Man, that’s odd.  My TR5 (1GB RAM) was humming just fine since I’ve gotten it.  Installed quark 6, photoshop etc… have a few games on there-no problem.

Just last week, I noticed when I booted it/powered it on, it’d take forever for the blue welcome screen to switch over to the user select page (admin and my profile).  Then, it’d take forever before I could actually click the profile to boot.  In addition, whenever it comes back from sleep/screen saver mode—it takes forever to get back into normal mode.

I checked CPU utilization, it’s fine.  No virus (norton and online).  No new programs.  I’d already did a selective setup before (as not to load stuff I didn’t need upon boot).

Help?  Anyone have any ideas on what I can check to fix this?

Thanks a bunch,

pz

running the recovery disc would reset to manufacturers spec and sort your problem but will wipe any data/software you have on there…..

this way you don’t need to know what the problem is….

how about try system restore and return your os to the previous state. let say last week and see if it solve the problem.

hmmm… good idea-will try that *fingers crossed*

come to think of it, there was the Windows updates (which was the only new bit of software added to the TR5).  I opted to take the separate security updates vs. SP2… my other notebook, since upgrading to “2” has been having odd problems since the update. :(

Thanks for the tip-will give it a try..

pZ

Don’t do a Windows System Restore, I can almost promise it won’t help. A Vaio Restore will most certainly help, but if you’ve spent significant time loading software you might not want to try this.

Have you run a spyware/virus scan yet?

Erik

Press start, click Run, type in “msconfig” and then click on the startup tab (the farthest to the right), there you might be able to lessen the amount of programs you have starting.  Another tip is you might be able to up your virtual ram instead of having windows choose your settings.  Theres a formula, but i don’t quite remember what it is, maybe someone else here does.  Beyond this, do you have more than one Profile?  More than one windows profile and your system will start to bog.

I’ve had zero problems with my TR2 loading both SP2 and every other update available. (knock on wood!)

Sounds like something in registry maybe?