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Why are start-up times faster on Windows 7 than on XP? [closed]
Reading a hotter question Why are start-up times faster on Windows 8? There is a great answer there by ClickUpvote, which shows some design differences that makes 8 faster:
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Soundtest works, but no other sounds and windows starts very slowly
So suddenly all sounds on my computer stopped working expect the sound test works, but when I go to control panel and audio it says there's no audio device. And audio players and audio on website ...
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Long boot time (~15 minutes)
I recently formatted the drive and re-installed Windows XP. I now get a bar across the lower part of the screen during start up, like when recovering from hibernation, and it takes 15-17 minutes to ...
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Very long boot up process?
Very strange boot up process that took literally 5~6 minutes. Other than the boot up, the PC works perfectly fine.
Things I have tried:
CHKDSK (No errors)
Reset BIOS (HDD 1st)
Defrag
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Why does my Windows XP system take longer to start up?
I bought my computer about 2 years ago. Since then the start up time (Windows XP) has gone from less than 30 seconds to over 3 minutes. Part of this happened immediately after installation of the ...
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Firefox 3.6 so slow to start
This issue is present since Firefox v3.6 and now it's 3.6.6 without any changes. When I start Firefox, it takes more than 5 minutes to start and it kills me. I have the same version at home with more ...
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