[muglo] Re: Slow start up!!!! URGENT

Thank you for your help - in view of what you have said, I believe that 
it may have been due to a problem at the ISP as, when I did get on, the 
email took  a long time - tens of minutes - to send mail so I guess 
they were having problems!  Later on the start up time and email were 
back to normal, confirming this argument!!!

We live and learn from people like you and MUGLO!!!  Thanks again 
whilst learning OS X.

Paul


On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 12:07 PM, Eric D wrote:

> First of all, upgrade to 10.2.6! There's a chance that'll fix your 
> problem
> (10.2.3 is rather unstable (well, compared to OS 9 it's as solid as 
> Mount
> Everest but compared to 10.2.6 it is Mount Fuji).
>
> Rebuilding the desktop won't affect OS X performance. Perhaps you 
> changed
> internet settings or your connection to a network or the web? Long 
> startups
> are usually associated with network issues -- e.g. your computer is 
> looking
> for a DHCP server when none are available, or there are other problems 
> with
> the network.
>
> I guess one option is to leave the computer running all the time, but 
> since
> you don't have a laptop "sleep" mode still chews up a notable amount of
> juice (when in sleep mode a laptop eats only a little more electricity 
> than
> a clock radio)... my laptop only gets turned off (or restarted) when 
> I'm not
> going to be using it for an extended period (like two or three days). 
> Unlike
> OS 9, OS X does not require regular restarts to "clear the air" (in 
> fact,
> having it on is better for system stability than on-off-on-off-on-off).
>
> Eric.
>
>> From: Paul Thomas <paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: MUGLO List List <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [muglo] Slow start up!!!!   URGENT
>> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:18:16 -0400
>>
>> For some reason my eMac running under OS X 10.2.3 has suddenly started
>> taking about 10 mins to start up with the coloured ball rotating all
>> the while!!!  I don't know if it is due to the scanner software which 
>> I
>> have just installed?  Should I redo the Desktop?  If so - is it the
>> same way using certain keys at startup?  Does anyone know?
>>
>> HELP
>>
>>
>> Paul
>
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