xp boot problem

well not really a problem after the xp splash screen the screen goes black for about 2 or 3 mins thin shows the login screen and i know it should not take that long does anyone eles get this problem?

 

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I've had this problem across numerous machines. Actually, its not really a problem, its just things are still loading before it can pop up the welcome screen, or log into the desktop. Video drivers appear to cause the biggest delay that I have seen. The fact that it happens just before the welcome screen, means that almost everything has loaded. So, theoretically, you could enable boot logging and examine the log file itself to see what the final loading software/devices/drivers are.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmb_tol_rpsc.asp

 

thanks i will give that a try

 

Let me know what you find.

 

if i post the log file can you help in finding what would cause it?

 

Sure, I'll give it a shot.

 

ok here it is i cant really make heads or tails of it http://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/confused.gifmy mouse arrow is slowley moving up the screen with out me touching it

 

I think Adryn is offline right now, until he is back on maybe a little background info.

Do you have a program installed that "skins" IE or your splash screen or startup functions? Maybe Changer XP or something like that.

Also, did you recently install SP2?

Steve

 

i dont have no skins or nothing of that sort i just install xp like 2 days ago and within 20mins of it getting done i installed sp2 and after that all i have been doing is installing software that i needed and games and its been like this from the start and i know it should not take that long

heres my pc spec's
ASUS P4S8X-X mobo
ATI 9200
p4 celeron2.0 running at 2.7ghz
1gig pc2100 ram
OS xp home with sp2

 

Without analyzing it too deeply (I was eating dinner), the final things loading are your 56k modem and sound card.

Try disabling them, and booting. If it makes no difference, disable the video card and do the same.

 

ok i will try that now and report back

 

ok its the sound card making it take so long should i try and update its driver? i beleave the maker of the driver is C-media

 

I have had this problem before but with a different type of Sound Card. All I did was un-install the sound card drivers, downloaded new ones, rebooted, installed new ones, rebooted and problem was fixed.
Here is a link to your company's sound card driver site and let me know how you go!!

www.soundcard-drivers.com/companies/223.htm