Bootup lag in XP Pro

[Todd33]

Recently XP booting has been lagging a bit. The system boots normally, but once logged in, the tray icons take an extra 30+ secs to load. I ran bootvis and optimized, but no help.

One thing I did notice, I ran tasnk manager right after boot, none of the running processes had a user name. Then when the pause was over and the HD starting loading the rest of the boot programs a bunch of "System" processes loaded.

Is there a way to find which program is causing the delay?

 

[Todd33]

I ran bootvis again.

"login+server" takes 149 seconds!

I'm pretty sure this is much too long. I'm looking for a way to see what the hang up was, I don't see a breakdown in bootvis.

 

[Zelmo3]

Let me know if you find anything out. The same thing started happening to me today, but it takes several minutes to get to the desktop and the task manager takes several more minutes to show process ownership. On top of that, many of the built-in Windows functions don't work for several minutes, things like Properties for My Computer, system tray icons (present but not responsive), Windows explorer, third-party file managers. Most other non-MS software works right off the bat.
Strange things include not being able to browse the LAN even though I can ping each computer, and my E: drive is reportedly corrupted, but I can boot to DOS from a floppy and manipulate files on E: without any trouble.

 

[RVN]

I started noticing a lag on "right click" properties on things a couple days ago. Then, I discovered that when I initially "right clicked" on my C drive my machine would automatically load the VeriSign Certificate Revocation List without asking for permission. If I was online it would pause a couple seconds as it downloaded, if I wasn't online it would seemingly "hang". I started another thread on this Class3SoftwarePublishers Certificate revocation list and the timing is about right for having read several problems that might be dancing around this. MS seems to have updated and reviewed these items recently.

 

[Todd33]

I used msconfig to take out nwiz.exe from my run path. The boot time is now 25 secs. I'm guessing the install of the latest Geforce drivers got screwed up with an old nwiz? Anyhow, it's a program I don't use (multiple desktops, etc.) so it's gone. I also took out MS mesenger, but I'm guessing that's not it, that's part of XP.

 

[kursplat]

guessing the install of the latest Geforce drivers got screwed up with an old nwiz?

you uninstall the old nvidia stuff first ? if not , that might have done it.
good luck

 

[cloud639]

Same problem here, i dl the recently ge force driver and the problem started. I didnt' uninstall the old ge force driver. How do i do that?? any help would be grateful!

 

[cloud639]

nope, reinstalling ge force driver didn't help. Anyone can help me out. what should i do?

 

[Skitzer]

I had the same problem, when I uninstalled Norton AV the problem went away.
Here's an article about it Symantec blames VeriSign for Norton AV woes

 

[lucky9]

Should be a link in a sticky on the software forum to Driver Cleaner. Follow the directions for use. always uninstall and change the video card to Standard VGA and reboot before the install. Cancel out or use the New Hardware Wizard as you want to do. Use the latest driver from the video card manufacturer. Be sure no other programs are running before starting the install. I have a cable internet and even turn that off before the reboot/install.