Slow startups

[ash]

HI everyone  

I am using windows xp pro on PIII 800 Mhz intel with 128 MB RAM.

My problem is my computer starts verrrry slow 4.3 mins to start. i have found on the net that it is very slow for a PIII  800mhz with 128mb ram.So I have tried everything to make the startup fast.

I also tried bootvis.exe to make it move faster.But none worked. then i uninstalled many programs which were there at the start using msconfig.

Now I have just 4 programs zonealarm, avast , Lan connection and a mouse program for using an extra button on the mouse (it is necessarry to run it).
Still the startup time did not decrease. 4 mins and 10 secs now.

Later i found out that Avast was scanning all the program files ,windows files etc on starts.
I have nearly 50 programs in the program files folder.
I think, on startups, scanning boot sector and windows files is enough.
why does avast scan all the .exes in program files and slow the startup process ?
I think it should scan program files only if i run that particular program.


Can anyone explain why avast scans program files on startup?

How can i bypass the scanning of program files on startups ? but i want to scan programs only on access.

Thanks for reading this long query.
 

[Vlk]

There's no on-demand scanning at boot. Everything is on-access. That means that a process is accessing these files.

Please refer to http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3743 for a comprehensive discussion about this.

Thanks
Vlk

[.: Mac :.]

ash are you refering to the Boot time scan?

[Staind]

Probably if you wanted a fast boot time you could disable Avast! from loading at system start up and then load it up manually yourself.

[ash]

ash are you refering to the Boot time scan?

No not boot time scan

But the regular startup scan.


Thanks Vlk for that link.

I had too many shortcuts in the C:\~\ start menu > programs folder which i moved to another drive.
Those program shortcuts were responsible for scanning of exe files on start.
now my pc loads in 3 mins 35 secs which is a nice improvement for my config.

what do you say??