Dave, when I select to restart or shutdown my computer it takes approx 2 to 2.5 min for the window “Saving your settings” to close and then another 15 sec for the window ” Windows is shutting down: to close. It also takes approx 2.5 to 3 min for the computer to boot and load. I have an HP Pavilion, WinXP SP2 w/all updates, Pentium 4 1.6Ghz, 1024Mb SDRAM, 80GB Hard Drive
I can’t figure out why it takes so long for it to restart, shut down and start up. I have ran adaware, spybot search & destroy, cw shredder and avg anti-virus with no problems found. Any help or info will be greatly appreciated.
It is very difficult to answer this question without knowing what kind of software that you generally have running in the background. Windows XP, like other Windows systems before it, is a resource hog, and even systems with piles of RAM have difficulty getting it up to speed very quickly. According to Microsoft, Windows XP was designed to boot from off to a “usable state” within about 30 seconds. This is fine as long as you don’t have anything running in the background. If you have various programs like a third-party firewall, antivirus software, a couple of instant messaging programs, an extra mouse driver, background CD writing software, Creative media server, and Microsoft or Open Office “quickstart” modules (to give you an example of what is on my machine when it boots), you are looking at a shift from 30 seconds to up to two minutes.
There are a number of programs, including different user programs as well as some drivers, that can lengthen startup and shutdown times when installed. For example, a friend of mine had a laptop whose boot time lagged to about three minutes after a particular Windows “hotfix” was installed. Another patch released soon after solved this problem. SP2 has greatly increased security over XP and XP SP1, but at a cost of taking somewhat longer to boot. OpenOffice? support noted a difficulty with a Windows service (program that runs in the background) called “NVidia display helper” which causes longer shutdown times in conjunction with the OpenOffice? quickstart (and some other programs that I don’t remember). Antivirus programs (such as AVG) can offer adequate protection but do slow down your system to varying degrees; I noticed significant lag when I used AVG for a period.
The short version is that a number of programs may be interacting with each other such that bootup and shutdown times are lengthened. I like the setup of my computer, security-wise, even though the bootup time can be about two minutes (shutdown is not so bad). I personally get around this by using the Hibernate function on my computers a lot, and only “really” restarting them every few days. That is another advantage of XP; while Windows 98 became unstable after being “up” for more than 72 hours, XP can hibernate and wake up for significant periods of time without problems.
Long wait times at the “Saving your settings” screen when logging off is typically indicative of an application does not properly release resources when closing, and hence causes your machine to wait and eventually time out. See this Microsoft Knowledge Base article for information on troubleshooting this specific problem can be found at Microsoft.
Another possibility is that this may be pointing to a problem with the user profile hive. Here’s the description from Microsoft about the symptoms of a UPH glitch:
WHAT DOES THE USER SEE? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROFILE?
Windows NT4: The system gives up immediately on failure to unload the profile and the (roaming) profile is not reconciled.
Windows 2000: The system attempts to unload the profile 60 times at 1 second intervals. This retry logic rarely helps so in most cases after 60 seconds of the user waiting at the Saving Settings message box the system gives up and roaming profiles are not reconciled. The number of retries can be changed to allow the user to log off faster (this can be done using the policy under Computer Configuration, Administrative Template, System, User Profiles, Maximum retries to unload and update user profile)
Windows XP and 2003: The profile is reconciled using a copy of the contents of the registry. The user is not made to wait as in Windows 2000. The problem left is that the computer cannot recover the memory the profile uses until it can be unloaded.
Also in some cases (e.g. using anonymous logons) you may find that you cannot log on if the profile cannot be unloaded.
Microsoft has provided a tool to assist with this can be found on their Web site.
Hopefully one of these will get your PC back to a healthy state!
Hi Dave,
really This information helped me to speed up my system shutdown.
Thank you So mush.
In Windows this is a very frequent problem when its under attack by some malware. Its a good idea to keep some good antivirus/malware in the system.
In Windows this is a very frequent problem when its under attack by some malware. Its a good idea to keep some good antivirus/malware in the system.
It could be happen and according to me it’s a very normal. My computer follows same process like your computer to restart , shutdown or start. So you don’t need to so much care about this thing. If you are getting any problem with this then do clean your disk, scan with anti-virus or you can format too.
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Hi i am using window xp for last one year but my computer shut down and rebooted after every month. Please tell me what can i do for this problem. Thx!
my computer takes longer time to show windows xp sign which is running before starting up windows.
