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From: brian@cosumn.UUCP (Brian Volkoff)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Why Windows takes so long to boot up
Keywords: mouse, booting
Message-ID: <125@cosumn.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 90 20:24:27 GMT
Organization: Cosumnes River College, Sacramento
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Has anyone discovered why when you boot Windows up in 386 mode, on some 
machines there is a long period while it sits in textmode before it boots
up?  I've always had the problem with my 386SX.  Today I noticed that while
it was booting up, the send and receive lights were flashing on my modem
(set at COM1 with the mouse on COM2).  I moved the mouse over to COM1 and
the time it took to boot up was much less.  Is there any way to tell Windows
that the mouse is on the second serial port, so don't waste the time checking
the first?  
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