Microsoft and why did i do it?

Quote from r-in:

Hopefully a fresh install will clean everything up. My startup time before upgrading to SP2 was at most 1min 30 secs, so I know something in the upgrade changed. I have a computer to start my look into the world of Linux and had planned on checking it out anyway.
As far as Zone Alarm, I can only think of 1 time I had a problem previous to this that I figured out was due to a ZA upgrade, but it could very well be that it doesn't like the upgrade, or the upgrade doesn't like it.
Thanks again for the input!
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You must have bad schmutz on your HD. From my XP Home, SP2, splash screen => desktop is 30 seconds. Reinstalling WinXP is probably the most time efficient thing you can do.
 
Quote from r-in:

Hopefully a fresh install will clean everything up. My startup time before upgrading to SP2 was at most 1min 30 secs, so I know something in the upgrade changed. I have a computer to start my look into the world of Linux and had planned on checking it out anyway.
As far as Zone Alarm, I can only think of 1 time I had a problem previous to this that I figured out was due to a ZA upgrade, but it could very well be that it doesn't like the upgrade, or the upgrade doesn't like it.
Thanks again for the input!
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r-in,

FWIW, I have been running the same combination, XP Pro SP2 on four Pentium4 machines for over a year now and have not had any issues with this setup. All these machines also have ZoneAlarm Pro installed. A fresh install is always a good idea. However, do make sure that you have downloaded the latest BIOS for your machine because some of the older Dell BIOS are not compatible with SP2. Good luck.
 
Quote from ktmexc20:

... For what it's worth, I've been running pure Linux/OpenSource for a year...
kt
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ktmexc20,

What are you using for charts and broker inteface on your linux setup? I use Gentoo everywhere but have an XP 'puter solely for trading.

--opm8
 
Once I think about switch to Linux, but I can't even found on Linux sites what version I need for my computer. Not to mention problems with drivers and OS installation. I also do have some programming knowledge and all my systems are developed on excel and vb and based on services, that also supports windows only.
After all-can't see myself switch to Linux without spend significant amount of time to learn all about it, and learn about supported languages. It may take hell of time. Bottom line-advise to go with Linux may not be cure just for everyone. I believe windows is still much more user friendly.
 
Quote from r-in:

Hopefully a fresh install will clean everything up. My startup time before upgrading to SP2 was at most 1min 30 secs, so I know something in the upgrade changed. I have a computer to start my look into the world of Linux and had planned on checking it out anyway.
As far as Zone Alarm, I can only think of 1 time I had a problem previous to this that I figured out was due to a ZA upgrade, but it could very well be that it doesn't like the upgrade, or the upgrade doesn't like it.
Thanks again for the input!
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make sure the upgrade did not change your startup settings. r click my computer,system properties,advanved,startup and recovery. change those settings to 5 seconds or less to speed it up.
 
Quote from r-in:

I was perfectly happy with Win XP Pro and SP1, but since I was upgrading other software this weekend I figured I'd go ahead and upgrade to SP2. Well now a computer that fired up in less than 1 min 30 secs now takes 4 mins 45 secs to start. UGGGGG!!!! Now I'm not a MS hater and don't think Bill Gates is trying to take over the world, but &(**&^% !!! I swear it is overall slower loading the browser and other programs also. Why couldn't I leave well enough alone???!!!
Sorry had to vent before kick the computer.
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How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH
 
Quote from opm8:

ktmexc20,

What are you using for charts and broker inteface on your linux setup? I use Gentoo everywhere but have an XP 'puter solely for trading.
--opm8
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Hi opm,

I program trade through IB, so I don't have a need for charts, only plots for data pre-processing purposes. btw, I run Gentoo :cool: too.
 
Quote from r-in:

I was perfectly happy with Win XP Pro and SP1, but since I was upgrading other software this weekend I figured I'd go ahead and upgrade to SP2. Well now a computer that fired up in less than 1 min 30 secs now takes 4 mins 45 secs to start. UGGGGG!!!! Now I'm not a MS hater and don't think Bill Gates is trying to take over the world, but &(**&^% !!! I swear it is overall slower loading the browser and other programs also. Why couldn't I leave well enough alone???!!!
Sorry had to vent before kick the computer.
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This is why my late father instilled on me to have a good backup / restore regime.

He did a backup immediately after the "fresh install". Then whenever he needed to make modifications he would do a restore and then apply the changes. Afterwards make another backup. So even after using the machine one year the install is basically still "like it was installed yesterday" and there is no trouble going back.

By the way I am running windows XP with SP2 and boot up time from the moment of pushing the switch until the moment I am logged in (entering password) is 42 seconds.

Zone Alarm is a bit of a hit and miss piece of software, threw it out a long time ago. Using a good hardware firewall now and the simple Win XP SP2 one. Never had an issue.

Maria
 
Same here...

Zone Alarm is a bit of a hit and miss piece of software, threw it out a long time ago. Using a good hardware firewall now and the simple Win XP SP2 one. Never had an issue.
 
A have a similar problem.

My computer takes 5 minutes to shutdown...not sure what i did, before it only took a few seconds..
 
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