And, did you try to check out the event logs like I suggested? (Just asking)
Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Boot up speed > Russ, > > Thanks have tried both and neither makes any difference. I'm even > noticing > lags in executing programs and commands within programs > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Russ > Breitenstein > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:10 AM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Boot up speed > > > Have you tried using a registry cleaner? I have a laptop that from time to > time takes forever to boot and running a registry cleaner makes a > difference. If you haven't defragged your hard drive lately, you might > give > that a try too. > > Take care, > Russ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Blind-Computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:41 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Boot up speed > > > I've noticed over the last week or so the time my Acer XP Pro system is > taking to boot up and get JAWS going has increased tremendously. I tried > it > with JAWS 8 as I heard 9 lags a bit but this made no difference. Only > other thing I did lately was install AVG antispyware and IE 7. I've > uninstalled the antispywareand again no difference. I don't want to > uninstall IE 7 as eventually this will be the version everyone will be > using. Has anyone else notice a decrease in boot up after installing AVG > antispyware and/or IE 7? I've defragged my hard drive and run reg scrub > neither of which made an appreciable difference. Anything else I can try > or > possible uncheck in MSCONFIG? > > thanks > Al > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]