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windows xp start up
is there a way to turn on a windows xp computer home edition without having it restart again. because this is what happens. i turn on the computer then before it gets me to the start menu. the title page shows up then all this image and it takes like 1 minute for all of it to be over. so what i want is to turn it on and i can start working already.
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Scroll down to "To manually put your computer into hibernation" and follow the instructions.
"Hibernate" puts all of the information in RAM onto the disk, then turns off the computer. The computer uses no power when hibernating, and you can unplug it. Try it if you don't understand exactly what it does.
When you wake a computer from hibernation, it will take around 30 seconds instead of 3 minutes to be ready and all of the programs that you had open will be as they were when you left it.
If you prefer not to use hibernation, you can shorten the boot time by following my guide here:
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After following that guide, use Microsoft BootVis:
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Go to file -> new trace -> boot and drivers -> ok -> reboot. Then do nothing until BootVis starts up again. Then go to tools -> optimize. Your boot times will now be up to 3x faster.
It is critically important that you don't use any sort of rescue CD or OS-on-a-disk while windows is hibernating. It will totally ruin everything. Also, BootVis won't and shouldn't run on anything other than XP; don't try to use it on Vista.
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