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• Windows Media Player takes a long time to open and search

  Slow initialization of WMP 12, research and classification.

  IM under W7 Ultimate 64.
  When I start WMP12 it takes much more time to initialize that WMP11 on vista, 2 minutes before I can even start by selecting music.
  If I do a search it also picks up a similar amount of time and locks (graying out, slider timer). Once I have a bunch of songs loaded on the screen, say a playlist with 200 songs and then click a tab as a note it takes 30 seconds to REList per category during this time it hangs again.
  I have about 40,000 songs in my library. I have rebuilt the library and the database now resides on a second disc which did not make a difference.
       
  (1) what someone else with similar problems and found a solution?
  (2) is it possible to replace it with WMP11 which worked perfectly and was much more intuitive?
  (3) can anyone recommend a replacement player who has gapless playback and fast database access?

  Cheer - Robb

  Hi terrahertz,

  Thanks for visiting the site of the community of Microsoft Windows 7.

  There could be several reasons why Windows Media Player is the initialization slowly.
  Maybe you run several programs simultaneously.

  We will perform a clean boot to find if any software is causing incompatibility.

  Method 1: Clean clean boot:
  1. click on start, type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.
  The user account control permission.
  If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type
  password, or click on continue.
  2. in the general tab, click Selective startup.
  3. under Selective startup, clear the check box load starting points.
  4. click on the Services tab, select the hide all Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable all.
  5. click on OK.
  6. When you are prompted, click on restart.
  7. after the computer starts, check if the problem is resolved.
   
  If the problem is resolved to check what is the cause of the problem, referring to the link given below:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
   
  8. in addition, you will need to uninstall and reinstall the software problem on your computer.
  Reset the computer to start as usual
   
  9. When you have finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:
  Click Start, type msconfig.exe in the start search box and press ENTER.
   
  10. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click on continue. On the general tab, click the Normal startup option, and then click OK.
   
  11. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click on restart.

  Alternatively, you can try to uninstall and reinstall Media Player.

  Method 2: Uninstall and reinstall Windows Media Player:
  Step 1.
  Uninstalling Windows Media Player:
  1. go to start and in the search type "Turn Windows willing or not.
  2. click on "Turn Windows features on or off".
  2. go to media features and uncheck the brand in the face of Windows Media Player.
  4 restart the computer
   
  Step 2.
  Reinstall Windows Media Player:
  1. go to start and in the search type "Turn Windows willing or not.
  2. click on "Turn Windows features on or off".
  3. find the multimedia functions and place a check mark in front of the Windows Media Player.
  4 restart the computer.

  It will be useful.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.
  

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• After reformatting Windows 7 laptop takes a long time to start and load office

  hiiii! I use the computer hp 620 laptop. who has windows 7 Home Edition premium installed with 4 GB of ram. c drive partition size is 250 GB. When I start my laptop it takes * a long-term on windows startup. then once this process is completed it must also load the desktop. I recently formmated my pc. 2nd question:-when I right click on my computer and click Properties. It shows the memory of 4 GB installed and usable 2.90 GB usable. I use windows 7 64-bit edition Home premium. Wait a rply

  First of all, I would like to launch the troubleshooter of Performance to see if there are problems.
  Then, use the steps listed in optimize Windows 7. This will usually help the most to get the best performance from your system.

  (1) open the resolution of performance issues by clicking on the button start , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type troubleshooting, and then click Troubleshooting. Under system and security, click on search performance issues.

  (2) use the following link as a way to improve and optimize your configuration of Windows 7.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/optimize-Windows-7-for-better-performance#section_3

  (3) you can review how to speed up your computer.
  How to make a computer faster: 6 ways to speed up your PC
  http://www.Microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx#fBid=A3wXPV89pfU

  (4) If you have not already, delete the temporary Internet files of Internet Explorer. Loading these files can sometimes slow down the startup of your.
  Article number: 260897 - How to remove the content of the Internet temporary files folder
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/260897

  (5) run the Microsoft Safety Scanner to check that you don't have malware or viruses on your computer. They can slow a computer at startup too. This is a free download.
  You can download from the following link:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Hope this will help you with your computer start faster.

  Sincerely,

  Marilyn

• With 32-bit and a clean install also takes a long time to start and a very long time to stop.

  I use 32-bit and a clean install also, it takes a very long time to start (and sometimes it will not) and a verlong tike to close

  Hello Duane,

  For more clarity and response, I divided it in its own thread.

  After your post, it seems that Vista 32 bit takes a long time to start and a very long time to stop.

  What are the specifications of material of this machine?

  We might want to try a clean boot and see how that affects the issue.

  More details about this is located at the following link:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  Let us know if this helps solve this problem.

  Best regards

  Matthew_Ha

• After you download an attachment, why my Windows Media Player takes so long to turn on and play?

  After you download a video attachment to my e-mail, my Windows Media Player takes forever to come out and play the Video.Why is as follows. Is there something I can do to get faster?

  Hello

  1. what exactly happens when you try to open windows media player?
  2. do you get an error message?

