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    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dani_spain, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. dani_spain

    dani_spain Notebook Guru

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    It's normally to take more than 2 minutes to start and load all startup programs, with 4gb of Ram?? Thanks
     
    dani_spain, Mar 23, 2008
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Depends on how many and what they are (example: Norton = bad).
     
    ScifiMike12, Mar 23, 2008
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    it´s not the ram that is responsible for slow / fast OS startup. it´s more a mixture of hdd speed, processor performance, and the amount of crap installed on a system. the more bloatware you have installed, the slower a system loads.
     
    schoko, Mar 23, 2008
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    jooooeee Stealth in disguise

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    I have a machine with a clean install and romoved Lenovo crap and one with out a clean install and all the Lenovo crap both have the same hardware. It takes forever to boot up the one that I didn't clean up like you said 2+ min. But the one that I did a clean install on and removed bloatware from starts up in about 30sec.
     
    jooooeee, Mar 23, 2008
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    folgerz Newbie

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    jooooeee:

    are you running vista? does a clean install vary THAT much, or did you also disable sidebar and aero?
     
    folgerz, Mar 24, 2008
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    dani_spain Notebook Guru

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    I only have installed, Microsoft Office 2007, Kaspersky Internet Security and CCleaner. And all the utilities of ThinkVantage.
     
    dani_spain, Mar 24, 2008
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    panteedropper Notebook Deity

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    do you use all the thinkvantage utilities? they're most likely the culprit. Also disable all the office related programs under the startup tab.
     
    panteedropper, Mar 24, 2008
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