slow bootup in Vista Home Premium

i am running vista home premium on an HP pavillion dv 6000...during boot up, my notebook has a 1-2 minute darkscreen delay...any ideas?

 

I also just got a new HP Pavilion dv9500 notebook with Vista Home Premium. I've never actually timed the bootup it but it seems like 3 to 4 minutes. At some time during the bootup, the screen is blank except for cursor.

When it finally gets all booted up, everything is good. I like the notebook, it works perfect and is plenty fast.

Because of the slow bootup, I just leave the thing on all day and just put it into the sleep mode when not using.

Doug

 

bingo...that is exactly what I do now too.....never restart the thing at all...bummer

 

You can use this for your startup programs, printers, updates and things you dont use can be checked not to start, go to tools, startup,

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Advanced_WindowsCare_v2_Personal_d4991.html

 

tunered:
thanks for the tip...I actually purchased the pro edition...seems like a good utility, although it hasn't affected the boot up problem...on a related note: when I go into the startup tab on msconfig...i have a few duplicate entries...is that a problem? should i uncheck one of the duplicates, and if so which one? first or last instance?

thanks,

 

I have vista ultimate, mine boots a little slower than xp, but not 3 min. The double entrys are likely to be from two installs, if not leave them alone. The very first time i installed vista it was incredibly slow, reinstalled and worked like it should, no idea why. ed

 

thanks...guess I should not have bought vista so soon...cheers.

 

You and I shared the same problem...very slow boot up with the HP laptop...I finally called HP tech support and they told me to take these actions:
1. remove and reseat memory sticks...very easy to do
2. remove battery, then hold power switch down for 30 seconds
3. go online and install this patch:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36812.exe
4. create a new administrator account on your machine
5. delete the old administrator account on your machine.

I did all this and my machine now starts like lightning.