Vista - I'm still having amazingly slow boot times with vista... why!??

I've tried eliminating start up programs from Defender, I've tried system
restore. System restore works until I install any kind of software, even
just installing windows messenger causes it to revert back to a 15 min boot
from power up. Anyone have an idea why this is happening? Is it a MSCONFIG
setting? The speed of the computer is fine once booted, as it should be.
Its a intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz, 1gb ddr2 800mhz ram, seagate 250 gb sata 2
hd. I would appreciate any help!

/Leafer17/ said:

> I've tried eliminating start up programs from Defender, I've tried system
> restore. System restore works until I install any kind of software, even
> just installing windows messenger causes it to revert back to a 15 min boot
> from power up. Anyone have an idea why this is happening? Is it a MSCONFIG
> setting? The speed of the computer is fine once booted, as it should be.
> Its a intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz, 1gb ddr2 800mhz ram, seagate 250 gb sata 2
> hd. I would appreciate any help!

Control Panel|ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS|EVENT VIEWER may give clues.
Scrutinize the summary of errors and warnings.

Have you checked:
Control Panel
System and maintenance
Performance information and tools
Advanced tools (left pane)

at top there may be information on slow startup problems.
Michael

"Leafer17" <Leafer17@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've tried eliminating start up programs from Defender, I've tried system
> restore. System restore works until I install any kind of software, even
> just installing windows messenger causes it to revert back to a 15 min
> boot
> from power up. Anyone have an idea why this is happening? Is it a
> MSCONFIG
> setting? The speed of the computer is fine once booted, as it should be.
> Its a intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz, 1gb ddr2 800mhz ram, seagate 250 gb sata 2
> hd. I would appreciate any help!

You might wanna check out this article from Extreme Tech about improving
Vista's Speed:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2110595,00.asp
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Leafer17" <Leafer17@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:321FA773-F09C-4C74-B1C8-6A552556F7A7@microsoft.com...
> I've tried eliminating start up programs from Defender, I've tried system
> restore. System restore works until I install any kind of software, even
> just installing windows messenger causes it to revert back to a 15 min
> boot
> from power up. Anyone have an idea why this is happening? Is it a
> MSCONFIG
> setting? The speed of the computer is fine once booted, as it should be.
> Its a intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz, 1gb ddr2 800mhz ram, seagate 250 gb sata 2
> hd. I would appreciate any help!

Thanks for everyone's input. I narrowed down the slow boot to a faulty
driver for my firewire port. Seems that I can't find one that works
properly. Its a via vt6308p 1394 expansion card, their website doesn't even
have a driver.. any ideas there? Windows says it has the most up to date one
loaded. ???

"Leafer17" wrote:

> I've tried eliminating start up programs from Defender, I've tried system
> restore. System restore works until I install any kind of software, even
> just installing windows messenger causes it to revert back to a 15 min boot
> from power up. Anyone have an idea why this is happening? Is it a MSCONFIG
> setting? The speed of the computer is fine once booted, as it should be.
> Its a intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz, 1gb ddr2 800mhz ram, seagate 250 gb sata 2
> hd. I would appreciate any help!