I have a fairly new (6 months use) higher end Toshiba laptop running windows 7.
For months now the PC has been very slow to start up and load from shut down mode. From the time you switch it on and can begin using the programs it usually takes around 5 to 7 minutes. I don't have any particular aftermarket software loaded that would cause this.
By contrast, my older Toshiba high end laptop running Windows Vista starts up, loads and enables program use from shut down mode quite rapidly.
Can anyone offer the principal causes of PCs being slow to start up (because I know this is a fairly common problem) and I will try to work through them one by one and monitor the results. I am not ruling out some problem with the Windows 7 software itself but I will look at other potential issues first.
My initial thoughts were that the Norton 360 anti virus may be the cause but both laptops have exactly the same Norton 360 program loaded with the same updates so I am fairly sure that the anti virus is not causing the slow start up.
Thank you for comments in advance.
For months now the PC has been very slow to start up and load from shut down mode. From the time you switch it on and can begin using the programs it usually takes around 5 to 7 minutes. I don't have any particular aftermarket software loaded that would cause this.
By contrast, my older Toshiba high end laptop running Windows Vista starts up, loads and enables program use from shut down mode quite rapidly.
Can anyone offer the principal causes of PCs being slow to start up (because I know this is a fairly common problem) and I will try to work through them one by one and monitor the results. I am not ruling out some problem with the Windows 7 software itself but I will look at other potential issues first.
My initial thoughts were that the Norton 360 anti virus may be the cause but both laptops have exactly the same Norton 360 program loaded with the same updates so I am fairly sure that the anti virus is not causing the slow start up.
Thank you for comments in advance.