GlassDaddy90
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Ok, I just did a fresh install of Win XP on my PC. I have 2 questions that I need some help with. Here goes...
1.) I have my system dual booted with Win98SE. Upon boot-up, it gives me the option to use "Windows XP Home Edition" or "Windows". It also has a 30 second timer in order for me to pick which OS I want to boot with. I want to modify that OS option screen to read "Windows98 SE" instead of just "Windows". I also want to reduce the timer to around 10 seconds. How do I do that?
2.) Once I select my profile in WinXP, it goes into loading my settings and all that jazz. When my desktop appears it starts loading the few programs at startup. The only ones I have loading is Meaya's Ad Pop-Up filter, the "remove hardware safely" program, and Norton Personal Firewall/Anti-Virus 2002. The first two come up immediately, but the Norton programs lag behind. It takes them about 45-60 seconds to load in the system tray. This slows me down a little, but in itself isn't a huge issue. Where this actually bothers me, is that I cannot get online through my DSL dial-up until Norton is loaded up. So basically, every time I log into WinXP, I have to wait a full minute after I am into my desktop area for Norton to load into the system tray before I can get onto the internet or utilize any kind of network connections. It leads me to believe that it isn't necessarily a problem with Norton, but maybe something in the background 'network connection' related. What do you think? Before I formatted and re-installed WinXP, I didn't have this problem so there has to be some way to work around this...I hope.
If anyone could lend a helping hand on these two matters I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
JB
1.) I have my system dual booted with Win98SE. Upon boot-up, it gives me the option to use "Windows XP Home Edition" or "Windows". It also has a 30 second timer in order for me to pick which OS I want to boot with. I want to modify that OS option screen to read "Windows98 SE" instead of just "Windows". I also want to reduce the timer to around 10 seconds. How do I do that?
2.) Once I select my profile in WinXP, it goes into loading my settings and all that jazz. When my desktop appears it starts loading the few programs at startup. The only ones I have loading is Meaya's Ad Pop-Up filter, the "remove hardware safely" program, and Norton Personal Firewall/Anti-Virus 2002. The first two come up immediately, but the Norton programs lag behind. It takes them about 45-60 seconds to load in the system tray. This slows me down a little, but in itself isn't a huge issue. Where this actually bothers me, is that I cannot get online through my DSL dial-up until Norton is loaded up. So basically, every time I log into WinXP, I have to wait a full minute after I am into my desktop area for Norton to load into the system tray before I can get onto the internet or utilize any kind of network connections. It leads me to believe that it isn't necessarily a problem with Norton, but maybe something in the background 'network connection' related. What do you think? Before I formatted and re-installed WinXP, I didn't have this problem so there has to be some way to work around this...I hope.
If anyone could lend a helping hand on these two matters I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
JB
