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Old 11-24-2003, 10:33 AM   #1
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Unhappy Win2K SP4 Slow Boot-up

Hi All,

Does anyone know how to cure a slow booting Win 2k machine, SP4? The computer is an HP, P3 1ghz, 384mb RAM.

Prior to downloading SP4, the boot-up time was reasonable (less than 1.5 minutes), now it takes up to 5 minutes for a cold boot.

Thanks.
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Old 11-24-2003, 06:27 PM   #2
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It's probally running a virus scan now. Next time you start it up check your virus scan settings/cmos settings again. cmos option is just in case
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