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Subject: Re: Another Windows Annoyance
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On 3 Nov 2012 11:21:41 GMT, Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz> wrote:

>On 2012-11-02, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>> I've been paring out unneeded Windows Services... practically HALVED
>> my memory usage on boot-up :-)
>>
>> Now I've got something popping up a DOS window during boot-up.
>>
>> It pops up and goes away so fast I can't manage to snag it with
>> "Pause" to see what it is.
>>
>> Is there a way to boot-up that steps thru the boot-up, loading one
>> item at a time?
>
>yeah, it's one of the safe mode options

  He spouted off about seeing the "DOS window" pop up.  He is already at
the desktop, idiot.

  The "safe mode" boot up option only steps through the items which get
loaded BEFORE the desktop GUI login appears.

 "Paring out services" is also bad because many of them are about keeping
folks from getting at your machine.

  Oh boy...  you got some memory back!

 Wow.

  If your box is running that fucking slowly, your lost time is worth the
price of a cheap, new, fast box.

  Jeez, they are well under $500 now!  Stop crying and go BUY a NEW
machine!

  Even the damned $300 Acer Aspire Atom engined 8 inch square computers
would run circles around old gear for those folks so STUBBORN they
haven't bought a new computer in 12 years.