Jordan wrote:A Windows geek I know mentioned some kind of hack or patch that is supposed to dramatically speed up the Shut Down process. (I'm going to ask for more details, when next I see him.)I'd like to know.If this is for real, it left me wondering if there might exist anything like that for bootups.I wish. But very doubtful.Supposedly, some study showed that the maximum most people were willing to wait for a bootup to run its course (for *any* OS) was in the 35 - 45 second range. I'm running about 40 seconds now for W2K. eCS takes more like 20 - 25. Linux -- no idea.
For me XP takes about 2 minutes. I've seen systems (from people who don't know much about computers) that take 5 minutes.Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx