No matter what the computer is used for, it will be annoying to face the frustrating slow startup problem. If you are finding that your Windows XP computer is slow to start up, please be patient to read this article for some useful methods to solve slow startup problem.

Method one: Cancel window boot screen
Please go to My Computer, Tools at the top, Folder Options and then View; tick “Display contents of system folders” and “Show hidden files and folders” within “Advanced settings”. And then go to search the file “Msdos.sys” under drive C. Once you have found it out, right click it to select Properties and then cancel its “Read-only” properties, then open it with Plain Text Editor, adding: logo=0 at the end of the “Option” paragraph. Hence, the Windows boot screen will not load when starting up the computer, speeding up computers at startup.

Method two: Remove some unnecessary services
Normally, Windows will automatically start some services that do not need by lots of computer users, or some programs installed on the computer will also automatically add some entries to run at windows startup, which will only waste large amount of when starting up the computer. So it is time for you to turn off these unnecessary services. Here is what you can do: go to Start -> Run -> type “msconfig” and press “OK” to access Startup, and then uncheck the entries which do not need to automatically run at windows startup. After the modification, the computer will be much faster, at lease more than 10 seconds when starting up.
  
Method three: Clean Windows registry
It is know that Windows registry is the main soul of the operating system, which affects the he proper running of the computer. But while windows system and other processes are running, it is unavoidable that some registry items are generated and rewritten constantly. So it is necessary to clean Windows registry to remove the invalid and useless registry keys from the computer, keeping the registry impact and speeding up the computer. It will be very easy for you to download some free registry cleaners from the Internet for your Windows XP.

Method four: Maintain hard disks
When installing programs or storing files on the computer, a complete file will be scattered into parts and then located in multiple places when it is impossible for the computer to locate a same content to a single place, which means that these parts has to searched and then put together before being used. The more fragmented the hard disk it, the more time it will cost in starting up the computer. So it is necessary to maintain the hard disks regularly so as to gain better access to the data, which in turn solves the slow startup problem. To defragment the hard disk, you can simply use the built-in “Disk Defragmenter” option within System Tools.

A simple disk defragmentation helps you reassemble all parts of a same content to stay at a single directory contiguously, making it easier to be assessed. Thus solves the slow startup problem for your Windows XP. If you have never run a disk defragmentation before, defragment it right now with this power defrag utility— Advanced Defrag right now. It will help not only speedily defragment the Windows XP, but also greatly speed up your computer.

In conclusion, the above four tips are what you need to do in order to solve the startup problem like Windows XP slow to start up. And it is necessary to form a good habit when using the computer so as to have an enjoyable computer life, and disk defragmentation is the first one you need to do, in my opinion.