Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!gumby!smaug!hoek From: hoek@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Steve &) Subject: Re: Windows comes up to SLOW Message-ID: <1991May14.225628.4574@cs.hope.edu> Sender: hoek@cs.hope.edu (Steve Hoek) Organization: Hope College Dept of CS References: Date: Tue, 14 May 91 22:56:28 GMT From article , by colfelt@news.colorado.edu (COLFELT ANDREW BRINTON W): > disbrow@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Jim Disbrow) writes: >>I'm pretty new to windows and have been watching this group only for >>a short time. >>I have a 386-16 w/4meg running DOS 4.0 with win3.0. >>My problem is that it takes 1 minutes and 4 seconds to boot windows after I >>first see the windows logo page. >>I got rid of all TSRs. No help. >>Using no wallpaper. No help. >>Added swap line in config.sys. No help. >>Adding wallpaper does NOT increase the time. >>What gives? I've seen friend's systems come up in just a few seconds. >>The only difference that I could see is they have a 20 MHz processor instead >>of a 16. >>Any help will be appreciated. >>I looked in the FAQ but couldn't find an answer. Are you running ATM on your system? I know with me, if I run 100+ fonts with Win3 & ATM 1.1 and a 512k cache I have to wait about 2 minutes to get past the logo screen! Steve Hoek hoek@cs.hope.edu