sudden change in boot times

LMHmedchem · Sep 23, 2013

Hello,

I have suddenly had an issue where my computer is taking a long time to start. It is actually taking a couple of minutes for the bios screen to appear and then taking a while between the windows icon and the windows login screen. I am going through the steps to check my hardware and such, but I decided to run the malware removal apps to see if there was anything nasty in the boot drive MBR or something like that.

It looks like RougeKiller found a few things. Some of what is there is fine, but I don't know enough about it to say for sure. I have attached the logs, so if someone could have a look and let me know if there is anything there that needs to be addressed I would appreciate that.

The system is XP 32-bit in case anyone wants to know.

LMHmedchem

chaslang · Sep 24, 2013

Sorry but you are not having malware problems. Your logs are clean. You need to look elsewhere. Perhaps the sheer number of drives you have connected
Code:
Drive C: Size 48.83 GB (52,428,795,904 bytes)
Drive D: Size 19.53 GB (20,966,203,392 bytes)
Drive E: Size 48.77 GB (52,370,321,408 bytes)
Drive F: Size 1.58 TB (1,738,289,545,216 bytes)
Drive G: Size 195.33 GB (209,736,413,184 bytes)
Drive H: Size 119.24 GB (128,033,222,656 bytes)
Drive I: Size 1.80 TB (1,979,430,080,512 bytes)
And also I question the below seen in your log
Code:
Total Physical Memory 16,384.00 MB 
Available Physical Memory 3.00 GB 
Windows XP cannot support this much memory.

LMHmedchem · Sep 25, 2013

Telling me I have no malware is nothing to be sorry about.

Thanks anyway for taking a look. I actually only have 4 drives, but there are allot of partitions. This setup was working very well, and then suddenly I started having the long boot times. I don't know if it's the right mindset, but whenever I have a sudden change in anything, I get a bit suspicious.

As for the memory, this is normally a dual boot box. I also run out of Ubuntu x64 with several virtual machines (thus the 16GB RAM). I have lost patience with Ubuntu and am test driving replacements like Mint and Arch. I deleted my Ubuntu install and haven't replaced it yet. I also recently deleted the linux partitions on the OS SSD in case that was causing some of my slow boot issues. I don't remember if that was before or after I made the log.

If you have a minute for another question, I am running Comodo IS Pro and have been very happy with it. I didn't upgrade to version 6 with its pointless UI, but otherwise I have had no issues. I also have a pay Super AntiSpyware license that I am currently not using. Comodo has AV that is set to Stateful. Is it ok to also install and run SAS in protect mode? I know that your advice page says to only run one active scanner, but Comodo ISP is AV and SAS handles spyware, etc.

Thanks again,

LMHmedchem

chaslang · Sep 26, 2013

You're welcome.

LMHmedchem said: ↑

I know that your advice page says to only run one active scanner, but Comodo ISP is AV and SAS handles spyware, etc
Click to expand...

CIS is a full security suite. That means it is an AV, AS, and firewall. May not be a good idea to use SAS at the same time. Could cause conflicts or could cause slow downs especially at startup. I have seen SAS impact startup times too.

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