Computer start up

[jd_here]

My computer has started to take up to 25 minutes before it stops 'churning' on booting up. Any ideas please on a) why, and b) how to speed it up again?

[boxtops]

Morning jd - not sure if any of the computer people are on here yet this morning, it's extremely quiet! You might need to ask again later in the day....

[jd_here]

Thank you Boxtops, I'll keep fingers crossed

[bibblebub]

Soluto http://www.soluto.com/ is a program that I have been using these past few weeks.. You install it after a restart it will give you a breakdown of how long the various stages of start-up are taking. It has allowed me to reduce start-up time by a fair bit.

[bibblebub]

^^^ "You install it AND after a restart..."

[jd_here]

And thank you bibblebub

[bibblebub]

hope it helps

[hc4361]

What operating system are you using? XP, Vista?
You need to know how many programs are starting up unnecessarily.
Have you ever defragged your pc?
Have you got adequate protection from virus, spyware, trojans?

[jd_here]

Thanks 'hc', hope i've got enough protection, I run Kaspersky, and yes, I do defrag regularly and use XP

[deggers316]

down load "cc cleaner" its a very good reliable prog designed to do what initials are clean out the crap that's on your comp safely