Help please

[suzytheflooze]

My computer has been running perfectly with no problems. Its fairly new and running windows xp professional, pentium 4. I used the computer the other night as normal with no problems. I switched it on today and for some reason it runs through the usual xp logo and then the screen goes black and it sits for about a minute before going to the blue welcome screen and logging on as normal. I have run a diagnostic of the harddrive and it says its fine, and a system restore didnt do anything. Any idea why this has happened, it used to boot up very quickly but now sits on a black screen beofre going to the log on. I havent installed any new hardware or software recently.

Please help
Sxxxx

[maxiderm]

lol, is it that important? i mean, im sorry that it adds one whole minute to your booting up process, but as long as nothing is running improperly, i wouldnt be worried....

[sechs]

It was probably optimising your boot files. Or one of several other boot-time maintanence tasks.

If it continues or gets longer, you may want to check on your boot sequence. Otherwise, don't worry about it.

[maxiderm]

Originally posted by sechs
you may want to check on your boot sequence. Otherwise, don't worry about it.

thats what i was going to suggest, but she says it goes black after the xp logo screen..... meaning its already booted from the hard drive.

[suzytheflooze]

Hi

Thnaks for the help. Its happening after the xp logo screen just before you get to the blue windows log on screen. It happens every time i boot the computer up. What should i be lookign for in the boot sequence?

And maxiderm, yes it is important even if its only a minute as its affecting the performance of my computer.

Sxxx