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Super Slow booting ever since Windows Security update
2-3 days ago, system asked me to install some security update, I said ok, it was 538 kb or something. Ever since this was done, system booting has become super slow. It takes almost 2-4 minutes for the lappy to boot earlier it took around 1-2 mins.
It goes on & on at first with the windows logo .. I begin to think may be system hanged then.. I get a black screen for a few secs.. then comes the "Please Wait" .. then, "Welcome" - it gets stuck with the welcome msg for a little while, again a black screen for 5-15 secs.. then I get into the desktop screen with the WP & etc...
This doesn't stop here, (I always have my desktop complete blank, I mean it - I prefer no icons in the desktop as I recall some one once saying having icons on desktop can slow up your system at start up especially. I don't have any icons in my desktop including Recycle Bin, I don't want them either). Earlier, when I used to get the desktop screen within a few secs Start Menu used to be ready displaying all the options but now all I see is a blank menu with only link to "All Programs".
I've already scanned system with Avira, Ad-Aware, there was one Trojan yesterday & it was removed as well. Still, I had super slow loading today as well.
I would really appreciate if I could improve my system's booting process, I don't want to loose my data with a fresh OS reinstall.
Last edited by goodlad; 17 Oct 2013 at 14:40.