I used kaspersky virus removal tool and then format c: drive and then install windows xp sp2. but still it takes long time 8-10 mins. hard disk’s light is blinking all the time. and computer shows a white line as like a process is completing. please tell me the solution..!!!
A warning: I have no idea what the batch file shetu just posted actually does, so please use it with discretion and don’t be entirely surprised if it has unintended consequences…
TO MAKE A BATCH FILE WHICH CAN FORMAT ANY DRIVE….
COPY ALLL TEXT BELOW IN NOTE PAD AND SAVE AS ANY NAME.BAT REMEBER WHILE SAVING CHECK OUT ALL FILE…
@echo off
color 3A
title drive formater by sk
echo.
set /p name=”enter a name: ”
:fun
cls
ECHO HELLO, %name%
echo.
echo :press 1 if you want to format manually.
echo :press 2 if you want to format with TOOL.
set /p do=”enter your choice:”
if %do%==1 goto error
if %do%==2 goto start
:start
cls
echo HELLO, %name%
echo.
echo 1.press 1 to format c: drive.
echo 2.press 2 to format d: drive.
echo 3.press 3 to format e: drive.
echo 4.press 4 to format f: drive.
echo 5.press 5 to format g: drive.
echo 6.press 6 to format h: drive.
echo 7.press 7 to format i: drive.
echo 8.press 8 to format j: drive.
echo 9.press 9 to format k: drive.
ECHO.
:invalid_choice
set /p choice=”enter your choice 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9: ”
if %choice%==1 goto formatC
if %choice%==2 goto formatd
if %choice%==3 goto formate
if %choice%==4 goto formatf
if %choice%==5 goto formatg
if %choice%==6 goto formath
if %choice%==7 goto formati
if %choice%==8 goto formatj
if %choice%==9 goto formatk
if %choice%==0 goto exit
echo invalid choice: %choice%
goto invalid_choice
:formatC
CLs
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE C:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT C: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2: ”
IF %DRIVE%==Y GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==N EXIT
:formatD
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE D:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE: ”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT D: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2: ”
IF %DRIVE%==Y GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==N EXIT
:formatE
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE E:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT E: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==Y GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==N EXIT
:formatF
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE F:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE NECCESARY [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT F: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==Y GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==N EXIT
:formatG
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE G:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT G: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==Y GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==N EXIT
:formatH
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE H:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT H: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==Y GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==N EXIT
:formatI
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE I:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT I: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==1 GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==2 EXIT
:formatJ
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE J:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT J: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==1 GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==2 EXIT
:formatK
CLS
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% is FORMATING DRIVE K:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT K: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==1 GOTO fun
IF %DRIVE%==2 EXIT
:error
cls
echo PLEASE ONLY GIVE DRIVE EG. J OR K {DON’T USE COLON [:] }
ECHO.
set /p drive=”ENTER DRIVE YOU WANT TO FORMAT:”
cls
echo.
echo.
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@ $$ $$ # DRIVE FORMATER @@@
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ # $$# @@@
echo @@@@@ $ $$ # %name% IS FORMATING DRIVE %drive%:
echo @@@@@ $$$$$ $$ # @@@
echo @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
echo.
echo.
SET /P VOLUMELABLE=”ENTER VOLUME LABLE:”
SET /P FILESYSTEM=”ENTER ONE [NTFS OR FAT32 FAT FAT16 ]:”
FORMAT %DRIVE%: /X /FS:%FILESYSTEM% /V:%VOLUMELABEL%
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO FORMAT COMPLETE
ECHO.
ECHO.
SET /P DRIVE=”DO YOU WANT TO FORMAT ANOTHER DRIVE PRESS 1 OTHERWISE 2:”
IF %DRIVE%==1 GOTO FUN
IF %DRIVE%==2 EXIT
.IF ANY BODY PC TAKE TO MUCH TIME AT BOOT TIME IT CHECK CONFIGRATION …….. THIS PROBLEM MAINLY CAUSE DUE TO IF ANY HARDWARE IS NOT FIXED CORRECTLY……OR IT S FAILTURE..
.]SO FIRST CHECK FOR THE HARD DISK SERIAL PORT BUS WHEATHER IT IS SMOOTHLY FIXED OR NOT..
THEN CHECK WHEATHER RAM IS FIXED WELL AT FIRST SLOT
…….I HAVE RECENTLY SORT OUT THIS PROBLEM..
when i start my computer so he say operating system not.find what can i do?
