Roberto

<kris.vandevijver@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175845797.756479.322430@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a fairly decent machine: a T2400 duo core with 2gb of ram and
> an ATI x1600 mobile video card. Recently i upgraded from XP to Vista
> Premium. I installed a 2gb SD card to be used by ReadyBoost and
> Diskeeper is keeping my harddisks defragged. Trend Micro Internet
> Security is keeping my pc free from malware and virusses. When i
> check performance with the products from Futuremark, i have a high
> score within my spec group.
>
> When I start the laptop and I see the last BIOS info and Vista starts
> loading, then i have to wait a full 6 (six!) minutes before i can open
> my first application (for example Outlook or IE or whatever).
>
> My question: is this normal? It seems like a mighty long time,
> considering the specs and the good maintenance of the system. What do
> you guys think about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Kris

Thats way too long, run msconfig and do a select Diagnostic startup for
the general tab, see if boot time gets back to "normal".
If it does then renable half of the startup that were disabled then
reboot, any recurrence of the lag will indicate the culprit is
within that group.
Disable half of them, you get the idea I think.

rgds
Roberto