XP... Slowww Boot... Help, please

gnome · Jun 7, 2003

Quote from gus1gus2000:

Strong suggestion, Do not have Norton Antivirus on your trading machine. I had the same plus many more conflicts (especially if running multiple monitors) Not to mention it uses about 1/3 of your resources. If you need an antivirus then go with the much less demanding Mcafee which will work just as fine. Your problem and many others which come from Norton updates is actually very common. Good luck

Interesting. I've had Norton for 5 years and this is my first such problem. Maybe I've just been fortunate. (Also, the same updated did not impact my Win2000 computer, only the XP.)

no_agenda · Jun 9, 2003

Quote from ShoeshineBoy:

Don't forget that XP has the ability to go back in time. One time I found that I could not connect high speed and I simply went back two days and all was well.

Unfortunately I wanted to do this and the memory point to go back to was only a couple of days; I needed to go back a few weeks but couldn't.

tonyuk · Jun 9, 2003

WINDOWS UPDATE USERS and prudent sys admins might have installed the latest Windows patch without a thought.
That might not have been such a good idea.
The patch is meant to fix a hole in Windows Messaging but can end up causing a severe performance degradation.
Read here to sort it :- http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9034

jimsummers · Jun 9, 2003

If you are having problems with XP booting too slow then here is the solution. Boot to a useable state in a total of 30 seconds

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/BootVis.mspx

waggie945 · Jul 13, 2003

I just started up a brand new Dell Dimension 8300 and it came with the typical 90 day McAfee Anti-Virus and Security Package Trial.

Everything was fine, until I decided to ENABLE the McAfee Firewall. From that point on, I wound-up "freezing" my computer while on MS Internet Explorer, and "Stop Error Messages" would come up.

I then decided to disable the Firewall and also "reset" my Registry back 2 days . . . and everything appears to be fine.

I then tried using Sygate 5.0 Firewall ( free version ) and it did not allow me to "permission" REALTICK Charting.

Tell me, does anyone have a Firewall that works with Windows XP Pro and allows "permissioning" to data-providers like REALTICK?

sptraderj · Jul 13, 2003

try ZoneAlarm, it's worked well for me.

SP

Nana Trader · Jul 13, 2003

Do you disable your Norton antivirus when
trading, does it speed up you PC little bit?

tango29 · Jul 13, 2003

I admit I just update and forget, I'm a computer fool. I have Win 2000 and since the last patch I have noticed a real slow boot up, and didn't make the connection. Where do I go to see a list of patches i have installed?
Thank you

gnome · Jul 13, 2003

Quote from tango29:

I admit I just update and forget, I'm a computer fool. I have Win 2000 and since the last patch I have noticed a real slow boot up, and didn't make the connection. Where do I go to see a list of patches i have installed?
Thank you

1. Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs... The update in question was #811493... it has been included in SP4, and does NOT appear to slow down the system.
2. Do you have a "system" analyzer like Norton Utilities? If so, run it. It may find a gremlin. (If you don't have Norton, I'd recommend you get it. I've run Norton for 5 years and would not run without it or its equivalent... some ETers knock Norton, but I've found it to be a life saver!)

Free Thinker · Jul 13, 2003

Quote from tango29:

I admit I just update and forget, I'm a computer fool. I have Win 2000 and since the last patch I have noticed a real slow boot up, and didn't make the connection. Where do I go to see a list of patches i have installed?
Thank you

go start, windows update. view installation history.