  I suggest you try the steps mentioned below and check.

  Method 1: Try to put your computer in a clean boot state, and then try to install the update.

  By setting your boot system minimum state helps determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or Windows 7:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note: After the boot minimum troubleshooting step, follow step 7 in the link provided to return the computer to a Normal startup mode.

  Method 2: If the problem is not resolved, you can try to start the Fixit mentioned below and check.

  Solve the problems of Windows Media Player video and other media or library
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/windows_media_player_diagnostic

  Method 3: If the problem persists you can try to uninstall and reinstall Windows Media Player.

  Step 1: Uninstall Windows Media Player:
  (a) go to Start and in the type of research 'Turn Windows features turn on or off'.
  (b) click on 'Windows turn features on or off".
  (c) find the multimedia features and uncheck the brand in the face of Windows Media Player.
  (d) to restart the computer.

  Step 2: Reinstall Windows Media Player:

  (a) go to Start and in the type of research 'Turn Windows features turn on or off'.
  (b) click on 'Windows turn features on or off".
  (c) access to media features and check check before Windows Media Player.
  (d) to restart the computer.

  Please visit the below mentioned link for more information:

  Solve problems in Windows Media Player
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-in-Windows-Media-Player

  Hope this information is useful.

• Windows XP SP3 computer takes a long time to start and stop

  original title: where to get support for Win XPsp3?

  computer takes long to START and CLOSURE and the search can't find anything

  Try to carry out the instructions in the link below firstly to improve the speed and performance of your computer:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/Setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx

  In addition, you can get technical support for Windows XP by using the link below. In the link provided, simply select the appropriate version of Windows XP you are using. You have the ability to chat, e-mail or telephone.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/select/default.aspx?target=assistance&C1=509&

  You can also get in touch with them by calling the 800-936-5700. Their opening hours are from Monday to Friday from 05:00 - 21:00 and Saturday-Sunday 06:00 - 15:00 Pacific time.

• hardrive takes a long time to start and stop, root for the virus scan, none found

  works fine in the morning, afternoon, it can take up to 5 minutes to start, currently 3000 yards from a cell tower, it can take just as long to stop it, what is a hard drive problem or the computer something about 2 years, laptop

  Hello

  1. which version of the operating system is installed on the computer?

  If you use Windows 7, try the methods below and check if the problem persists.

  Method 1:

  Perform the disk check to check and fix bad sectors on the hard disk.

  Check a drive for errors

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/check-a-drive-for-errors

  Note:

  Running chkdsk on the drive if bad sectors are found on the disk hard when chkdsk attempts to repair this area if all available on which data can be lost.

  Method 2:

  Download and run a full scan of the system using Microsoft Safety Scanner to detect any problem related to the Virus/Malware.

  Microsoft safety scanner

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note:

  The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

• Laptop takes a long time to start and stop

  http://support-us.Samsung.com/Cyber/popup/pop_modelserialnumberlocation.jsp

  It will be one of them:
  System model 300V3A/300V4A/300V5A/200A4B/200A5B

  NP300V5AH

• Satellite M300 PSMDCA takes a long time to start

  I have a Toshiba Satellite M300 PSMDCA - 01800C and there are some problems with it.

  First of all, when you start the computer, it takes a long time to start and activate Outlook.
  I am running Windows 7Home Premium.
  Computers arrow where I bought the computer told me that it can take up to three hours to go back through each process at startup?

  Is it normal that all I wanted was a simple portable easy fast, but it seems that I am stuck again.

  Also, when I go back to the computer, even after some time the mouse it does not provide new and pushing the Start button just a blank screen. Alt + Ctrl + delete, then he activates Windows again and then after having put my password and I have to wait for that be again loaded everything that takes so long. Any ideas?

  Also I often get the message when the computer starts "error has occurred in Toshiba PC Health Monitor. He will leave the application. "Main.frm.cpp (184). Any ideas?

  Quite often when I am scrolling with the mouse, the screen will turn black and flash and a message «the NVIDIA display driver... couldn't Reg...» "and he will correct itself after awhile. Frustrating!
  Quite often when scrolling on the websites of the page I'm going to freeze?

  I use MS Office 2010 and there is a problem trying to save Word documents and a message comes up with "a file permission error.

  Any thoughts? Thanks, Shirl51

  > First of all, when you start the computer, it takes a long time to start and activate Outlook. I am running Windows 7Home Premium. Computers arrow where I bought the computer told me that it can take up to three hours to go back through each process at startup?

  This nonsense!
  The system should boot up quickly my laptop needs 30 seconds to start.
  In my opinion, the system is screwed

  In your case, I recommend to reinstall the system.
  Did you create the recovery disk?
  If this isn't the case, I think that detailed instructions should be placed in the user's manual.

  After the recovery of disk has been created, restore the system, BUT save the data before doing so because the recovery disk would be to format the HARD drive and you lose data!

