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    XPS1210 Startup time

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by hehe299792458, Nov 23, 2006.

  1. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    I’ve received my computer for several weeks now, and during this time, I noticed that the start-up time rather long - about 1:05 from pressing the power button. Is this normal, and if not, what can I do about it? (I already disabled most of the startup items and services).

    Thanks
     

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  2. neosenate

    neosenate Notebook Geek

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    Although probably not the answer you're looking for, I'd recommend having a look in your bios at the boot sequence. If it is set to search your harddrive last for the bootloader, it could add a couple of seconds.

    Other than that, I'd suggest disabling all services and programs to load, and enabling them one at a time - attempting to find which service or program is causing the problem.
     
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  3. thetick97

    thetick97 Notebook Consultant

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    Looks like you're using Zonelabs software? I got rid of the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite because it took forever to load and shut down.
    That might be the culprit.
     
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    Have you done a clean install shince you got the laptop?, that will make a big difference
     
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    brown_fv Notebook Consultant

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    a minute seems kind of long, i dont know how long mine takes but not that long. ill reboot later and post results.
     
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  6. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    neosenate: thanks, the bios tip helped a bit. Now, my startup time is ~1:00

    thetick97: I using Zone Alarm on my older laptop (a 3.0 ghz p4) and it doesn’t seem to slow it down. In fact, it actually starts faster than the XPS 1210.

    Iceman0124: Yes, I already did a clean re-install of Windows
     
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  7. Metamorphical

    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    I used to use the full Zonelabs suite on my old laptop, and I've use it on my Desktop before. Zone Alarm is a bit of a hog and caused my old laptop to hang on start up and shutdown. It's almost as bad as norton. I agree that could very well be the culprit. I also noticed Trillion is still checked to load on startup.
     
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  8. NetBrakr

    NetBrakr Notebook Deity

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    I use ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite. And I dont notice any slowdown from my system. 50 seconds to boot, from when I press the power button to load up everything else.

    JC
     
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  9. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    Metamorphical, what do you suggest using instead of ZA that had the same level of secutity?
     
    hehe299792458, Nov 23, 2006
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  10. svenner

    svenner Notebook Enthusiast

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    Zone alarm is a resource hog for sure.

    You need two things running to protect your PC, from my view, and both are freeware........
    Antivir
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    Tea Timer, which comes bundled with Spybot.

    No Firewalls, No Windows security and I have never been let down. Ever!

    To help remove all unwanted start up apps try this.
     
    svenner, Nov 23, 2006
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