Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:38:05 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Cryptic Message at Boot - W2K
--- Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. I had SP4 applied to an already existing (Dutch) W2K-SP3, but due > to problems with its NT-VDM I had to reinstall W2K; so I reinstalled it > with SP4 slipstreamed into it. So back to the question of W2K shut down time with SP4 loaded. I'm guessing that your slipstreamed copy still takes that 60-70 seconds to shut down... yes? That, unlike my copy of W2K w/SP3 that shut down for me "out of the box" for me in about 15 seconds. > I think the main problem is that Win2K (& NT, XP, ...) upon shutdown > checks and/or rewrites large parts of the registry to disk. So the > challenge is to keep the registry small (saves boot-up time too). > Initially the registry is some 10 MB or so, but soon it'll grow and > grow. I got a message once that the (still default) maximum registry > size (18 MB IIRC) was too small and I had to increase it. I suspect over > time a lot of junk is collected inside, so a reg clean-up program may > help out a lot. Never tried it though. I just had to restore a "pre-Windows Update" image of my W2K installation last week. The 1st thing I noticed was that it shut down in a flash. Without adding any further software, I went online and ran Windows Update. As soon as the system rebooted, I shut the system down to check to see if it was the updates that were slowing the process down. And indeed, it took that 60-70 seconds again. So if it's a registry problem, it's one that the WUs are causing, not software. Tho' I wonder if it's something more to do with what Windows is >doing< at shut down more than it has to do with processing the registry. Though maybe an update caused W2K to do more in-depth registry analysis... but I'm just guessing. But I >did< stumble upon what would seem to be a useful piece of software while troubleshooting a firewall problem the other day. Here's a slick looking utility called "Error Nuker" that clears registry of orphaned entries, potentially speeding up your system: http://www.error-nuker.com http://www.download.com/Error-Nuker/3000-2094_4-10348363.html Re: SP4: > Well it may not speed up but it will fix a lot of security leaks and > holes. And as I said a couple of postings ago, it does increase > stability, especially with legacy (16 bit) programs. I'd think running Windows Update would address all of those security issues. Tho' I aven't run any legacy programs to my knowledge. But I'm still not clear (bad memory?) what SP4 may install that Windows Update doesn't... if anything. Matt __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
