

and post what is listed there.