windows taking unusually long to boot up

[fonzbear2000]

when my computer is booting up, right before the screen that says "windows is starting up/loading personal settings", i hear a beep from my computer's internal speaker and then it takes extra long during the "windows is starting up/loading personal settings" screen-this didn't happen until after i installed sp2

[merlin_2]

the beep you mention is normal...try a few tweaks have a look here>http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm i have my own options on updating....<dont bother>

[Raptor]

I have my own opinions on most of Merlin's posts <don't read>

scan for viruses, trojans and spyware.

Defragment on a regular basis.

Also clean your registry and remove redundant files.

[merlin_2]

What happens with updates they pinch your hard drive space...screwup your pc...then along comes a reg cleaner...and deletes most of the winupdates....so what is the advantage of having them in the first place i can understand that programmer may have placed a dot is instead of a dash reg patches..butwhy are there so many updates...views on this subject...a poll maybe...

[Raptor]

There are updates because some software isn't properly written and requires fixing.....?

Why do you think technology constantly keeps improving?