Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:59:26 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Cryptic Message at Boot - W2K
Matt Hanson wrote: > > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:56:24 -0800 (PST) > From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Cryptic Message at Boot - W2K > > --- Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Matt Hanson wrote: > > > > > > Boot.ini > > > Ntldr > > > Ntdetect.com > > > And sometimes Ntbootdd.sys > > > > > > There may be others. > > > > Yes, but not vital AFAICS: > > arcldr.exe > > arcsetup.exe > > Hmmm... don't see those listed for the Windows 2000 Pro startup process > here: These seem to be used or at least installed in case of dual booting (W2K + W9x). > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/prork/prbd_std_damc.asp > > But I'm not sure if that's the page I found last month when I was searching > for info on MS support pages describing the boot process. > > I was wondering if your installation of W2K is taking as long as mine is > now Philip. As I wrote before, the shut down popup window saying, "Please > wait... Saving your settings" has been hanging up for over a minute ever > since I had Windows Update install 37 patches. "Full version" Win2K : same story. "IE-Stripped version": total shutdown time less than 20 seconds after clicking Start->Shutdown. While on the stripped version boot time increases a little, shutdown remains fast as ever. > Does installing the Service Pack 4 result in the same slow shut down? Or > is this only happening to me? Don't know. ISTR shutdown/boot times were also quite long w/ SP3. P.