• Videos keep stopping and take a long time to restart and then stop after a single word still sometimes

  Videos keep stopping and take a long time to restart and then stop after a single word still sometimes

  Hello C Johnston,

  Did experience you these issues when streaming video from any other website?
  It is possible that the servers of YouTube we perform slowly at this time here. This is the problem?
  You might try to optimize Internet Explorer to see if it helps at all:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936213

• My computer is very slow and takes a long time to connect and disconnect

  Original title: sign out of questions

  My computer is very slow and takes a long time to connect and disconnect. Sometimes I hit Logoff button and do not forget I have more work to do... is it possible to cancel the newspaper once it starts, or should I just wait what he log out completely and then reconnect? (It takes just forever)

  Install the background file. See if it suits it

• Z10 Z10 Blackberry BlackBerry takes a long time to start when the parameters "SIM card PIN lock" is activated

  Device: BlackBerry Z10
  Model: STL100-1
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  Z10 takes a long time to start when the parameters 'SIM card PIN lock' is running

  Tried to activate or disable this setting, the result:

  On - 5 min 13 sec (on-screen progress bar has reached 100% for ~ 1 minute, then waited for another 4 minutes in this State)

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  What is the problem of the time difference?

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• Problem with Windows XP takes a long time to start

  Hello, I am running Windows xp3 House. I have a problem with my firewall loading Windows. It takes about 2 minutes to load and it is that nothing works (Avira antivirus, Lynksys wireless monitor, etc.) until it starts. Sometimes it loads immediately, and then it's not? Weird. In a search, I found this, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823612 I ran it.

  He stopped and not responding so I had to turn it off and restart it manually. When I did I got a pop up telling me to activate my Windows, 3 days to activate. I did nothing to mess with windows, it has been installed on my pc when I bought it used and I have no cd or manual as I assume that it is installed at the factory. I know not where the i386 file is and have never been able to actually identify because I'm familiar with it. If my pc becomes unusable because of that I won't be able to use it and I don't know what to do. I did a system restore and it did not work. How to activate Windows if I must / I have to? How can I stop it? I don't know what to do and I need help. Thank you
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  Windows XP Edition Service Pack 3 family
  AVIRA Desktop Version 12.3.0.15
  Linksys Wireless-G PCI adapt
  Piriform Ltd - CCleaner Version 3, 20, 0, 1750
  SUPERAntiSpyware Version 5,
  GlarySoft Ltd. - Glary Utilities Version 2.46
  Malwarebytes Anti - Malware Version 1.60.0080

  GlarySoft Ltd. - Glary Utilities Version 2.46

  It is quite possible that all your problems are due to this dangerous program!

  Of course, any software can have a phenomenon of chance but, I have been using Glary Utilities for years and have never had a single problem.

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  Malwarebytes Anti - Malware Version 1.60.0080

  I guess you use Malwarebytes as a scanner at the request since the version you list is obsolete. There are several malware that can cause false activation. My advice to you is first, make sure your computer is not infected. To do this you must first update Malwarebytes and run a full scan. Once that is completed and you have deleted everything which, on the contrary, that was detected you should do the same with SuperAntispyware. View your results.

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• Windows Media Center is no longer regular registration of programmes; Windows 7 64 bit

  I am out of resources here; for several months, I used Windows Media Center to record TV on a digital antenna using a USB stick tuner. I can still watch live TV and I can record TV, but recordings don't work anymore.

  If I start Media Center when a show is planned, it will start recording, but this is the only time where he records.

  It has no errors in the event viewer, and indeed if I activate WMC when a show is expected it will say something like "started recording as planned at 11:15" even if it was actually planned for 11:00 (11:15 when I started WMC).

  The broadcast of programs as provided in WMC before they air, but do not appear in the history (that is, there is no message "could not save") thereafter. It's as if they were never.

  WMC Scheduler service is running. I removed and added WMC. I've cleared my schedule and began again. I changed the drive on which the records are stored. In all cases, the programs do not register unless I start it manually, or start WMC after the show was supposed to start.

  Any ideas on what I can try other than a reinstall full Windows?

  Posted this on the forum of tecnet so will set post here.

  OK, I finally solved the problem.

  The error was caused by invalid or corrupted registry in the following text entries:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center

  When I removed the WMC she removed only some entries not all the following have been left in the registry:

  mcupdate_scheduled

  StartRecording

  PvrScheduleTask

  So I deleted C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\ehome & removed WMC, I then made a backup and deleted the key to Media Center. I then reinstalled WMC and make run the TV setup, checked the registry and found that the Media Center button had been replaced by new entries.

  Finally tested LiveTV etc., regular programs of record, and finally SUCCESS, all planned recordings recorded without problem.

  Remember to always back up the registry or create a restore point before you attempt to change the registry.

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• Can burn CDs in Windows media center is no longer

  burn cd in windows media center, and then was going to burn another cd and I clicked on the wrong question and the issue of burning anything never comes to the top, it is nonsense.

  I also suggest that run you the automated Microsoft Fixit for problems with the CD/DVD.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/

  It helped when I couldn't burn DVD on my personal computer.

  Let us know if that helps.

  Marilyn