This forum has been extremely helpful in the past, so I'm going to ask for help once more...
I have Norton AV Corp Edition. After creating a new admin account on XP Pro, I noticed that my bootup times had increased. I am not 100% sure, but I'm 95% sure that Norton is the problem. After about 40 seconds of booting up, my computer looks ready to go, but it's not. In the systray none of the icons are present, EXCEPT Norton. This Norton icon (which is a shield) has a yellow exclamation point on it. This lasts for another minute, and then eventually the exclamation point disappears from Norton, the other other icons load, and the computer is finally ready to go.
I thought it would be a simple matter of me turning off an option to scan at startup. However, I can find no option regarding scanning at startup. I have nothing in scheduled scans, etc. I can't even find any kind of "Preference" or "Option" menu.
Is Norton the culprit which is slowing down my bootup, and if so, is there a way to stop these scans at startup?
Norton never did this on my old profile.
Thx for the help!
I have Norton AV Corp Edition. After creating a new admin account on XP Pro, I noticed that my bootup times had increased. I am not 100% sure, but I'm 95% sure that Norton is the problem. After about 40 seconds of booting up, my computer looks ready to go, but it's not. In the systray none of the icons are present, EXCEPT Norton. This Norton icon (which is a shield) has a yellow exclamation point on it. This lasts for another minute, and then eventually the exclamation point disappears from Norton, the other other icons load, and the computer is finally ready to go.
I thought it would be a simple matter of me turning off an option to scan at startup. However, I can find no option regarding scanning at startup. I have nothing in scheduled scans, etc. I can't even find any kind of "Preference" or "Option" menu.
Is Norton the culprit which is slowing down my bootup, and if so, is there a way to stop these scans at startup?
Norton never did this on my old profile.
Thx for the help!
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