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    Startup issues with the 8200

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by smalss, Sep 22, 2006.

  1. smalss

    smalss Notebook Consultant

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    My Travelmate 8200 is about 6 months old and the startup times are getting quite long. Seven minutes is usually the average. I tried winconfig and took off a lot of programs, but it still takes forever. Any ideas?
     
    smalss, Sep 22, 2006
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  2. sionyboy

    sionyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    When you start your laptop, how many processes are running at startup? (Ctrl-Alt-Del to find out)
     
    sionyboy, Sep 22, 2006
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  3. smalss

    smalss Notebook Consultant

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    63 total processes
     
    smalss, Sep 22, 2006
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    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    wow, i only have 46! try stopping some of that stuff msconfig
     
    yuio, Sep 22, 2006
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    Beltonius Notebook Consultant

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    Have you tried running a virusscan, Adaware or Spybot scan?

    I've run those on computers at work and they've run several times faster.
     
    Beltonius, Sep 24, 2006
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    sionyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    63?? Dear me thats a hell of a lot. I have 29 running here on startup

    Get yourself a copy of Spybot, to check for any adware/spyware/malware that might be running in the background.

    Then get a copy of TweakUtil Reg Cleaner, and run that to tidy up your registry entries.

    Are you still using all the Acer crapware that comes bundled with the laptop?
     
    sionyboy, Sep 24, 2006
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