Booting XP faster

rizay · 01-12-2008, 05:26 PM

I read in one of the forums about speeding up the xp boot. It talked about removing the pictures and anything else not need from the boot sequence, to make the pc boot faster. I have been searching for that for days now and I cant find it. Does anyone remeber that post, or know how I speed up the booting of my pc. I tried to remove the screen that asks to choose a user, but then I just get a prompt to enter my password. So that didn't help at all.
Thanks for your help

GameMaster · 01-12-2008, 05:46 PM

It's all found here.

thereckerdbraikr · 01-12-2008, 06:30 PM

does this actually work well?/is it easy to do?/are there any risks?

GameMaster · 01-12-2008, 06:35 PM

Yes.Yes.No.

WhiteFireDragon · 01-12-2008, 06:52 PM

i actually just tried that right now. i can't find the config.sys, msdos.sys, and autoexec.bat files. is this for older windows or renamed to another file?

ravi_9793 · 01-12-2008, 07:21 PM

If you can login in Xp..than you can restor eyour windows XP to best known configuration.

rizay · 01-12-2008, 08:18 PM

Thanks for your help.

I too cannot find the msdos.sys file. Where is it normaly located?

Also, is there a way to stop xp from going to the user acount screen? Ive tried it several ways but it seems that it is either the user acount screen or one that askes for a password.

kobaj · 01-12-2008, 08:43 PM

Msdos.sys is for dos based operating systems only, duh

. (AKA, not xp).

System.ini is the only file I found on xp, all others are most likely outdated, seeing as the article was written in 2001! (Whats odd is vista has some of them though...).

01-12-2008, 05:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
rizay New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9	Booting XP faster I read in one of the forums about speeding up the xp boot. It talked about removing the pictures and anything else not need from the boot sequence, to make the pc boot faster. I have been searching for that for days now and I cant find it. Does anyone remeber that post, or know how I speed up the booting of my pc. I tried to remove the screen that asks to choose a user, but then I just get a prompt to enter my password. So that didn't help at all. Thanks for your help

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kobaj Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,128	Msdos.sys is for dos based operating systems only, duh . (AKA, not xp). System.ini is the only file I found on xp, all others are most likely outdated, seeing as the article was written in 2001! (Whats odd is vista has some of them though...). __________________ My site My sigThanks Kornowski for ava and sig. Winner of photo competition: Bokeh. Last edited by kobaj; 01-12-2008 at 08:47 PM.

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01-12-2008, 06:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
WhiteFireDragon Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 611	i actually just tried that right now. i can't find the config.sys, msdos.sys, and autoexec.bat files. is this for older windows or renamed to another file?

01-12-2008, 08:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
rizay New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9	Thanks for your help. I too cannot find the msdos.sys file. Where is it normaly located? Also, is there a way to stop xp from going to the user acount screen? Ive tried it several ways but it seems that it is either the user acount screen or one that askes for a password.

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