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Windows 7 (64 bit)- sudden slow start up times
Hi everyone
I'm having some problems with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, on my Sony Vaio VPCEB2C5E. I got my Sony Vaio laptop in November 2010 so it's not too old. Upon booting up Windows 7 on the 15th Feb 2011, i noticed the time it took windows to be functional had drastically increased from the night before when it was loaded. I hadn't installed any programs on it over the past several weeks, and about the only things i had running were Google Chrome (watching videos on Youtube), Minecraft and MSN Messenger.
Now every time when i boot up and I've logged in, i have to wait 5-10 minutes or so before i can even start to load programs or connect to a network, otherwise windows seems to not load the program i double clicked and seems to stop loading anything, but the mouse and keyboard still work and a hard shut down (holding down the power button) is required.
I tested Ubuntu on the Vaio and it seems to load fine, i have even tested out Windows 98 which also works fine (thus eliminating the possibility of a faulty Hard Drive), it's just windows 7 which had suddenly got a slow load up time for me. Once i have waited a long time windows seems to work fine and i can run and open everything i want, as quick as i would normally do prior to this problem.
A friend suggested it might be some kind of driver not being loaded from the "Kernal" in Windows 7 or something. Can anyone help me? :)