I upgraded a Dell 933mhz with 256k RAM from Windows NT 4.0 to Window XP pro about 3 weeks ago and now it is really slow to get started. I have upgraded 4 machines in our office recently to XP Pro without any slow startup problems. Here is what it does:
When I start the machine(or restart) the Windows XP splash screen appears as normal and then I get what looks like a blue screen without any writing. It then takes almost 5 minutes to get to the next small window that says Windows is Starting and this goes for almost 3 minutes. Then I get the login screen(ctl+alt+delete) to enter a password and when I enter the password it goes back to the blue screen with no writing and takes almost 4 minutes to finally load the personal setting and get a normal desktop. The system runs fine after it starts, it just takes forever to get it started. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening?
When I start the machine(or restart) the Windows XP splash screen appears as normal and then I get what looks like a blue screen without any writing. It then takes almost 5 minutes to get to the next small window that says Windows is Starting and this goes for almost 3 minutes. Then I get the login screen(ctl+alt+delete) to enter a password and when I enter the password it goes back to the blue screen with no writing and takes almost 4 minutes to finally load the personal setting and get a normal desktop. The system runs fine after it starts, it just takes forever to get it started. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening?