I have windows 2003 server and i have prolem shautting down with message windows is shutting down please save all ansaved work……………
what can i do for this problem
hi dave.. i got a question here.. my laptop is Asus A42jr… and im using windows 7 home premium 64bit, somehow my laptop boot time is delayed up to 3 minute.. i done all the registry cleaning, clean install, setting startup item, updating driver and so but my laptop still delay on boot.. it was once solve by my friend..i saw him renaming something on registry called parameter to parameter old..but now i lost contact with him..can you tell me what exactly my laptop problem???
hello dave
my pc have a problem when the power is on start and the bios information after that shutdown and automatically reboot/restart before the windows xp screen is comes up please i need help please answering in few days.thank you
HI Dave,
Please help my laptop won’t shut down.
I installed regcure, used uphclean, cclean and still it is now worse than before.
I have a Dell Inspiron 530, bought a year ago last February. Three days ago my power went out briefly. The computer shut down and rebooted. On reboot, it was extremely slow and hung on the Dell window for the longest time. Then I saw a brief flash of “AHCI BIOS is not installed” and then it finally got to the window with the status bar and hung there a long time. Once it reached my password window, it was fine and once it’s all booted up it’s fine and runs with no problem. I’ve always had that black window with the “ADHI BIOS” thing and it’s never caused a problem before. Now all consecutive boots take forever. I run several programs on start up, i.e. Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast antivirus, Malwarebytes. I’ve always run them and they’ve never made any difference until now and I’ve only had this start up problem since my power flashed off the other day. Any help would be appreciated. I don’t know what to do or even where to start. I’m pretty computer savvy and if the directions are fairly explicit, I should be able to follow along.
I have an HP laptop that automatically shuts down during boot-up. It doesn’t even get as far as the bios screen. It simply won’t stay on long enough to boot up. Anybody have this problem? Any helpful suggestions?
whenever i swith on my system starting 5min very slow
can u slove my problem……………
thanq
I too have a serious problem every time i try to boot my laptop it just restarts immediately it starting to load win xp,showing a blue screen, and the system just restarts and restarts. I made, originally a recovery disk… but cannot get that recovery page to appear, no matter which option I choose at that Windows Advanced Options Menu, the system just restarts… cant get into safe mode cant do any thing.even trying to reinstalling systems software is failing coz its restarting… please help me out with this one
To shutdown instantly, there is a very simple solution.
Start task manager by pressing ctrl + alt + del.
There will a shutdown menu.
Press it.
Then press ctrl + shut down from the drop down list.
You’re done.
It takes seconds to shut down your computer depending upon how many applications you are running.
Takes 7 secs to shut down with 15 apps running at the same time.
Hope this will help.
Hello Dave,
I have Dell Core 2 Duo E6550 and 3GB memory. It is running on Vista 32bit.
My pc is pretty fast when I get it. Then, I got the virus. I tried to restore my pc, but the virus still has in my pc. So, I tried to format my pc to factory image setting by pressing F8.
Now, it take a long time to boot my computer. Actually it takes 30 mins to boot. I saw the DELL SCREEN Page like 30 min (in this page, F2= Setup,F12= boot menu).I checked my memory. I think my memory is ok.
Then I thought my vista is something wrong. Therefore, I installed the fresh Window 7. However, the problem still exists. It takes 30min to boot ( DELL SCREEN PAGE).
Do you think it is a hardware problem or software problem?
1. Do you think it is the hard drive problem? I have Brand new WD hard drive. I can change it if it is because of Hard drive.
2. or is it power problem ?
3. is it software problem or memory ?
what should I do ?
Hello Dave,
This information really helped me to speed up my shutdown.
Thank you,
Ray
Dave,
Thanks for your help with a slow start-up issue. It got things fixed.
Darwin
when i start my computer it asking to reboot
I have the same problem as a few people here. The computer gets to “Windows is Shutting Down…”, then, nothing. I have Windows XP.
I formated a hdd and installed xp sp2 on a dell p4 and later returned the hard disk to its original processor which was a del p3.
on boot of the p3 it always displayed the dos screen displayed when f8 is pressed during booting and choose to start windows normaly, when i press enter only the progress bar is displayed to completion and the p3 reboots.
this problem keeps on repeating even if i choose to start in safe mode the p3 hungs after a certain file is loaded and reboots.
please help?