chris-sri
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Registered: 3rd Apr 05
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My pc is taking ages to start up and shut down. I have no clue about computers has anybody got any ideas on why this could be?
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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i suspect you have too many services running. open start, click on run, and type msconfig, press enter. click on startup tab, and turn off stuff which isnt needed. also go and get yourself some spyware protection. IE, Microsoft Antispyware, AdAwareSE Personal, Spybot S&D. all can be got from www.download.com
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Chump
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Registered: 1st Feb 04
Location: Sharnbrook
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also Start > Run then type eventvwr
check that there are no errors relating to hardware problems or device drivers. If there are post them here and we'll try to help 
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Voyto
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Registered: 9th Feb 03
Location: Stafford
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most likely to be loads of rubbish installed on the computer.
goto http://www.pcpitstop.com and click full test on the left, it will check your hardware for problems
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chris-sri
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Registered: 3rd Apr 05
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Thanks everyone. I will look into all of the above and hopefully my computer will take less than a day to start up.
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