Recently my PC took twice long time to boot up. No new softwares installed....Can anyone tell me why? TIA
At which point does it hang up and wait... is it while you have the big Windows screen or after the desktop appears?
any new drivers installed? God I hate trouble shooting mobos/systems. I used to work for a GFX chip company sitting there trying to figure out what was wrong had to be one of the most annoying things in my life.
short answer: no, i can't. however, a couple of things may help others help you: 1. what OS are you running? 2. after the long boot process did you run any type of diagnostic software that may help narrow down or even pin-point issues affecting the boot process? also, you might want to check out: http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/sgp-tweaks.ars i think it is specific to XP but not totally sure. also, it mentions an app called Bootvis which is no longer offered by Msft. you can, however, google it and find it elsewhere (free). if it is XP you can run Msconfig and see what's going on in your startup config. you may have some rogue app mucking it up for you. i think the above link also mentions msconfig. hth take care - omni
do an online scan for trojans/viruses www.antivirus.com try starting up in safemode do you have a firewall? if not atleast get ZoneAlarm hope that helps