Very slow startup - sometimes freezes

i own a microsoft windows xp professional 2001. it turns on fine, but as soon as i turn it on it just frezzes or takes hours to even startup and load all the information is there a way to fix it?

 

Hello murcui and welcome to the Board,

The basics: Have you gone thru your startup programs? Read thru the post referenced and follow the instructions on how to shut uneeded programs from starting up.

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=39425

If you've done so, then a little more details please; background, for example, did this occur with a particular program install? Had you any system or malware problems that you recovered from? How many and what security programs are you running realtime?

I'm changing your thread title to a more meaningful description of your problem.

Regards - Charles

 

An additional question I forgot to ask:

How much RAM (Memory) does the System have?

If you don't know:

Right click on My Computer

Click on Properties

The info will be at the bottom along with the Service Pack info.

Regards - Charles